Although it was not completely successful immediately, it is now accepted universally as a superb piece of literature with a lesson for everyone who reads it. ... Nick Carraway, the narrator and main character of this novel, is peculiar when compared with the other characters. ... Almost every successful piece of literature has themes and lessons that the author hopes the readers will obtain. ... The selfishness of Fitzgerald's characters makes us disgusted with them by the end of the novel. ... If everyone applies these lessons to their lives, we can improve our society and ourse...

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

He is also extremely hypocritical, condemning Gatsby's relationship with Daisy but having no qualms about his affair with Myrtle. ... Throughout the novel, Nick remains a passive observer, but yet his observations about life grow as he discovers more and more about Gatsby. Nick opens the novel in a nostalgic tone, analyzing the past and the lessons he has learned. ... He has worked his entire life to be with Daisy for a total of two months or so, which all ends when he is killed because of his association with her. ... Fitzgerald ultimately proves that people will behave in ridiculous way...

• Word Count: 1642
• Approx Pages: 7
• 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. ... Her entire motivation in her life is to enjoy herself. ... 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

In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald uses the color green in regards to many different aspects of the novel. ... At that time, all that mattered was if you could make money, be successful, and be able to fulfill your dreams, all of which the color green is associated with the novel. ... Gatsby needs money to live the life that he does, and to get back together with Daisy. ... Gatsby had not been born rich, but started out poor, and later in his life became rich. ... At the end of the novel, Gatsby is starting to realize that true love can not be achieved with Daisy, because she is only attrac...

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

In his novel, The Beautiful and Damned, F. ... Anthony lacks the traditional moral lessons and ethical behaviors are traditionally taught to children at a young age by their parents. ... Rosenfeld declares that the youth, " . . . seem unable to face life without having at the back of them, the immense upholstery of wealth.... Fitzgerald uses the same dilemma with a character in another one of his novels The Great Gatsby. ... Dick believes that every women's life, commences with her first real kiss, because she is starting to lose her innocence, and ends when she has given birth to h...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School