Myrtle was given all the love in the world by her husband William, but she wanted what he couldn't give her: money. ... She may have been a materialistic high-roller, but she had a husband and child to look after. ... The one aspect of life that her husband George could never give her was enough money to buy all that she sought after. ... The ideal human in the 1920's was twisted by alcohol, money, lust and love. ...
This green light is located, at the end of the dock of Daisy and her husband's house, across the water. ... The description of Gatsby's mansion shows the distorted ideals of what money meant to him: "The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard "it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. ... Through the usage of the color green, the reader is given a deeper understanding of Gatsby's ideals and his in...
Throughout the years there has become a mythos of ""the great American novel", a novel about American ideals so well written it could be interesting to anyone. ... Her husband Tom is equally corrupted, he to has ended up caring only about the luxury and his status in society. ...
The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman are both explorations of the elusive and often unreachable vision of the American Dream. Jay Gatsby, the main character in The Great Gatsby, and Willy Loman, the main character in Death of a Salesman, both symbolize the American Dream. In F. Scott Fitzger...
Since the 1800's, people's drive for wealth has been stronger than any other factor in their lives. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his method to create the appearance and personality of imaginary persons and reveals their character. Many people marry solely for money, and completely disregard their feeli...
