Essays On Books

In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses various aspects of narrative to bring the story alive and help the reader become immersed in it. In the duration of the first few chapters the reader is introduced to each of the main characters needed for the story and by Chapter 4 almost all of the […]

The Roaring Twenties brought in an epoch of extravagance and luxury. Besides material goods, people started pursuing the American dream of a stable life with a family. The main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby’, Jay Gatsby, is also fascinated to enter into the rat race of achieving the perfect “American Dream”. He […]

Elizabeth Barret-Browning’s ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ and F. Scott. Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ both reflect. in abstract manner and changing contexts and elements. the experience of idealized love. hope and mortality. The elements employed by Barret-Browning and Fitzgerald. differ in their word pictures of these subjects through assorted literary devices. two of which are ‘points […]

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed various characters, each with unique characteristics and behaviors. Notably, Tom stood out as an intriguing character. Tom displays his arrogance and self-serving nature through various actions, such as frequently expressing white supremacist beliefs that suggest the superiority of whites in creating civilization. He also enjoys demeaning others, […]

The Great Gatsby portrays the American dream, where individuals have the belief in achieving their desires in life, such as love, wealth, and genuine friendships. However, the book exposes this dream to be an illusion, contradicting its initial appearance. The book begins with the narrator, Nick, discussing his experiences in New York with a man […]

The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald illustrates many themes, however the most significant one relates to the American Dream and the corruption of this. Throughout this novel we see how the dream has been corrupted by the greedy pursuit of wealth. The American dream is great motivation for accomplishing goals and producing achievements, however when […]

“Gatsby is said to be not quite credible for Gatsby, divided between power and dream, comes to inevitability to stand for America itself.” This statement is true, but only from the viewpoint that its basic premise is correct. Gatsby isn’t credible as a character if he comes to stand “for America itself”, true, but I […]

Scott Fitzgerald has created a social satire of America in the 1920’s in which he exposes the American Dream as being inherently flawed and merely an illusion produced by idealism.This American Dream has been traditionally associated with the pursuit of freedom and equality. It can be traced back to the original settlers and the hope […]

Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is set in post-war America and portrays a multitude of important themes surrounding the American Dream, which is personified by Gatsby himself. The novel investigates the validity of the American Dream “in the pursuit of happiness” (1). Fitzgerald creates a world in which society places an immeasurable importance on […]

The concept of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as emphasized by Martin Luther King Jr., is a significant topic in the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The character of Jay Gatsby embodies the American dream in particular. During the study of literature, we often seek out an exceptional character. One […]

In passage A the reader is introduced to the heat of the novel “Already it was deep summer” this heightens the tension by the imagery of a “deep summer” because deep and summer is not usually words that are associated with each other. This is perhaps to prepare the readers for the entrance of Gatsby. […]

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life”(p. 28). Thus Nick Carraway, the intriguing narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s the Great Gatsby, describes the position he has in the novel. His description relates much of how Nick narrates the book, both with a stranger’s impartial view, and the […]

Fitzgerald slowly reveals Gatsby’s history to build up the mystery to who he really is. Fitzgerald has Nick use a semantic field of fabrication as he tells of Gatsby’s ‘imagination’ and ‘Platonic conception of himself’ as a teenager to highlight the facade that revolves around Gatsby. The references to ‘conception’ and ‘inventions’ emphasise Nick’s, and […]

“The Great Gatsby” is not only a depiction of American glamour but also an embodiment of the entire American dream. It encompasses various genres and themes, serving as a social commentary, ironic satire, dark prediction, and romantic drama. This novel explores both individual and collective aspects, offering perspectives of America from within and without. Within […]

Many people are told to follow their dreams, but this advice should be taken cautiously. We all have within ourselves goals and dreams, yet, as optimists, we sometimes tend to vision only the bright side of the future. The cons are not taken much into consideration or even noticed until it is too late. Both […]

The word great in the title gives the expectation to the reader that Gatsby is going to be a marvellous character with strong morals, great achievements and a desire to change and improve things. This expectation of him is not fulfilled and the character presented is not the one the title suggests. This is not […]

‘The Great Gatsby’ delves deep into American life during the 20s, thanks to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s expert craftsmanship, resulting in a thought-provoking exploration. According to Nick’s perspective, ‘The Great Gatsby’ is a collection of various social gatherings and events that urge the reader to delve into the different themes of the novel. To be an […]

The notion that Gatsby is ‘great’ comes largely from the narrator, Nick Carraway. He often looks for gorgeous things in Gatsby’s life, for example his car and his house, as a pointer towards Gatsby’s importance. He looks for other signs of Gatsby’s significance in his youth, explaining how he started his career with Dan Cody […]

Fitzgerald explores the wealth and glamour of the 1920s in the opening of chapter three. It focuses on the gap between perception and reality and is devoted to the introduction of the main character Jay Gatsby and the lavish, showy world he inhabits. Fitzgerald develops the readers’ responses to Gatsby’s parties by different means. By […]

This extract describes the first meeting of Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan, and we learn about their history. It is also the first meeting of Nick and Daisy Buchanan, Tom’s wife. This is a significant passage as it initiates the idea of something sinister about apparent pureness and a “good dream”. We learn that Tom […]

I lift my lamp beside the golden door! ” Inscribed in the base of the Statue of Liberty, this poem by Emma Lazarus defines the glorified, insatiable drive for wealth that is the American Dream. This dream, based in the belief that every person possesses the capacity to work hard and subsequently achieve fiscal success, […]

There are many similarities and even more differences in the character Jay Gatsby, from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Cottard, from The Plague by Albert Camus. Fitzgerald, when he wrote The Great Gatsby, he based it off of much of his own life, but also on how the American Dream had been […]