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Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman, 2008.
A comparative analysis of how the characters of Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and Willy Loman from Arthur Miller's "Death of A Salesman" face their pasts.
956 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines how in "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald created Jay Gatsby, a man with a mysterious past that is bared over the course of the novel. It also looks at how in "Death of a Salesman", Arthur Miller created Willy Loman, a man haunted by a past that he does not understand. It discusses how Jay Gatsby knew what his past was, and concealed it. Nevertheless, he could treat his father with generosity, if only from a distance. In comparison, the paper looks at how Willy Loman longs to recapture his past, but it is a past he has idealized almost beyond recognition. He does not realize that in the venality of his failing life, he already has it.
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"Fitzgerald gives only a glimpse of young Jimmy Gatz, through his father. Henry Gatz comes to New York for the funeral, "a solemn old man, very helpless and dismayed" (Fitzgerald, 111), after reading of Gatsby's death in the Chicago papers, and Fitzgerald does not explain how Mr. Gatz connected Jay Gatsby and his son. The old man confronts Gatsby's edifice with grief "mixed with awed pride" (Fitzgerald, 112), blind to the fact that "foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams" (Fitzgerald, 2). His worn-out photograph of Gatsby's house is "more real to him now than the house itself" (Fitzgerald, 115). "
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Jay Gatsby, 2002.
Explores denial as a character trait in Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper explores the concept of denial in Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", where the creation of an image prevented Gatsby from realizing that he was ignoring important aspects of reality.
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Jay Gatsby and Jake Barnes, 2003.
A comparison of the main characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald?s "The Great Gatsby" and Ernest Hemingway?s "The Sun Also Rises".
1,935 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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Both F. Scott Fitzgerald?s "The Great Gatsby" and Ernest Hemingway?s "The Sun Also Rises" center on characters who have been made, in different ways, impotent by their lives and have been left stranded in a social world in which there is no compelling sense of past, present, or future. This paper shows how the leading characters in these two novels are, in some ways, uniquely American, but in other ways, are also more representative of Modernism and of an international "lost generation" than representative of a distinctively American character. Both Jay Gatsby and Jake Barnes, the narrator of "The Sun Also Rises", are deeply flawed, and yet, by the end of the novels, we feel a great deal of sympathy with both of the characters. Both authors allow us to understand the tremendously difficult balancing act undertaken by these characters and by the other characters in the novels, and so we are sympathetic rather than scornful when they fail.
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"In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald relates the story of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and probably unsavory millionaire. Indeed, the more we learn throughout the book about his past actions the more we are inclined to view him as even sinister. The major action of the novel revolves around a series of grand but entirely pointless parties that Gatsby throws ? or at least seemingly pointless. We come to realize that in fact Gatsby?s life does have a purpose, which is to convince Daisy (a woman he has loved and lost) that he is this time worthy of her because he is now wealthy."
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Scott F. Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby, 2002.
An examination of the similarities between the author and the protagonist of "The Great Gatsby" by Scott F. Fitzgerald.
2,080 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper examines the various similarities that exist between Jay Gatsby and Scott F. Fitzgerald, which are their enchantment with the fantasy of the Jazz Age due to their similar childhoods, their drive for the love of a woman, Jay's Daisy and Scott's Zelda and their submission to the illusion of their dreams. Finally, the paper compares how both men have lavish and expensive lifestyles, in order to please their women and others around them, hence submitting to the illusion of their dreams.
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"Jay Gatsby and F. Scott Fitzgerald similarly become enchanted with the fantasy of the Jazz Age due to their similar childhoods, their drive for the love of a woman, and their submission to the illusion of their dreams. Both men are raised in rural areas and enlist in the army after leaving school. When they meet the women they love, they both alter their lives and make a success to prove their worth. Over several years, both Gatsby and Fitzgerald change their lifestyles and throw lavish parties to impress the women they love."
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The Story of Jay Gatsby, 2002.
The writer focuses on F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" as the tale of an unlikely hero and unrequited love, through selfish and naive characters.
1,360 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper focuses on the vibrant personalities in this novel, each giving a window into the heart of this story. The writer then discusses the tragic nature of the book making it all the more poignant in a reader?s memory. The murder of Gatsby, the unlikely hero of this tale, is caused because of the warring personalities found within the confines of this book.
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"Self-centered carelessness darkly shades the characters in this novel that plays against the backdrop of the rich. Klipspringer, one of the many freeloaders who circle Gatsby, appears at first glance to simply be an eccentric friend of Gatsby?s. We soon discover, however, when Gatsby dies, the lack of empathy Klipspringer possesses. Klipspringer comes to Gatsby?s house, after his death, not to pay his condolences but to pick-up a pair of shoes. The lack of depth displayed by this character heightens the reader?s awareness of selfishness present in other characters."
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Class Backgrounds in "The Great Gatsby", 2008.
An analysis of the effect of the discrepancy in class backgrounds between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan in Scott F. Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby."
1,010 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the love story in Scott F. Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby," and examines the reasons for the failure of the love affair between the characters Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. The paper describes the plot of the story, the characters and their class backgrounds and argues that the relationship was doomed by the discrepancy in the characters' social status.
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"As we have seen, the love affair between Gatsby and Daisy was doomed by their class differences. Gatsby was lucky to even manage to meet Daisy, and only achieved this because his uniform disguised his class. Moreover, even though Gatsby spent five years acquiring the wealth and possessions which he thought would lure Daisy back to him, this was not to be. To lure Daisy back and keep her, Gatsby would have needed more than money - he would have needed social class. There are some things money cannot buy, and class is one of them. Thus, despite Gatsby's best efforts, their love affair remained doomed by their class differences."
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Greed in "The Great Gatsby", 2004.
A look at the theme of materialism, as depicted by F. Scott Fitzgerald in "The Great Gatsby".
1,259 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines how F. Scott Fitzgerald?s novel, "The Great Gatsby", reveals much about the waste and wealth of America in the ?Roaring Twenties.? It shows how, through Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald weaves a tale of excess and passion that leads to the destruction of the human soul, since Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, embodies the exorbitance of this era and pays the ultimate price. It examines how the greed and endless desire of Jay Gatsby turned out to be more than he could control, despite his grandest efforts.
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"Jay Gatsby is a complex character because he has admirable qualities and despicable qualities. We admire him because he able to attain the wealth he desired despite the fact that he came from a poor family. We dislike him because he was driven by greed and materialism. Gatsby is wealthy, no doubt, but he flaunts it in ways that are tasteless. We know from Nick that Gatsby went to great lengths to redefine himself. For example, we know that his real name is James Gatz and he was from an unsuccessful farm family in North Dakota. He changed his name when he was seventeen--a change inspired when he laid his eyes on Dan Cody?s yacht."
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"The Great Gatsby", 2004.
A review of the classic book "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
1,052 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper discusses the storyline of F. Scott Fitzgerald's book "The Great Gatsby". The paper presents an exploration of the relationship between Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby". The paper also examines the beginning of the relationship and analyzes the way it changes as the story unfolds.
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"Before one can begin to understand the relationship between Nick and Jay one must have an understanding on the plot of the story itself. The Great Gatsby is a story about Jay Gatsby still being in love with Daisy Buchanan. He does everything he can to try and win her back and she is so selfish and absorbed that she allows him to make the effort, knowing she is not going to leave her husband Tom. Tom has an affair and Daisy kills the mistress with Gatsby's car. In the end Gatsby is still doing anything he can for Daisy because he takes the blame for driving the car. The mistress's husband comes to Gatsby's house and kills Gatsby. The entire story is told from the narration of Nick Carraway who has moved to Long Island to become a bonds worker. He is the cousin of Daisy Buchanan."
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"The Great Gatsby", 2002.
Echoes of the sermon on the mount in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".
525 words (approx. 2.1 pages), 1 source, $ 21.95
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This paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, we find Fitzgerald examining the moral emptiness of life in East Egg, Long Island and, by implication, modern society. Fitzgerald was a Catholic and although the novel is not overtly religious in tone, the reader may detect echoes of the Sermon on The Mount in its subtle condemnation of the materialistic, spiritually bankrupt world that Tom and Daisy Buchanan inhabit and which the likes of Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby aspire to.
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?The Great Gatsby?, 2006.
This paper reviews and examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel "The Great Gatsby," which takes place during the era of American prohibition.
1,294 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 43.95
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This paper presents a concise analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel "The Great Gatsby." The writer of this paper details the plot as well as the main characters of Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby, set against the backdrop of the prohibition era in America. The writer of this paper contends that "The Great Gatsby" is both a comedy of manners and a tragic unfolding of events that is both romantic and realistic. This novel is the story of Nick Caraway's heroic attempt to make intelligible the events of a summer.
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"Fitzgerald drew an apparent picture of the longing and the distrust for the rich, the injustice that poor boys should not dream of marrying rich girls, the trauma of having been rejected by Zelda once, the hero follow the American Dream, and his tragedy. His "double vision" and his irony can be recognized in the title but the thought of the book with the striking central character allows Fitzgerald to call Gatsby "great" without a feeling that something is wrong. Jay Gatsby is clearly the hero of The Great Gatsby, but Nick Caraway is the narrator and central figure, bringing to Long Island the fresh suspicious eye of a Midwesterner, this is where the double vision comes in where characters, events and places are viewed through a dual lens. The whole trivial yet impressive world of the so-called "good society" of Long Island and New York is dominated by alcohol and the pursuit of pleasure that runs through these pages. The society is also dual as on one hand it is all sophisticated and flashy and on the other hand the people are as ruthless and cutthroat as others."
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Society in "The Great Gatsby", 2004.
An analysis of how the perspective of Nick's attitude towards high society changes throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby."
1,086 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 37.95
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This paper examines how "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald has the reader see the world in which Jay Gatsby lives through the eyes of an objective narrator, Nick. It looks at how, throughout the course of the novel, Nick's experiences with the higher social class and their reactions towards his friend, Gatsby, lead him from feelings of awe and admiration to those of disgust and repulsion. At the book's tragic end, Nick realizes it is not Gatsby who was the pitiful one, but those who pitied him.
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"In the heart of the novel, Nick is no longer completely blinded by the wealth all around him and he begins to realize several things. One of the many events that affect Nick is the affair that Tom is so blatantly having with Myrtle, as Tom himself readily admits to him, ?I want you to meet my girl.? (24). Even knowing that Nick is Daisy?s cousin does not dissuade him. Nick also begins to speculate about Gatsby, as some of Gatsby?s shady associates begin to confirm Nick?s suspicions about Gatsby?s less-than-desirable business practices. Nick also discovers that Gatsby is in love with Daisy. Nick begins to pity Gatsby but he also feels a little used, realizing that all of Gatsby?s efforts to get to know him were indirectly related to obtaining Daisy."
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Self-made Man in "Fifth Business" and "The Great Gatsby", 2006.
A literary study examining the role of the self-made man in the "Fifth Business" by Robertson Davies and "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses the basis of national identity and the self-made man in "Fifth Business" by Robertson Davies and "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, explaining that it is apparent in the characters created by the authors. The paper goes on to explain that, in the case of both Jay Gatsby and Boy Staunton, the elements of the self made are revealed through materialism and a quest for greater power. Gatsby obsessed about Daisy as his wife and foolishly thought by gaining wealth he might have her. Boy Staunton also thought along these lines, as he cared little for morality in the success he sought through selling sugar after the war.
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"By understanding how Jay Gatsby and Boy Staunton are self-made men, they invariably have great similarities in how they are ambitious and seek greater wealth in their drive towards upper class status. In many ways, Gatsby and Staunton offer nationalistic views of extreme capitalism, as they seek to attain the "American Dream.""
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Adolescent Heroism in "The Great Gatsby", 2006.
An analysis of the theme of adolescent heroism in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper argues that Jay Gatsby is the product of arrested development, a man whose notions of heroism are the product of adolescent notions and romantic illusions, both of which serve to drive him toward his tragic end in Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".
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"In F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the narrator Nick initially believes Jay Gatsby is the consummate hero, a self-confident master of his domain As Nick tells us ..."
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Class in "The Great Gatsby", 2002.
Explores the American class system in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper will argue that "The Great Gatsby" is a novel about a man's love, not for a woman, but for the American dream. However, as will be seen, Fitzgerald represents the American class system as both the incarnation of this dream as well as its antithesis; a paradox that ultimately destroys Jay Gatsby.
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