Materialistic values and the power of money mislead the characters throughout this novel. ... Gatsby is a strong character to portray this value throughout the novel; his success is Daisy. ... Hermanson, this perception of "predetermined destiny contributes to the novel as tragedy- (79). ... The novel is almost expecting to unravel into the fulfillment of the American dream. ... The embodiment of the American dream is a major theme throughout the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald's personal life at the time in which he wrote the novel. The Great Gatsby, a novel written by Fitzgerald, includes many autobiographical elements of the author's life. ... In "The Novels of F. ... Bowers cites Fitzgerald's own devastation: The novel was published in 1925 . . . sales were a considerable disappointment compared to the success of his first novel . . . ... While he worked on his final novel, Fitzgerald suffered a heart attack and died in 1940" (Bowers 4). ...

• Word Count: 1551
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• Has Bibliography

Scott Fitzgerald sat down to start his next project, he had no idea that he would be writing one of the greatest novels in history. In the summer and fall of 1924, Fitzgerald spent his time in France writing a novel that would eventually become known as The Great Gatsby. ... The novel was a hit with critics and readers alike. ... While living in France in the summer and fall of that year he wrote his next novel, The Great Gatsby. ... The novels release was met by critical acclaim and considered his best work ever. ...

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

Scott Fitzgerald utilizes many universal themes to make a classic novel, explaining the life in 1920's. ... The use of sarcasm plays a big part in the novel when Fitzgerald presents sarcasm to display humor. ... Nick later states that this event is the main reason for eventual breakup later in the novel. ... Secondly, exaggeration is used throughout the novel. ... Sarcasm, irony, and humor in The Great Gatsby also make the novel more appealing to the readers. ...

• Word Count: 1632
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

East and west are expansively used in this novel to contrast certain types of people and their mannerisms. ... In the novel, the east is used to represent an evil area, much like the Valley of Ashes. ... Nick opens the novel in a nostalgic tone, analyzing the past and the lessons he has learned. ... By the end of the novel Nick has emerged as an openly emotional man, one who now has sympathy for Gatsby. ... The novel is basically a criticism of this prestigious' upper class of which everyone wants a part. ...

• Word Count: 1642
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald, I was pleasantly surprised and I could not put the novel down. ... In Fitzgerald's novel, the town is split into two sections which are East and West Egg. ... There are three primary themes that Fitzgerald develops throughout this novel. ... Hypocrisy is the third chief point of this novel. Nick Carraway is one of the only genuine, honest characters in this entire novel. ...

• Word Count: 1839
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

However, as important as these themes are to the novel, another message that is even more central to the story is moral corruption. ... Before the events of the novel take place, Wolfsheim helped Gatsby to make his fortune bootlegging illegal liquor. ... Alongside Jay Gatsby, is a leading individual in the novel and entirely determined on his actions. ... As a result, the novel successfully develops the theme of moral dishonesty towards others. ... In a novel that has its share of disturbing themes, this one is not only surprising but also comforting....

• Word Count: 1656
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In his novel The Great Gatsby (1925) F. ... The novel takes place in New York, in the early 1920s. ... It is very important for the reader to understand that there are no positive characters in this novel. Nick Carraway is the only character in the novel who has to work for his money. ... Throughout the novel Fitzgerald shows the reader that Jordan Baker succeeded at that. ...

• Word Count: 1741
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He wrote many notable novels in his career, and one of them is Great Gatsby. ... Fitzgerald shows the difference between lower class and upper class people in the novel. ... In this novel, Fitzgerald produces many literary devices. ... He is there during every incident that happens in this novel. James Gatz is another protagonist of the novel known for Jay Gatsby. ...

• Word Count: 1547
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

It stoof the test of time and has earned the distinction as one of the truly great American novels. ... Historically, this novel is useful in understanding what was going on in America after World War I, but from another prospect. ... Laterin the novel we learn that his real name is James Gatz; he was born in North Dakota, to an impoverished farming family. ... Many of the characters in his novels are based on people from his life. ... Later in the novel, he couldn't stand it when he realized that his wife and mistress were "slipping precipitately from his control....

• Word Count: 1388
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Here, the color green is evident throughout the entire novel. ... For the duration of the novel Gatsby aims to recover the past so he can enhance the present to make the future what he desires all this time. ... This is strikingly significant to the novel because though Gatsby has the money, he has nothing else, which has quite literally cost him in the game of life. ... Throughout the novel, the idea of green impacts Gatsby's life extraordinarily. ... The novel in its entirety is wrapped around this idea that Gatsby wants Daisy and the green light has drove him towards her. ...

• Word Count: 1317
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about one man's disenchantment with the American dream. ... The Great Gatsby is a tightly structured, symbolically compressed novel whose predominant images and symbols reinforce the idea that Gatsby's dream exists on borrowed time. ... This green light is one of the central symbols of the novel. ... As the novel closes, the experience of Gatsby and his broken dream become the focus of that historic dream for which he stands. In the final thoughts of the novel, Fitzgerald would like the reader to see a much broader picture of the theme- a vision of Americ...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There is a variety of characters in the novel The Great Gatsby that comes from different economic acquirements. ... In this novel Fitzgerald fortunately uses location to differentiate social statuses among his characters while the weather and seasons of those locations help guide the characters and the direction of this novel. ... Over all the members from the novel that reside in East Egg are selfish and arrogant. ... The rock bottom place in this novel is The Valley of Ashes. ... Fitzgerald also integrates weather into the novel and uses it to describe a characters emotions or actions. ...

• Word Count: 1589
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald uses the color green in regards to many different aspects of the novel. ... Throughout the novel, Gatsby is in pursuit of this green light, which is Daisy's love, but it is only at the end of the novel is when he realizes that this dream of acquiring Daisy was not a reality and that it could not come to pass. ... In this case, the usage of the color green in the novel may represent happiness, depended on money at that time period. ... The first time that Fitzgerald uses the color green in the novel is when Nick first comes to West Egg. ... In conclu...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

"The Great Gatsby", a novel by F. ... Point of view is presentable throughout the entire novel. ... The use of the limited first person point of view gives not only the character of Gatsby but the whole novel a greater air of realism. ... By viewing the plot through the eyes of Nick also presents certain limitations, meanwhile providing a relationship of the tone and message of the novel as a whole. ... Last of all, one of the important themes in the novel is class and social standing in the 1920's. ...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald is a novel which deals with the quest for wealth and power in society, in order for Gatsby's happiness to be fulfilled . ... The materialism in the novel is of more importance to the characters than idealism. ... The novel is set during the 1920's, which were rather corrupt years, on the account of morals and values. ... In the novel Gatsby only really uses his bedroom and it is described as empty compared to the rest of the house, which his guest see. ... In the novel we are told that Gatsby has five cars. ...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby - The American DreamThe Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby, a novel by F. ... This is a common them central to many novels. ... (Lewis 48 ) In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the uses of literary technique of symbolism to reflect what life in the 1920's was like, through Fitzgerald's eyes. ... The novel also teaches the lesson of being true to one's self and following one's own personal dream, not the one Americans are programmed to have. ...

• Word Count: 1405
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... The novel illustrates the society in the 1920s and the associated beliefs, values and dreams of the American population of the time. ... This is shown when Gatsby is first introduced in the novel. ... Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald shows the collapse of dreams, whether they are dreams of money, status, or simply of happiness. ...

• Word Count: 1307
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... The novel illustrates the society in the 1920s and the associated beliefs, values and dreams of the American population of the time. ... This is shown when Gatsby is first introduced in the novel. ... Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald shows the collapse of dreams, whether they are dreams of money, status, or simply of happiness. ...

• Word Count: 1310
• Approx Pages: 5
• 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. ... "In short, the novel embodies and expresses the simple, basic human desire and yearning, u...

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

Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. ... The novel illustrates the society in the 1920s and the associated beliefs, values and dreams of the American population of the time. ... This is shown when Gatsby is first introduced in the novel. ... Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald shows the collapse of dreams, whether they are dreams of money, status, or simply of happiness. ...

• Word Count: 1312
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Jay Gatsby, the namesake of Fitzgerald's novel, is a prime example of such expectations. ... Found in the opening paragraphs of the novel, this quote introduces Gatsby to the audience as an almost God-like, mysterious man. ... This quote was taken from the second to last page of the novel. ... It concludes the novel with a feeling of grudging futility; no matter how hard you try, the world is against you. ...

• Word Count: 1542
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby's greatness comes from his need to experience success and his will to achieve his dreams. ... This need to make himself better in the eyes of others is characteristic of Gatsby throughout the novel. ... However, this power to dream is Gatsby's greatest quality because it gives a dimension to his character that is not apparent in anyone else in the novel. ... Gatsby may not be a perfect character, but by living for a purpose, he is able to extract greater meaning from life, making him superior to the othe...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald's highly accomplished novel, The American Dream, he portrays the longing for the American Dream as a significant part of ones life, very familiar to society as a corrupted essence of reality and ideals that the characters, especially Jay Gatsby, truly represent. ... In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway quotes, "Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelle...

• Word Count: 1397
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nick says something in this chapter that is real important to the whole novel. ... This whole scene is strategically placed in the novel. ... This is the climax of the novel though, and everything from here seems to go downhill. ...

• Word Count: 1488
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School