The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The American Dream is a philosophy based off of starting from nothing and achieving family, fortune, and fame. The belief that self-determination and hard work will lead to the attainment of the American Dream is strongly tied with the American culture. This philosophical idea, however, is not portrayed in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which is often referred to as one of the “Great American Novels” to date. In terms, a “Great American Novel” should portray an honest and well-remembered character, rather than a character such as Jay Gatsby who achieved his fortune through illegal business and dies without recognition towards the end. Although Gatsby lives a lavish lifestyle that many people fantasize about, Gatsby’s American Dream is never fully fulfilled due to his failure of not having a family, successfully obtaining money the righteous way, and leaving a legacy; therefore, the novel The Great Gatsby, should not be entitled as the “Great American Novel” today.

Society has an obsession with money. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, wealth is portrayed in two different classes called the new money and the old money. New money refers to those who have recently made their own fortune within their own generation. Old money refers to those who have inherited money from their wealthy families in the past generations. The new money people are more extravagant with their money in order to flaunt their wealth, while the old money people are more conservative with their money because they have been around for longer and people already understand their wealth. The difference between new and old money is not

“To do two things at once is to do neither”(Syrus). As Publilius Syrus suggests, in an age where multitasking is more common than the ideals concencentration, it is important to reconsider the capabilities of man. The idea of taking on multiple tasks underlines man’s capabilities in that it often gears the mind in two opposite directions with equal power. In this regard, though it may seem efficient, it is actually vile for man to attempt to sustain multiple projects that gear toward opposite directions. This idea is confirmed by F. Scott Fitzgeralds’ The Great Gatsby, a novel in which the protagonist Jay Gatsby illustrates why man isn’t capable of taking on two equal and opposite projects at the same time. Gatsby fails to conquer Daisy

Dance has shaped the way we look at many different things throughout history. It has shaped how people socialize, what music people listen to, and even whole eras. One such era is the roaring 1920s. How did people socialize in the 1920s? They danced the evening away. What music did people listen to? Jazz music that they could listen to while they danced the evening away. Dance was a huge part of what made up the glorious Jazz Age. So, when a book was written to describe the 1920s scene, no doubt there had to be dance, and lots of it. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the energy level of the parties, music, and dancing to represent a vast array of emotions within the characters.

The American Dream has been around for years, and is forever changing. However, its basic principles of determination and purpose have always been around, except during the 1920s when they had become corrupted. This idea was shown throughout The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story gives great insight into what life was like during the 1920s from the characters’ perspectives. Through Gatsby’s lavish lifestyle, the readers get to see what the ultimate goal was for the American people at the time. However, what he had was not enough for him since all he ever wanted was to earn Daisy’s love. Gatsby’s dream was symbolized through the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, which he use to stare at night. Fitzgerald uses the green light to compare Gatsby’s hopeless quest for Daisy’s heart to the unobtainable, corrupted American Dream. He does this by showing how obsessed the characters are with having a life like Gatsby’s, and by having him die at the end of the novel without having achieved his dream.

In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main character, Jay Gatsby, is portrayed by Fitzgerald as a tremendous romanticist who, throughout the entire novel, tries to win over the love of his life. When Gatsby and Daisy are reunited, they start spending more time with one another behind Tom Buchanan-Daisy 's husbands, back. Daisy and Gatsby are enjoying one of their meet ups at Gatsby 's mansion one afternoon when Gatsby comes close to obtaining Daisy, however, he and Nick share some worrisome beliefs that perhaps, Daisy is falling too short of Gatsby 's illusion, which is the perfected vision of Daisy that Gatsby creates about her. Throughout the analysed passage, Fitzgerald demonstrates that dreams idealised in ones mind can never truly be attained and are better off being simply dreams.

The idea that the “American dream” consists of achieving unlimited wealth, which ultimately results in unlimited happiness and eliminates all life’s worries, is challenged by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The novel outlines that power and wealth does NOT necessarily equate to happiness, the consequences of materialism, as well as the distinct differences and divide between social classes.

The Great Gatsby is a novel that illustrates the society in the 1920 's and the associated beliefs, values and dreams of the American population at that time. These beliefs, values and dreams can be summed up be what is termed the "American Dream"; a dream of money, wealth, prosperity and the happiness that supposedly came with the booming economy and get-rich-quick schemes that formed the essential underworld of American upper-class society. This underworld infiltrated the upper echelons and created such a moral decay within general society that paved the way for the ruining of dreams and dashing of hopes as they were placed confidently in the chance for opportunities that could be seized by one and all. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the

Fitzgerald wrote one of his most famous books The Great Gatsby, during the Age of Disillusionment. He focuses on the idea that everyone wants love, money, social class superiority,happiness, etc. The main American Dreams that Fitzgerald writes about are love and money. He shows that through his character 's hopes and dreams. For example, Gatsby’s dream of being with Daisy and Nick’s hope for becoming rich; even though to Fitzgerald they are only myths. The American Dreams are to find love and get rich, however Fitzgerald believes that The American Dream can not be achieved.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald chronicles the life of Jay Gatsby, a self-made man, narrated by a social outsider named Nick Carraway. The story takes place in New York during the Roaring Twenties. In this decade, American’s lives were characterized by a fascination with new technology, great wealth, and an increased emphasis on social activities and leisure. In addition, many Americans engaged in binge drinking despite Prohibition laws which made the consumption of alcohol illegal. In order to avoid arrest, Americans would smuggle illegally purchased alcohol into private social events and there consume it in excess. This dangerous behavior, in the context of secrecy and exclusivity, caused many Americans to re-evaluate their life

The students that read the Great Gatsby, read it amidst the Islamic revolution, thus their views towards the book were completely different compared to those who had read it previous to them. Revolution in general, radically changes the views of the people involved. In Iran this was no different, the people of Iran that were supporting the revolution, mostly younger men, were extremely radicalized. The Islamic revolution in Iran had brought with it a negative feelings toward the Western countries, mostly the United States. The hatred towards western countries came mostly because of differences in culture, and the student’s refusal to accept other cultures. The Gatsby, to them, was the typical American dream, it even contained all of the adultery, betrayal, and other immoral things that propaganda had spread about Americans. A book, a form of expression, was taken as something completely different just to meet their revolutionary views. They used the Great Gatsby to concrete their ideas about their enemies.

In the novel The Great Gatsby, J. Scott Fitzgerald introduced Jay Gatsby and used him as the mean to comment on the American dream. Although other characters in the story were also built to depict the author’s comment on the American Dream, Gatsby is still the most appealing example amongst any other. In order to entirely expressing his criticism, Fitzgerald used the variety of contrasting ideals and definitions on the American dream itself through out the novel. Most importantly, by focusing on Gatsby’s characterization, putting his character in the perfect setting as well as presenting suitable symbols, the author indicated his despise on the corruption of the American dream and how badly the mere concept of it had been distorted.

Many historians considered the 1920s as a transitional period that shifted Americans society from traditional values to a new era of modernization. During this time, the economy boomed, which made the 1920s one of the most prosperous era in the U.S. The Roaring twenties was associate as the era of consumerism, the prohibition and the disillusionment with the American dream. Many historians and Literature scholars recognized F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel, The Great Gatsby, as the iconic book of the 1920s. In the novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald used setting, symbol and character to convey his critique of American society. The symbol of green light, detailed description of the party at Gatsby 's house and the character of Myrtle all serve to show

The Great Gatsby is a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald that is all about love, mystery, and money. The starts off with Nick Carraway who is the narrator and an important character in the story. Not only is the narrator, but he is also the protagonist in his great story where he is also the moral judge of all the event that go on around him during the course of the book. He also is the only character that has a noticeable change in the story from the beginning to the end. Nick comes from the upper Midwest but his family had only been in the United States for about seventy years. It all started when his grandfather’s brother came over to in the 1850’s. Nick decides to leave the Midwest after World War I because he wants to escape from what he knows and make his fortune elsewhere. New York is where he decides to live, and he ends up renting a bungalow on the island known as West Egg. Right next to him lives Jay Gatsby and his cousin Daisy lives across the bay with her husband Tom Buchanan. He finds himself disgusted with all that he sees while he is in the city. Gatsby throws these wild parties, has strange manners, and is a shady business man. He is terrified when he meets Meyer Wolfsheim, one of Gatsby’s business associates, who fixed the World Series. Nick feel sorry for Jordan Baker who has a bad habit of lying and cheating on and off the golf course. He is also shocked that Tom isn’t loyal to his cousin but has a mistress that he wants to

F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most recognized names in American Literature. This is true because of his book titled The Great Gatsby. This work of his seemed to cast a shadow over the rest of his novels and short stories. Although many people may not know about a story called Babylon Revisited, it is definitely one of Fitzgerald’s finest stories and one that is worthy of praise and further analysis.