The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... It is through the narrator's dealings with high society that readers are shown how modern values have transformed the American Dream's pure ideals into a scheme for materialistic power, and further, how the world of high society lacks any sense of morals or consequence. ... From first glance, it would seem that they live the perfect life, both being rich, young and beautiful. Instead, Fitzgerald uses them to show the bad qualities of the American Dreams modern face. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby ...

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

The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... It is through the narrator's dealings with high society that readers are shown how modern values have transformed the American Dream's pure ideals into a scheme for materialistic power, and further, how the world of high society lacks any sense of morals or consequence. ... From first glance, it would seem that they live the perfect life, both being rich, young and beautiful. Instead, Fitzgerald uses them to show the bad qualities of the American Dreams modern face. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby ...

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

The Great Gatsby is a perfect illustration of the destructive power of dreams. ... It is through the narrator's dealings with high society that readers are shown how modern values have transformed the American Dream's pure ideals into a scheme for materialistic power, and further, how the world of high society lacks any sense of morals or consequence. ... From first glance, it would seem that they live the perfect life, both being rich, young and beautiful. Instead, Fitzgerald uses them to show the bad qualities of the American Dreams modern face. ... I agree that The Great Gatsby ...

• Word Count: 1310
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Daisy seemed to be the perfect girl as she was growing up. ... Throughout the whole book, Daisy is made out to be this perfect girl who gets caught between two men, both of whom she swears she loves. ... In modern times, she would be considered a "gold-digger." ...

• Word Count: 1214
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Great Gatsby delineates the diverse elements of high society during the Jazz Age through the following representative characters: Jay Gatsby as the nouveau riche, Tom Buchanan as the old money, and Jordan Baker as the reckless, detached modern woman. ... He is concerned with what he sees as the loss of his own high status and is the perfect example of old money. ... Jordan Baker, Daisy's childhood friend and Nick's short-term love interest, is portrayed as being reckless and dishonest, having the arrogant attitude of many of the people of her time, but also h...

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

Her white and seemingly floating dress seems perfect in every way. ... She, in my eyes, is the ideal of what is completely wrong with modern society's idea of love, that it can be bought and sold at will of the buyer and seller. ...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

However, it's not just paper money that is needed to create the perfect illusion of life, but the paper people as well. ... Gatsby eventually begins to live in the past and is so concentrated on becoming her "perfect" man that he does not recognize he is being unrealistic. ... This could connect to our modern society today. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They carry an underlying pathos, confirming that they have flaws and carry issues with them that create a character that is far from perfect. ... In the early 20th century, as Americans faced the decision between maintaining traditional views vs. progressing into a modern world, anti-heroism began to rise once again. ... Protagonists became morally ambiguous in order to reflect the complexity of modern life. ...

• Word Count: 1474
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His goals possess the unique traits present in the old American Dream - to achieve a perfect life but through hindsight, we can see that his dream was unattainable due to one factor; his love for Daisy was not returned mutually by her. His dreams possess the traits of the old American dream but are lost when he attempts to fulfill the dream with a modern face. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald, and The Great Gatsby movie, are perfect examples of the effect of location and its people on someone physically and mentally. ... In comparing how location can impact people's physical and moral outcomes, there are two modern examples; kids going to college and soldiers at war. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The "anti-hero" is a more modern device portrayed in films and comic books. ... Fitzgerald has given him this set of characteristics to show that he's not perfect, that no one within "The Great Gatsby" is. ...

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These authors were of extraordinary talent and changed the way we view modern American literature. ... When it came down to their work each man worked rigorously to make sure that each chapter was perfect. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This society consisted of people who were exchanging original traditional values for modern values. ... Tom was a snake, slithering and managing to escape consequences and move on with his semi-perfect life. ...

• Word Count: 1325
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• Grade Level: High School

In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote what was considered to be his greatest work. The Great Gatsby is considered to be the "great American novel" by many because the main character of the story is said to "embody the innocence of the American dream." (Shute 3.) The novel ultimately manifests the fai...

• Word Count: 2165
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As the film is set in modern-day India, it promotes the contemporary belief that once you find true love, everything will fall into place. In our day-to-day lives, modern day media constantly portray this belief that we are all destined for unrelenting love, overlooking many of the sacrifices and consequences. ... This begs the question – is it ever possible to attain the perfect love, or is perfection in love really an illusion? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Following a central theme of modernism, this new God watches over his paradise that has been reduced to ash-heaps by modern man. ... This book is a perfect example of the fall of the American Dream in the 1920s as it shows to the extent that people went to become popular and wealthy. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is obvious that they are not truly in love but they are married because their social standings make them perfect for one another. ... This parallels modern society's rootlessness and accompanying corruption of the American Dream....

• Word Count: 1640
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• Grade Level: High School

This presents a close link to The Great Gatsby, as when Daisy assumes Tom has another woman in New York, she becomes aware of the fact that she is not as perfect as she may have thought. ... The film Chocolat is set in the small French village of Lansquenet, a very religious town wrapped in tradition, and content to cocoon itself against the influence of the modern world. ...

• Word Count: 1498
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• Grade Level: High School

As the book travels through the world of the wealthy during what was a time of recovery and luxury in this particular area, it explores an interesting concept that is apparent in much of modern literature- money does not equal morality. ... Another of Daisy's key characteristics is one that she perfected so well, and it kept her in the social circles and lifestyle she wanted and was accustomed to. ...

• Word Count: 1869
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In contrast to the modern day woman, the traits shared by the women in Fitzgerald's book are somewhat disturbing, sometimes laughable, but more importantly, are indicative of Fitzgerald's view of what the consequences of achieving the American Dream held for Americans. ... Daisy and Jordan are so bored and complacent in their "perfect" world that they are completely disconnected from the vitality and meaning of existence. ...

• Word Count: 2520
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School