Essays on Jay Gatsby

People who amass great fortunes quickly often have a mysterious side to them. Jay Gatsby’s past is that of mystery and reinventing one’s identity; this ambiguity makes Jay a very popular character among the rich residents of the bay and shows the emptiness of wealth....

Jay Gatsby has everything that money can buy, and yet he is still deeply unhappy. He has determined that the one thing he needs in order to find true happiness is to not only have the heart of Daisy but for her to truly belong...

“If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him.” – Nick Carroway. This quote is essential and plays an important role said by one of the main characters. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about...

Dreams are the only true thing that is free. A man could go his whole life with nothing more than a dream. He may never make anything of that dream; however, as long as there is a dream, there is hope. Dreams may come in...

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby seems to have achieved what numerous have sought after the elusive American Dream. This essay will explore why and how this is an illusion. This will be done by, firstly, defining the American Dream, then exploring how...

In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the few main characters Jay Gatsby was missing something in his life. In this book people were valued by the amount of money that had, and this book shows how money can buy...

Oxford Dictionary defines the term symbolism as a style of “using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind.” In literature, authors frequently use symbols because they give additional meaning to otherwise plain objects or ideas. For this reason,...

A man full of lies, deceit, and disregard for everyone in the way of what he wants, including family, loved ones, and even himself. Although The Title of the book ‘The Great Gatsby’ claims otherwise, jay gatsby, the character that lends itself to the name...

New York in the 1920s expresses that the pursuit of the American Dream can be tainted by reality if there is no adaptability. The first look of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a love story between Gatsby and Daisy. However, the central theme is the...