"The Great Gatsby" is a novel written at the period before gay rights. ... Scott Fitzgerald, an eloquent novel filled with messages meant to spark romance. ... On the same note, Nick a distant cousin describes her: Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered 'Listen,' a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the...

• Word Count: 1092
• Approx Pages: 4

In the novel, there are times when the reader asks the question: is Gatsby's love for Daisy true? ... In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. ... Colors are used as symbols throughout the novel. ... Gatsby wanted to build a reputation and did not necessarily care about the persona he put out, as long as people took note and admired him. ...

• Word Count: 754
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"Critics concur that The Great Gatsby rises above being a mere chronicle of a past American era, and most believe that the novel's continued popularity demonstrates modern America's fascination with the American dream" (Poupard, Person 147). ... But in the middle of the novel Nick Carraway, the narrator discovers that Gatsby was born Jay Gatz in North Dakota. ... In the course of the novel Carraway also finds that Gatsby earned his fortune through illegal criminal activity such as stealing. ... "It is on this note of accommodation, of very modest dreams in light of the sobering reali...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald was influenced by the novel, The Waste Land by C.F. ... Fitzgerald ties Ginevra in with the character of Daisy and many other women in his novels. ... This quote from the novel describes Nick's first meeting with Jordan. ... Houston note that the name Eckleburg seems to be a play on two German words, "ekel- and "burg- which taken together suggest "loathsome town- (Moyer 227). ... Francis Cugat was a Spanish born artist chosen to paint the cover of the novel (Scribner 196-97). ...

• Word Count: 1494
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby is, in some respects, somewhat autobiographical in that Fitzgerald relied on his life experiences to form certain aspects of the novel. ... During the party at the apartment, Nick notes Myrtle's behavior: "The intense vitality that had been so remarkable in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur. ...

• Word Count: 2520
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is a specific portrait of American society during the Roaring Twenties, yet tells the quintessential American story of a man rising from rags to riches only to find that whatever benefits his wealth affords, it cannot grant him the privileges of class and status. ... Carraway is involved in all of the events of the novel, yet does not play a significant active role; he is only a passive observer. ... Other than Wilson's garage, the only other feature of note is a large advertisement for an optometrist, two large eyes that look over the ba...

• Word Count: 1372
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Seemingly innocuous, Daisy is the main reason the conflict in this novel even occurs. ... He becomes somewhat poetic, describing her voice as "the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again" (9). ... However, this same characteristic also led her into more than one unfortunate situation and was also the cause of major escalated tension and anger in the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1869
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby and the American Dream For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. - 1 Timothy 6:10 - As people, we do not realize what kinds of sorrows we bring upon ourselves. A...

• Word Count: 2638
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School