...she brings to his life, leads him into a downward spiral which then ends in his demise, the influence of Lady Macbeth on Macbeth tests his desires and lust for power. Obsessions and persisting those obsessions are what creates both stories of Macbeth and Gatsby and entail the main motivations for power or for the love of a woman who was like a long lost friend. Through self-destruction and illusion, the two texts display those obsessions and their impossible and illusionistic outcomes. Gatsby and Macbeth, with all the similarities that they show, their...
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...Falls and Rises of Jay Gatsby Having read a genuine masterpiece by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald titled “The Great Gatsby”, I am obliged to state that this great book reminds me of another, not in the least minor, work of Jack London titled “Martin Eden”. They are both about great falls and great rises of a men pursuing happiness; lonely, struggling against Destiny and following their Dream. But what are the falls and rises in these two books that I call great? First of all, I would like to present you the London’s book. The story runs about a 21-year-old sailor who by a sheer coincidence finds himself in an apartment of a wealthy man whose son he had protected from ruffians. In the home, he is enthralled by the college-age daughter, Ruth Morse, having never encountered such a vision of feminine purity before. Spurred by his growing affection, Martin determines to live by his brain rather than his back: he will be an author. He gets to reading loads of books in public libraries, educates himself, gives up sailing and starts writing stories and sends them to different magazines to be published. But he is ignored by the publishers and is forced to live from hand to mouth. But he is inspired , enchanted by the purity, brightness of Ruth, thinks her ideal. In order to enable himself to match on her, he must upward crawl diligently. The more books he reads, the less attractive his own circle seems to him – the circle of working people, people of routine, people...
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...the 1920 s and the themes of two well-known novels of the 1920 s. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway and The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are two novels about the lost generation. They are striving to find an order for their world, a world that has been shattered. They attempt to reach their allotment dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its imaginary goals. Not only are the themes of these two novels similar, but the characters within the novels have many similarities. An example of two characters that are similar would be Jay Gatsby, from the novel The Great Gatsby and Robert Cohn, from the novel The Sun Also Rises. These two characters, Jay Gatsby and Robert , are similar because they are both the romantics of the novels, they are also the rich outsiders. Robert Cohn and Jay Gatsby are both outsiders of the novels and are not wanted by the crowed. The title The Great Gatsby is like a paradox, for Jay Gatsby is neither great no Gatsby. Jay's real name is Gatz and he can not be great, because he is not accepted by the person, he most desires to be with, for he is an outsider. Gatsby being part of the "new rich" makes him an outsider as well as him living in West Egg, for it is the less...
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...In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are many characters. These characters all have many different personalities and characteristics. Many of the characters grow and change as the book progresses. Daisy and Jordan are two characters that change throughout the book and play a major role in the book. Daisy and Jordan are close friends. These women contrast greatly, but they have many similar traits. Daisy is the love interest of Gatsby in the book. She does not have a job because she has a wealthy husband. Daisy symbolizes the women of the era that grew up in a wealthy family, but to keep the wealth decided to marry a rich man. Daisy is married to Tom so that she will have security and so that he will not have to worry about her financial situation. She likes to play hard to get with men as she grows into a woman. Even though she does play hard to get, she falls for two men in her life: Gatsby and Tom. Daisy tries hard to act like a lady when she is in public and also in everyday society so that she will fit in with the high class....
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...could. But the reality of American society is cruel. A once high, mighty, and pure ideal has become degraded and buried by the merciless greed for money. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Great Gatsby, many of the characters, believed in the Dream and that wealth and social mobility was within his or her reach. Fitzgerald illustrates three specific social classes: old money, new money, and the lower class, with old money and new money taking center stage. Gatsby, himself, represents new money: he climbed the social and economic ladder and succeeded by way of shady dealings of bootlegging. On the other hand, Daisy Buchanan, the love of Gatsby’s life, represents old money. She received everything she has on a silver platter; she earned nothing but her inheritance. Gatsby, aware of this segregation, attempts to act as though he is “old” money in order to be accepted by Daisy’s class. By illustrating social-economic class differences through Gatsby and his desire for Daisy, Fitzgerald depicts the mistaken hype of the corrupted American Dream and the unreachable gap of economic class. In the novel we may see a clear connection between geographical location and social values, East Egg, West Egg and the Valley of Ashes demonstrate to that. These differences are evident in such characters as Jay Gatsby (West Egg), Tom and Daisy Buchanan (East Egg), George and Myrtle Wilson (the Valley of Ashes). Though...
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...Yasmeen Williamson English 3 September 2014 The Great Gatsby Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is about a poor boy finding the love of his life, who’s a popular young lady that all the soldiers in town like and who doesn’t marry poor boys. He works and makes himself rich over time. After a few years he finally gets to own a big house with a pool and servants, a few nice cars and he throws parties all the time. The only thing stopping him from being officially happy is having Daisy in his full possession. Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby’s life as almost every Americans’ average American Dream, with the big mansion like house, the expensive luxury cars, parties all the time, and endless money. The only thing is Gatsby isn’t even happy living the average American Dream. Although he may have all these nice things, he only wanted one thing, which was to be with Daisy and by way of Daisy Fitzgerald shows that material things don’t always make your dreams come true or make you happy. For example, Gatsby owned a few dozen servants for his huge home. One day he decided to fire all of them except for about two or three because he wanted to keep him and Daisy’s business between them; he didn’t want gossip going around town from the servants. Although any average American would love to have kept all those servants and it would have made them happy, they didn’t bring Gatsby any joy. He did it to keep Daisy happy with him. That’s the only thing that brought him joy. Another example...
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...Mylie Beane Danny Oswalt Composition 1 25 September 2012 The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a book filled with twists and turns of events from beginning to end. It involves a love/hate relationship triangle. The two characters I am comparing and contrasting are Tom Buchannan and Jay Gatsby. Both of these men yearn for a relationship with a lady named Daisy. These characters are similar because they each want to earn Daisy’s love; yet, they are drastically different. Both Tom Buchannan and Jay Gatsby are men who commit two different types of uniform foolishness. Tom deals with affairs of the heart, whereas Gatsby deals with business affairs. Each man loves Daisy dearly. Tom starts out, on their wedding day, showing disrespect for Daisy. Once Tom realizes there might be another man in the picture, he decides to show more love towards his wife. Gatsby met and fell in love with Daisy when they were in the South. She would not stay with Gatsby because she wanted more materialistic things in life. Both men are terrified of the thought of losing Daisy. Tom’s dignity could not possibly survive any loss; yet Gatsby’s thoughts of a well lived life with Daisy soon killed him. Tom Buchannan is a dirty, uncouth, ignorant, and opinionated man. He was born into a very wealthy and advanced family. Even though Tom grew up with plenty of money, he was never very courteous or generous. He is an overpowering and controlling individual. Tom is a rather large guy with...
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...In the 1920’s “the parties were bigger,the pace was faster,the shows were broader,the buildings were higher,the morals were looser,and the liquor was cheaper.”.The novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald is set in the 1920’s and follows a guy named Nick who moves to New York across the bay from his friend Tom Buchanan and Tom’s wife Daisy which she is Nick’s cousin. Over at the Buchanan’s he meets a lady named Jordan who tells Nick about his neighbor named Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is an interesting and secretive man. The characters in The Great Gatsby were reckless and careless people. Daisy Buchanan she is a really rich person, she married into the Buchanan family who are the richest of the rich they’ve been everywhere and done everything.First,...
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...could. But the reality of American society is cruel. A once high, mighty, and pure ideal has become degraded and buried by the merciless greed for money. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Great Gatsby, many of the characters, believed in the Dream and that wealth and social mobility was within his or her reach. Fitzgerald illustrates three specific social classes: old money, new money, and the lower class, with old money and new money taking center stage. Gatsby, himself, represents new money: he climbed the social and economic ladder and succeeded by way of shady dealings of bootlegging. On the other hand, Daisy Buchanan, the love of Gatsby’s life, represents old money. She received everything she has on a silver platter; she earned nothing but her inheritance. Gatsby, aware of this segregation, attempts to act as though he is “old” money in order to be accepted by Daisy’s class. By illustrating social-economic class differences through Gatsby and his desire for Daisy, Fitzgerald depicts the mistaken hype of the corrupted American Dream and the unreachable gap of economic class. In the novel we may see a clear connection between geographical location and social values, East Egg, West Egg and the Valley of Ashes demonstrate to that. These differences are evident in such characters as Jay Gatsby (West Egg), Tom and Daisy Buchanan (East Egg), George and Myrtle Wilson (the Valley of Ashes). Though...
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...knowledgeable man named Jay Gatsby. He was born in North Dakota with his birth name James Gatz. His parents were devoted to Catholicism, and he grew up with three younger sisters. Gatsby was not born into a wealthy family, and nothing was ever just handed to him. His upbringing taught him dedication, persistence and hardship. He was a man who worked extremely hard throughout his life, for what he had and what he lost. He was a man who was so much greater than what society had hastened upon him. Personally, I only knew him for a short period of time, and he had so many great positive qualities that I had witnessed during my...
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...October 10th, 2012 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Reading Response The novel The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald is a book that deals with the American Dream: an ideal presented in American literature where the dreamer rises to wealth, very present in the twenties. In this bestseller, Gatsby – the protagonist – embodies the evolution of one to greatness. Beginning his life as a simple, poor farmer’s boy. James Gatz, upon meeting the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan who is wealthy, decides to rise to success and fortune – and carries the name of Jay Gatsby, who “sprang from his Platonic conception of himself”(95). Through this process really achieves the American dream. In addition, Gatsby becomes great to the narrator and his close friend, Nick Carraway – however, the novel ends as a tragedy, and by having the great Gatsby shot dead. Through the use of the symbol of Daisy Buchanan as well as the significance of the title, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald explores the idea of the American Dream and that it rarely equaled to absolute happiness. Daisy Buchanan symbolizes the failed attempt at finding ultimate happiness through money: ”For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes” (143). Daisy is the cousin of Nick Carraway, but most importantly Gatsby’s love. Daisy and Gatsby had been romantically involved...
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...as finding new jobs to create. Americans today refer back to this time as the “Roaring Twenties.” One of the most famous books from that time is The Great Gatsby. Although, when the book was first published April 10, 1925 the author F. Scott Fitzgerald sold only under 25,000 copies. Saying that, the book was not popular until 15-20 years after its publication. The book The Great Gatsby had an impact of American culture through its display of wealth, society and class, and interpretation of traditional thinking. Furthermore, The Great Gatsby made its impact on American culture through its display of wealth. In the 1920s there had become an...
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...The Great Gatsby ‘’The Great Gatsby’’ is a Charles Scribner's Son novel based on tragedy . The novel was published in 1925 in NYC . Nick Carraway the novel narrator , explain with details how he was living in this time , including his point of view of the things that happen on his environment . is As a ‘’Modernism’’ novel great Gatsby is a non poetic story based on the search of truth and identity . The great Gatsby is an amazing novel that tells the life of Nick Carraway who travel to New York. Nick wants to be a professional writer . He believed that these time of his life would be success full . On his journal nick tells that the begging he was very happy to be in New York. He was gaining good money, attracting women and the fame was very good. "The Great Gatsby provides a critical social history of America during the Roaring Twenties within its narrative. That era, known for unprecedented economic prosperity, the evolution of jazz music, flapperculture, and bootlegging and other criminal activity, is plausibly depicted in Fitzgerald's novel." (Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph). He has a cousin called Daisy who already were living in New York. She was married to a rich man whose name was Tom Buchanan a popular polo player . Nick doesn't know how his cousin was living. He asked her and she told him that every thing is good.The first thing he realized was that his Cousin Daisy was living a nightmare being married with Tom, he was unfaithful and abusive but she kept...
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...CHARACTER(S) OR INDIVIDUAL(S) IN THE TEXT(S) In the novel "The Great Gatsby" by Scott.F. Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, the wealthy protagonist portrays the image of sophistication as well as the American Dream. His character helped display the idea that as a human being, we will constantly develop a greed for many different things, in belief that happiness will be achieved through it. Through the actions which Gatsby chose to take in pursuit for the American dream, readers were able to be see that materialism, and money cannot buy and achieve us happiness. This idea was also portrayed through Daisy Buchanan, a rich lady who is the center of Gatsby's dream. Jay Gatsby, was not always the rich and sophisticated man he was elucidated as in the novel. He had originally come from a family of "shiftless and unsuccessful farm people" from South Dakota. He had carried a strong hatred towards the poverty as shown through the attitude he carried towards his parents; he "had never really accepted them as his parents at all". From the poverty, he had developed the goal and aspiration in achieving the American Dream as he believed that he would be able to also attract Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life, as well as obtain the wealth and lifestyle he aspired to live with. Later on in the novel, this dream helped show that wealth does not necessarily bring happiness, as shown through Gatsby's actions and feelings. Jay Gatsby, or previously known as "Jay Gatz" had undergone a journey of reinventing...
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...The Great Gatsby Could you imagine life without alcohol? A world where you were prohibited to drink alcohol by an amendment in our constitution! The 18th Amendment ratifications on January 19, 1920 ban the manufacturing, transporting and any sale of intoxicating liquors. When the Prohibition era in the United States began on January 19, 1920, a few sage observers predicted it would not go well. Certainly, previous attempts to outlaw the use of alcohol in American history had fared poorly (Lerner 2010). With all the research I have read it seems like prohibition ended up causing more negative issues than positive. The closing and lay off of the employees of saloons, breweries lead to loss of jobs of truck drivers, wait staff and anyone else involved in the trade. This was thousands and thousands of jobs. With Prohibition in effect, that revenue was immediately lost. At the national level, Prohibition cost the federal government a total of $11 billion in lost tax revenue, while costing over $300 million to enforce. (Lerner 2010). This lead to an uprising in organized crime, especially, within the trade of alcohol sales. The people who ran these illegal liquor trades were called bootleggers. It is said that the growth of the illegal liquor trade made millions of Americans become criminals. It even made a lot of our Police Officers become corrupt because the money was worth it. There were two exceptions to the Prohibition law one was wine for religious purposes. Do to this...
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