This one of the many examples of how an author uses his/her characters and objects to symbolize other more significant ideas or meanings. ... Authors usually symbolize or allude to objects or the ideas of the time period that the literature is written although some authors allude to past symbols from very different time periods. ... Although, sometimes authors will purposely write about a past or future period. Authors of great literature each have their own significant writing style. ... The themes and messages the author tries to extend onto the reader can share meanings from generation to g...

• Word Count: 898
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

The Great Gatsby The novel The Great Gatsby was written by F. ... I think that the movie "The Great Gatsby" is sucessful in capturing the work of the author on screen. I think the movie we watched in class does a nice job at capturing the mood of The Great Gatsby. ... I think the movie did a great job by showing everyone happy and cheerful, going from one group to another laughing over the roar of people. ... One thing that bothered me were the changes made to the movie "The Great Gatsby" from the book. ...

• Word Count: 325
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

"It is not what an author says, but what he or she whispers that is important." According to this adapted quote by Logan Pearsall Smith, the underlying message that the author is trying to convey, besides the text, is significant. ... In the play "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, the author injects a part of himself into his writing. ... The Great Gatsby by F. ... But, when disquised within an author's writing, it can be exposed, and one can know the author's innermost thoughts and dreams....

• Word Count: 403
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The film "The Great Gatsby- begins its story with the introduction of Nick Caraway, a native of Minnesota. ... On the surface "The Great Gatsby- is a story of ill-fated love between a man and a woman. ... Scott Fitzgerald, the author of the book upon which the movie was based, portrays the 1920's as an era of decayed social and moral values, made apparent its greed and the empty pursuit of pleasure. The recklessness that led to parties and wild jazz music "represented in "The Great Gatsby- by the parties that Gatsby throws every Saturday night "resulted ultimately in the corru...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In The Great Gatsby, a novel by American author F. ... The corruption of the American dream in the 1920's era is shown in The Great Gatsby through symbolism, materialism, and romantic dreams and hopes. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses many clear symbols to help portray the corruption of the American dream. ... The author uses white to describe Daisy's superficiality. ... American author F. ...

• Word Count: 1016
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Gatsby's Greatness Greatness can mean different things to different people. In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is great in several ways. ... Finally, to Nick Carraway, Gatsby's neighbor and the author of the book, Gatsby is great for his fatalistic idealism, his unwavering hope to win back his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. ... Part of Gatsby's greatness is his popularity and social mystique. ... Nick Carraway, the book's author, sees Gatsby as "Great". ...

• Word Count: 763
• Approx Pages: 3

Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby, he used a unique writing technique. ... This style allowed the author to withhold any information that he did not present to the narrator in the story, causing the reader to learn things the same way the narrator did. The protagonist in The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, was revealed to the narrator, Nick, gradually throughout the course of the novel. ... The next major revelation about Gatsby does not happen to Nick until much later, but the author decided to place it earlier in the novel so the reader could understand what was going on more easil...

• Word Count: 519
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Authors often portray ideologies of the society of 1920's America in their novels. ... Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, one ideology critiqued is the American Dream. ... The settings are symbolic of the great divide between rich and poor. ... The authors intention may have been to create dislikeable characters to show the corruption of the 1920s society. The author presents the theme of the Dream as being corrupt. ...

• Word Count: 721
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby F.S. ... The author, a World War I veteran himself, shows insight into the lives and minds of American soldiers who fought in Europe during the conflict and the interesting experiences some may have had in the years following their return. ... The author conveyed the main character's thoughts and emotions in a manner that was both fascinating and clever. ... The Great Gatsby turned out to be a mildly interesting surprise. ...

• Word Count: 779
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Authors use different symbols to represent the personalities of characters. In the novel, The great Gatsby, F. ... Colors are used in the novel, The Great Gatsby, to symbolize the personality of the characters Daisy, Gatsby, and Nick. ...

• Word Count: 546
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

"The Great Gatsby" is a novel written at the period before gay rights. ... (Fitzgarald 33) Many authors during this period were very cautious with the topic of homosexuality as it had to conform to prevailing attitudes of the time. ... The author of this novel has presented the idea that whatever everyone does is a matter of personal preference. ... On the social angle, the author endeavors to explain the flaws of Nick and thereby making readers be in a position to effectively judge. ... " I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets clad in his u...

• Word Count: 1092
• Approx Pages: 4

Many things from his novel, The Great Gatsby paralleled things from his life. ... Fitzgerald used familiar places and scenery from his life to help him with setting in The Great Gatsby. ... Fitzgerald and Zelda lived in Great Neck, Long Island. East and West Egg, the setting for The Great Gatsby, in reality is where Great Neck is. ... Authors tend to use things in their lives, like people and places they've lived, in their literature because it is always easier to write about what they know. ...

• Word Count: 468
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby is a book about class, wealth, and social standing. ... Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, a man of great wealth and social standing. ... Scott Fitzgerald uses in "The Great Gatsby". ... Throughout the book, "The Great Gatsby", F. ... The author used symbolism to convey the way that things should be, as far as morals, and to give light to the immoral acts that occur in the book "The Great Gatsby"....

• Word Count: 867
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

THE GREAT GATSBY THE ESSENCE OF TIME In The Great Gatsby, F. ... To pinpoint only one of the many symbols that represents time in The Great Gatsby would be an injustice to the story as a whole. ... "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees--just as things grow in fast movies--I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.""... This ability created by an author creates a whole new experience for the reader each time they read the story. ... THE GREAT GATSBY. 1925 Copyright © 1925 by Charles Scr...

• Word Count: 914
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals In The Great Gatsby, the author F. ... The romance of money lures the characters in The Great Gatsby into surrendering their values, but in the end, "the streets paved with gold led to a dead end" (Vogue, December 1999). ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how the morals of society have been destroyed. ...

• Word Count: 892
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby By F. ... The Character's in "The Great Gatsby" are very interesting. ... Nick may not approve of Gatsby, yet he still thinks of him as great, and looks up to him. ... I think the author is trying to tell us to not dwell on the past, and to just live life for today. ... I really liked "The Great Gatsby"; I got caught up in it and ended up reading it in three days. ...

• Word Count: 1246
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This is the same case for the movie The Great Gatsby. Instead of adhering to the author Fitzgerald's perspective, the director of this movie takes freedom in describing a "Great Gatsby- story of his own. ... Even from the first meet, the director is already portraying his own secretive "Great Gatsby."" ... By taking certain liberties, the director of The Great Gatsby movie creates certain events and scenes that make a different type of story. ... Therefore, although The Great Gatsby movie originated from a novel, the movie has its own "Great Gatsby- story to speak of and to describe...

• Word Count: 916
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. ... In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author tries to show you that wealth is a luxury but not enough for real happiness. ... Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. ...

• Word Count: 827
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The American Dream and How it is portrayed in The Great Gatsby By: Emma Macklin The Great Gatsby is a novel published in 1925, written by F. ... The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy, love and rich vs. poor. ... The author portrays the concept to the readers to show that people will go through many levels of extreme situations to ultimately achieve what is known as the American Dream at that period in time. ... Scott Fitzgerald portrays the American Dream in the novel The Great Gatsby as this way of life that majority of people in this era were striving towards, and were doing an...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In the book, "The Great Gatsby," there are many different forms of watchers (eyes) that are witnessing these immoral acts, but just because there is someone watching, doesn't always mean the characters were on their best behavior. In this essay I will discuss three immoral turpitudes found in "The Great Gatsby"; decadence, rumors, gossip, and murder. ... " I choose this quote because it is a great example of Gatsby's decadent behavior. ... Although Gatsby went to great lengths to impress others, with his cars, clothes and house which was described to resemble a "fair"...

• Word Count: 1047
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Great Gatsby- Destruction of Morals The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals In The Great Gatsby, the author F. ... The romance of money lures the characters in The Great Gatsby into surrendering their values, but in the end, "the streets paved with gold led to a dead end" (Vogue, December 1999). ... Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how the morals of society have been destroyed. ...

• Word Count: 897
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

While considered among the best American authors today, F. ... (SC.EDU) Inheriting his name from another famous American, a distant cousin who authored the Star Spangled Banner, F. ... While in Paris Fitzgerald wrote and published The Great Gatsby, his most recognized and regarded work. In Paris Fitzgerald began work on a book of American authors in Paris. ... The Great Gatsby was not a sensational seller, even though it received critical acclaim. ...

• Word Count: 575
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The great Gatsby Vs. ... He grew up in a household where money was not something that was of great abundance. ... One of his most famous novels was The Great Gatsby. ... Much like the other authors of his time, all of Fitzgerald's works had a similar theme while still each maintaining its own uniqueness. ... At the end of The Great Gatsby an unsuspected killer kills Gatsby. ...

• Word Count: 1202
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Role of Symbolism in The Great Gatsby What would a novel be like without the vital use of symbolism? What if the author laid everything out, and the reader was walked right through the entire story? ... In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald uses many symbols and motifs to help explain the setting of his story. ... They motifs in the Great Gatsby are constantly portraying and developing the themes in the novel. ... The symbols and motifs in The Great Gatsby are definitely significant to the novel. ...

• Word Count: 654
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald the author develops the idea that money can control a person's actions and attitude, through imagery and the shallowness of the upper-class. ... Fitzgerald demonstrates in The Great Gatsby that money is valued over things like marriage, children, family, and love. ...

• Word Count: 695
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School