INDRODUCTION Whether there is an American novel literature or not, is no longer in doubt. ... The colonists were Europeans, together with Africans or involuntary' immigrants, brought by slave trade. ... No sovereign , no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manners.., no great literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class- no Epsom or Ascot!... ... America then was a classless society or rather a society of one class- the middl...

• Word Count: 455
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Fitzgerald was the son of a failed wicker furniture salesman and an Irish immigrant. ... Fitzgerald's first novel was rejected, and after failing at Princeton College, he enlisted in the army and was stationed in Montgomery Alabama where he met Zelda Sayre. ... After Fitzgerald's second novel "The Beautiful and the Damned" he and Zelda had their only child, Scottie. ... Next I will tie in how his personal life affected his topics in his novels. ...

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

Before the United States of America was established, immigrants from all over Western Europe stormed to America. Some immigrants came to help expand their country's empire, some were explorers searching for new adventures, but most came for the American Dream. The American Dream for these immigrants consisted of a few basic ideas such as religious freedom, equality, and a chance to succeed in the world. ... The novel relates the story of a man searching for his American Dream. Jay Gatsby is the main character of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1231
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The novel was written with a transcending message of the American dream, which everyone had during the era the book was being written. ... Immigrants come to United States to pursue the American dream, which can be defined in one way of making quick money. ...

• Word Count: 469
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• Grade Level: High School

Immigrants that came to America obtained more freedom then they would have else where, but even for the "Home of the Free", they are never truly free. Due to that fact that they are immigrants, forces them to hide their native inheritance. ... In the novel, The Great Gatsby by R. ...

• Word Count: 726
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• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald was influenced by the novel, The Waste Land by C.F. ... His mother's father was a self made Irish immigrant millionaire, and his father was a salesman who married above his social class and squandered the family fortune (Reynolds 2360). ... 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. ... 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

His father drank away his sorrows and his mother was the daughter of Irish immigrants trying to prove themselves in America and create a life for themselves (Bruccoli, 1994). ... The novel was about him it was simple and thinly veiled; it chronicled his life and rejection by the women he loved. ... In 1925, Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, which is considered his greatest work and widely accepted as the defining novel of the decade. ... When he finally published his fourth novel Tender is the Night it was ill received and did not provide nearly as much income as he needed (Bruccoli, 19...

• Word Count: 1661
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

Scott Fitzgerald began his second novel in l920. ... She is reminiscent of many of Fitzgerald's women in later novels. ... Fitzgerald's second novel explores the same waste land that pops up in so many of his other novels. ... Money plays a dominant role in this novel. ... This is a failure of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School