Essays on The Great Gatsby

The United States of America are often referred to as the land of endless possibilities, where everyone can achieve everything. The belief in the so-called American Dream, which gives the people a sense of hope that includes the opportunity for economic prosperity and success, was…

How did Fitzgerald raise tension throughout the Chapter 7 of ‘The Great Gatsby’? Generally considered one of the finest novels by Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby explores the theme of roaring twenties and demonstrates the lack of morals in a superficially glittering world. Throughout the chapter…

Janie and Daisy: Love in Their Eyes Were Watching God versus The Great Gatsby Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Great Gatsby are two novels that illustrate very different levels of class and privilege. Zora Neale Hurston’s work Their Eyes Were Watching God, which…

Another Bad Driver There are no truly functional relationships in The Great Gatsby, partially because none of the pairings provide both parties with what they want but mostly because in every relationship that we see in this book, one or both of the partners is…

The Not-So-Great Gatz Is greatness defined by achievements, or intentions? Is it an ideal that one can only approach and never reach? As Jay Gatsby’s past is gradually revealed in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, it is unveiled to the reader that he “is…

Gatsby close analysis—chapter three Fitzgerald’s incorporation of the explicit details in the beginning of chapter three has many symbolic interpretations behind it. The significance of the detailed passage depicts the representation of the people, and the loss of human individuality in the society and the…