The Great Gatsby Outline I. Introduction A. Symbolism B. Thesis Statement: In the classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the author‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ creates a satirical work of literature that uses symbolism to point out geographical and environmental characteristics throughout the different settings of the story. II. Color A. Symbolic location of the green light. III. West Egg and East Egg A. Geological and social values portrayed IV. Valley
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ideas explored in a literary work. The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s On the surface‚ The Great Gatsby is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. The main theme of the novel‚ however‚ encompasses a much larger‚ less romantic scope. Though all of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 and is set in a circumscribed geographical area in the vicinity of Long Island‚ New York‚ The Great Gatsby is a highly symbolic meditation on 1920s America as
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Gatsby was great. Not so because of all his wealth‚ but because of his persistence in fighting for his American Dream‚ which witnessed his pure love towards Daisy. Gatsby can be viewed as a tragic figure in the story. When he is first introduced‚ he seems to be surrounded by people and wealth. However‚ as the story progresses‚ we identify that everything in his life is fabricated. The true Gatsby‚ Jay Gatz‚ came from a humble background. When Jay Gatz fell in love with Daisy that came from a well
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The Great Gatsby as Modernist Literature By the end of World War I‚ many America authors were ready to change their ways and views on writing. Authors were tired of tradition and limitations. One of these writers was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was a participant in the wild parties with bootleg liquor‚ but he was also a critic of this time. His book‚ The Great Gatsby is an excellent example of modernist literature‚ through its use of implied themes and fragmented storyline. The Great Gatsby
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F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has to a great extent explored the moral issues implicit in his 1920’s context. Fitzgerald explores the lack of religion‚ the corruption of the American dream‚ and the superficial values of his society in order to make his society reflect on their own illusory existence. In the 1920’s‚ it was a time of rebellion where people breaked away from society’s boundaries and exploded with self-expression. Peoples’ standard of living rose dramatically due to the economic
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The Great Gatsby ESSAY: The Fall of the American Dream The figurative as well as literal death of Jay Gatsby in the novel The Great Gatsby symbolizes a conclusion to the principal theme of the novel. With the end of the life of Jay Gatsby comes the end of what Fitzgerald views as the ultimate American ideal: self-made success. The intense devotion Gatsby has towards his rebirth is evident by the plans set forth in Gatsby’s teenage schedule‚ such as "Practice elocution‚ poise and how to attain
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In 1931‚ the term “American Dream” was made popular by James Truslow Adams in his novel Epic of America in which the quote read: “But there has also been the American dream‚ that dream of a land in which life would be better and richer and fuller for every man‚ with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.” In both The Great Gatsby and Of Mice and Men the attainment of the characters ’ own "American Dreams" are portrayed. Jay Gatsby was the epitome of success; coming up from
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The Great Gatsby: Did Money Kill the Great? Many people claim that The Great Gatsby is the quintessential American novel. This is due to the reoccurring theme of the book of the rise and fall of the American dream. The book is very significant because of its relation to the time period in which it was written and the actual events that were taking place in the world in and around the 1920’s. This period was called the "Roaring 20’s" because of the economy at the time was through
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progresses. • Jay Gatsby (originally James Gatz) — a young‚ mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger)‚ originally from North Dakota. He is obsessed with Daisy Buchanan‚ whom he had met when he was a young officer stationed in the south during World War I. The character is based on the bootlegger and former World War I officer Max Gerlach‚ according to Some Sort of Epic Grandeur‚ Matthew J Bruccoli’s biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby is said to have
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