The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanans and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes ...
Literary criticism is a broad term used to define the different theories in which a reader can critique literary works. It began with formalism in the 1920's and has evolved into many different theories that cover gender studies, historicism, deconstruction, etc. Psychoanalytic theory originated fro...
Nick's impression of these two women in particular, as well as the others he encounters during his brief stay in New York, are noteworthy in that they demonstrate the vapidity and emptiness of the wealthy and socially connected crowd during that time. ... n dreams": success, money, notoriety, status, etc. ... Unfortunately, based on her social stature, Myrtle is only able to imitate the American Dream life she reads about or gleans from her amorous interactions with Tom Buchanan. ...
