Essays on The Great Gatsby

Haruki Murakami wrote, “Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn’t control you—you should control them” (Past Quotes). In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby obsessively pursues a great dream that is linked to his past. However, there are some parts of...

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ a grim version of the roaring twenties is portrayed, as well as the decay of the American Dream. As for ‘The Awakening’ by Kate Chopin; which is set in the late 1800’s, at a time when the...

There is a well known expression: ‘Too much ego will kill your talent, but it will not only kill your talent, it will kill your career, your relationships and your happiness. Too much ego can actually ruin your life’ (Rana Naim, paragraph one). Mankind tries...

For some individuals that lived in the 19th century, the years subsequent to World War I and II were recounted by indignation and unhappiness. The society had been suppressed by a worldwide clash that brought about devastation and hatred. After the wars, many social ways...

Narratological space and setting as defined by Fludernik, (2009), is set of prepositions used to describe a particular background in a work of literature with the intention of generalizing the socio-geographical environment in which the story takes place. There are four settings in the Great...

East and West have always been viewed in juxtaposition to each other whether it be in literature or throughout history. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses this motif in his novel The Great Gatsby to add to the symbolism and depth of the characters. East and West...

Symbols are frequently used in novels to help readers understand the story comprehensively. In Francis Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, symbols are widely used by the author for Jay Gatsby’s and George Wilson’s character development. The novel is set on Long Island’s North Shore and New...