I think he changed his name because of the war, he felt that when he got back from the war that he wanted to be known as a different man, start a new life. Jay was a good goal setter and always dreamt of doing something new. ... An accomplished man with such fame and fortune only wanted to be loved back by a woman he'd loved for so many years, only hoping that when he returned she'd leave her husband to be with him. ... He fell in love with Daisy before he went to war. She married a enormously wealthy man named Tom Buchanan a former college football star. ...

• Word Count: 449
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The 1920's is referred to as the biggest, the loudest and the brightest; it began with one calamity, World War I, and ended with another calamity, World War II (Rayburn). ... The Charleston was one of these new appalling dances. ... "The new focus on body image and sexual appeal intensified concerns about hygiene. ... After high school, rather than attending college, Hemingway went to work as a journalist for the Kansas City Star Newspaper. ... Daisy knows of Tom's affair and hints to it when she speaks of her daughter, "I hope she'll be a fool "that's the best thi...

• Word Count: 1759
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Son of Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillian, he was named after his second cousin three times removed, Francis Scott Key, the author of The Star Spangle Banner ("A brief life of Fitzgerald- 1). ... After graduating from the Newman School, Fitzgerald entered New Jersey's prestigious Princeton University. ... In the winter of 1924-1925 hoping to leave the memories of the affair behind, the Fitzgerald's moved to Rome where The Great Gatsby was revised ("A brief life of Fitzgerald- 2). ... Both also have done time in the service during World War I and moved to New York City after bei...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanans and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. ...

• Word Count: 6164
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School