Essays on The Great Gatsby

Inequality of gender is a repeated problem in society that expects women to overcome when placed in that situation. A woman who respects and cares for her husband, has beautiful features, and who does not question but only obey, is the ideal woman in the…

Every person at some point in their life experiences change, but what if that change will be what leads one ultimately to a tragic downfall? William Shakespeare once said , “We know what we are, but not what we may be”, meaning we know who…

Introduction In 1925 American author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the story of The Great Gatsby. It follows a variety of characters living on Long Island in the fictional town of West Egg, the summer of 1922. The novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, a Yale…

Looks are deceiving nothing you see today as clear as water. In the book labeled “The Great Gatsby, it is very apparent that people hide the truth from the outside world. Keep an eye out for everything because the more you think the truth is…

This story is about a man named Nick Carraway who lived in America in the 1920s. He moves to New York to become a bond trader. He finds himself living by a mansion which was occupied by a mysterious man named Gatsby. Gatsby hosted wild…

Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald has been rated as a masterpiece, perhaps even one of the best novels of all time. To be considered a work of art, a novel must have a quality of two that solidifies its place above the rest. The…

The Great Gatsby was written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, and is still to this day is one of the most popular novels to this day. It raises various relevant themes, such as wealth of so-called ‘old money’ society, segregation into classes, as well…

In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it is evident that happiness is portrayed as a result of material gain which comes to an end of spiritual poverty. The term material gain is referred to an individual who is selfish, rapacious…

Critics have interpreted that ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams and ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald present traditional gender roles through the characters of the texts and the way they behave towards each other. Both texts portray women as being oppressed, having…

Is color as big of a deal as people make it out to be? The color shows meaning in a certain way that nothing else can. So, would you feel the same way about a sunset or an array of blooming flowers in a field…