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- 71: Colours Of The Great Gatsby
- ... have an affect on their behaviour. Jay Gatsby exploits colours to show of his wealth. Through colours people are also distinguished to which social class they belong to. F. Scott. Fitzgerald uses colour to identify Myrtle's, Gatsby's, and Daisy's personality and persona as well as the social status to which they belong. Myrtle is the wife of Gorge ... The Wilson's home is in "a valley of ashes... where ashes take to form of houses and chimneys... a line of gray cars crawls along... the ash-gray men..." (Fitzgerald, 23) The author describes the part of the region in which Myrtle lives, as well as the other people of the lower class as this very hideous place full of ... The clothes she wears are glamorous. The first time Nick meets Myrtle in the garage he describes her wearing "dress of dark blue... containing no facet or gleam of beauty..." (Fitzgerald, 25) When she is with her husband she wears dark colours unlike the rich people who where white or lavender. The dark shades of colours that she wears is ...
- 72: Babylon Revisited
- ... and glittering people [but] the glittering things themselves" even if they come in the shape of an object, a person, a house, a manner, or as simple as a life (Fitzgerald Dreams 58). He is still the "proud, desirous little boy" of his youth (Dreams 64). This reincarnation of the Victorian gilded age reinstates the fact those things that look of ... he played hard, where one might have worried; he would have been carefree. Until he lost "everything [he] wanted in the boom", his world, wife, money, and then his daughter (Fitzgerald Babylon 229). A man such as this would not be expected to love as he did his wife and he does to his child. Through his character, an "awfully anxious [man] to have a home" can be seen who is trying to find a place where love is present in a loveless world (Fitzgerald Babylon 219). He could receive some love from his daughter, but one person stands in the way, a woman with a grudge. Marion is deprived of money, more than ...
- 73: The Great Gatsby 5
- The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of the modern literary classic "The Great Gatsby", was not what most people would call an up person. He had a rather dim view of humanity in general, and ... for her. Gatsby says it himself (on page 111), "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" Judging by Gatsby's death at the end of the novel, Fitzgerald didn't feel that such optimism was worthwhile. Daisy is the woman Gatsby is trying to win back and coincidentally she is also Nick's second cousin. Daisy doesn't ... a lot of nice shirts. Daisy's materialism is typical of the freewheeling era of the Roaring 20's that the book is set in and is obviously something that Fitzgerald frowned upon. Tom is the antagonist in this novel. While Gatsby was fighting in World War I Tom was using his wealth to sweep Daisy off her feet. Tom ...
- 74: Materialism and Happiness in America: The Gatsby Era and Today
- ... values. The acquisition of material has been equated with happiness in this country. This is true today, and it was true during the 1920's, the setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. That the majority of Americans believe that wealth and happiness are the same is a result of our market economy that encourages consumption and conditions us ... leaned down and took the small reluctant hand. Afterward he kept looking at the child with surprise. I don't think he had ever really believed in its existence before (Fitzgerald, 117)." Having lots of things is not what makes happy humans. The characters of The Great Gatsby, like many in America today, were engrossed in the pursuit of private wealth ... Gatsby's day was followed by the great Depression, which although it included painful economic restructuring, had a positive side by forcing us to refocus our materialistic and human priorities. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a social commentary. Literary critic Marius Bewley suggests that Jay Gatsby is "the 'mythic' embodiment of the American dream" (47) and that "...the terrible ...
- 75: The Key To Greatness (great Ga
- ... die rich and unhappy. Why are these people wasting away their time only to gain material belongings and not love? In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, mistress, marriage, and true love were the different kinds of love that existed. Tom Buchanan was married to a woman named Daisy, but had a mistress who lived in the ... out and show off his girl. "Tom's got some woman in New York. . . She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time. Don't you think?"(Fitzgerald 16). Everyone knew about Tom's woman, including Daisy. Daisy would not let he feelings about the situation show through to Tom. Tom and Myrtle's love would soon bring ... playing would take them. "They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together" (Fitzgerald 6). The two owned an elaborate Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. The bay separated East Egg from West Egg which was where Jay Gatsby lived. Although Daisy was ...
- 76: The Key To Greatness (great Ga
- ... die rich and unhappy. Why are these people wasting away their time only to gain material belongings and not love? In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, mistress, marriage, and true love were the different kinds of love that existed. Tom Buchanan was married to a woman named Daisy, but had a mistress who lived in the ... out and show off his girl. "Tom's got some woman in New York. . . She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time. Don't you think?"(Fitzgerald 16). Everyone knew about Tom's woman, including Daisy. Daisy would not let he feelings about the situation show through to Tom. Tom and Myrtle's love would soon bring ... playing would take them. "They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together" (Fitzgerald 6). The two owned an elaborate Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. The bay separated East Egg from West Egg which was where Jay Gatsby lived. Although Daisy was ...
- 77: The Great Gatsby: Moral Decline Through The Interpersonal Relationships
- The Great Gatsby: Moral Decline Through The Interpersonal Relationships Characters in books can reveal the author feeling toward the world. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald suggested the moral decline of the period in America history through the interpersonal relationships among his characters. The book indicates the worthlessness of materialism, the futile quest of Myrtle and ... moral values had diminished. Despite his newly acquired fortune, Gatsby's monitory means could not afford his only true wish, therefore he cannot buy everything which is important to Daisy. (Fitzgerald, -page 42) What you wish for is not always what you want or not all that glitters is gold. The wild lavishness of Gatsby's parties and the shallowness and ... who is wealthy and beautiful, symbolizes a way of life which is remote from Gatsby's and therefore more attractive because it is out of reach so he changes himself. (Fitzgerald, -page 54) Myrtle and Gatsby both want to be part of the same elite crowd. They play a reflection of each other in the book by wanting the same ...
- 78: The Great Gatsby - The Charact
- In Fitzgerald s The Great Gatsby, we see that the character of Jordan Baker is quite different from other women of her time. She has beliefs and values that are radically different ... from everybody else s. Through her actions, it is clear that she represents the emergence of a different type of woman -- one who is self sufficient -- in the 1920 s. Fitzgerald uses this individual to symbolize the changing ways of life in America. Jordan Baker, Daisy s friend, is portrayed by Fitzgerald as a masculine figure. One of the first things we find out about this woman is the fact that she is a professional golf player. Nowadays, we don t ...
- 79: An Analysis Of The Jay Gatsby
- ... portion of finances due to some mysterious source of wealth, and he uses this mystery source to buy his house, his clothes,and Daisy, for awhile. Gatsby's house, as Fitzgerald describes it, is "a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a ... people desire. These shirts represent the opulent manner of Gatsby's wealth and his ability to try and purchase Daisy's love, this time through the use of extensive clothing. Fitzgerald wisely shows how Gatsby uses his riches to buy Daisy. In the story, we know that "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things . . . and then returned ... Jay Gatsby attempts to recapture his past with money. He also implies he has a past at Oxford, he entices Daisy with wealth, and sometimes spins absolute obvious lies. However, Fitzgerald candidly avoids saying forhow long, for what reasons, or why he has indeed attained entrance at Oxford. Being misplaced by the Military at this local prestigious college unfortunately serves ...
- 80: Great Gatsby - Morals
- The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals In The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the destruction of morals in society. The characters in this novel, all lose their morals in attempt to find their desired place in the social world. They trade their ... I married him because I thought he was a gentleman.' She said finally. 'I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn't fit enough to lick my shoe.'" (Fitzgerald, 39). With the hope of being accepted into an upper social class, Myrtle's morals and prior beliefs are gone, being replaced by the false impression that by betraying her ... grain alcohol over the counter. That's one of his little stunts, I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him and I wasn't far wrong.'" (Fitzgerald, 141). Gatsby makes it his life's mission to become rich, thinking this will be sure to win Daisy over. Daisy is married though, and his life's ambition ...
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