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The Great Gatsby tells a story about an educated young man from Minnesota that moves to a wealthy district of Long Island, New York in order to learn about the bond business during the “roaring 20s”. However, once he gets there he learns about ugly infidelities of people corrupted by money and dishonesty, and he realizes the American dream is nothing but a pursuit of wealth.
The twenties were an integral part of women’s history in the United States as many important events took place, such as the ratification which granted women suffrage in 1920 and the election of the first female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross in Wyoming during the year 1925. This decade was also significant politically as it followed the Great War (World War I) and Russia’s communist revolution which instilled the fear of communism and the USSR, “the Red Scare” in many of the American people. American culture changed dramatically after the First World War as factories previously dedicated to producing weapons and equipment for battle once again produced goods and products for the American consumer and there was a shift as the people were influenced by what they saw and heard via movies and radio shows. There was a shift away from formality and towards glamour as young people began to emulate the icons they saw in movies such as the flapper, a brazen, inappropriately dressed, flask-swigging, cigarette-puffing woman.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's book The Great Gatsby is a unique book written about the American Life. Incorperating love, tragedy, and wealth, Fitzgerald creates a story containing privledged people in the Jazz Age, or "Roaring 20's" The main character Nick Carraway resembles Fitzgerald in many traits. Carraway will soon discover things he did not know about the true American Dream.
Gatsby, a main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, lives a life of lavish parties, cars, and ideas. One of these ideas is his pursuit of an old love, Daisy Buchanan, who rejected him before he was drafted due to his lack of money. Because of this rejection Gatsby does everything he can when he returns from the war to gain money and though money then gain Daisy’s love, despite her marriage to the wealthy Tom Buchanan. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby’s obsession with material wealth to gain love to express his belief that the spirituality of America in the 1920’s had been misplaced because of obsession with material wealth, which created a sort of national delusion.
Michelle Cass
work cited: Frederick C., Millett. "Analysis: The Great Gatsby." www.msu.edu. Web. 30 Jan 2011. .
Millionaire Jay Gatsby lives next to the narrator of the story Nick Carraway. Nick finds Jay very interesting, and when he is invited to his mansion for a party he finds that Jay is in love with his cousin. Jay reaches out to Nick to get closer to Daisy Buchanan (the woman he loves). Nick becomes on of Jay's good friends and learns a lot about his life. Spending time with Jay Gatsby shows Nick Carraway that there is much more to the man than most people think, and that people would do crazy things for money.
citation Smith, Nicole. "Short Summary of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald." Welcome to ArticleMyriad.com!. Article Myriad, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. .
Minnesotan Nick Carroway moves to a wealthy, but not particularly fashionable area of Long Island known as "West Egg" in 1922. Having gone to Yale Carroway had connections to the fashionable area of East Egg where he goes to visit his cousin. Later that summer Carroway is invited to his misterious neighbor Jay Gatsby's house for a party where he learns that Gatsby is in love with his cousin Daisy. Through the story Gatsby uses his material wealth to try to attract Daisy, but his past causes it to be hard for her to accept him.
SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Great Gatsby.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2002. Web. 27 Jan. 2011.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, is often considered his greatest novel. He has tremendous insights into the “roaring 1920’s.” His writing style is neat and well crafted as he delves into lives that are corrupted by greed. Jay Gatsby is a powerful character, one who is desperate for love.
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Maria said...
The Great Gatsby tells a story about an educated young man from Minnesota that moves to a wealthy district of Long Island, New York in order to learn about the bond business during the “roaring 20s”. However, once he gets there he learns about ugly infidelities of people corrupted by money and dishonesty, and he realizes the American dream is nothing but a pursuit of wealth.
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/summary.html
The twenties were an integral part of women’s history in the United States as many important events took place, such as the ratification which granted women suffrage in 1920 and the election of the first female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross in Wyoming during the year 1925. This decade was also significant politically as it followed the Great War (World War I) and Russia’s communist revolution which instilled the fear of communism and the USSR, “the Red Scare” in many of the American people. American culture changed dramatically after the First World War as factories previously dedicated to producing weapons and equipment for battle once again produced goods and products for the American consumer and there was a shift as the people were influenced by what they saw and heard via movies and radio shows. There was a shift away from formality and towards glamour as young people began to emulate the icons they saw in movies such as the flapper, a brazen, inappropriately dressed, flask-swigging, cigarette-puffing woman.
http://www.1920-30.com/
That last comment goes under "Roaring 20s," sorry!
F. Scott Fitzgerald's book The Great Gatsby is a unique book written about the American Life. Incorperating love, tragedy, and wealth, Fitzgerald creates a story containing privledged people in the Jazz Age, or "Roaring 20's"
The main character Nick Carraway resembles Fitzgerald in many traits. Carraway will soon discover things he did not know about the true American Dream.
-Lily Rogers-Grant
http://www.neabigread.org/books/greatgatsby/readers02.php
Gatsby, a main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, lives a life of lavish parties, cars, and ideas. One of these ideas is his pursuit of an old love, Daisy Buchanan, who rejected him before he was drafted due to his lack of money. Because of this rejection Gatsby does everything he can when he returns from the war to gain money and though money then gain Daisy’s love, despite her marriage to the wealthy Tom Buchanan. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby’s obsession with material wealth to gain love to express his belief that the spirituality of America in the 1920’s had been misplaced because of obsession with material wealth, which created a sort of national delusion.
Michelle Cass
work cited:
Frederick C., Millett. "Analysis: The Great Gatsby." www.msu.edu. Web. 30 Jan 2011. .
Millionaire Jay Gatsby lives next to the narrator of the story Nick Carraway. Nick finds Jay very interesting, and when he is invited to his mansion for a party he finds that Jay is in love with his cousin. Jay reaches out to Nick to get closer to Daisy Buchanan (the woman he loves). Nick becomes on of Jay's good friends and learns a lot about his life. Spending time with Jay Gatsby shows Nick Carraway that there is much more to the man than most people think, and that people would do crazy things for money.
citation
Smith, Nicole. "Short Summary of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald." Welcome to ArticleMyriad.com!. Article Myriad, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. .
Danny O'Shea-
Minnesotan Nick Carroway moves to a wealthy, but not particularly fashionable area of Long Island known as "West Egg" in 1922. Having gone to Yale Carroway had connections to the fashionable area of East Egg where he goes to visit his cousin. Later that summer Carroway is invited to his misterious neighbor Jay Gatsby's house for a party where he learns that Gatsby is in love with his cousin Daisy. Through the story Gatsby uses his material wealth to try to attract Daisy, but his past causes it to be hard for her to accept him.
SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on
The Great Gatsby.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2002. Web. 27 Jan. 2011.
Matthew Fiedler...
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, is often considered his greatest novel. He has tremendous insights into the “roaring 1920’s.” His writing style is neat and well crafted as he delves into lives that are corrupted by greed. Jay Gatsby is a powerful character, one who is desperate for love.
http://classiclit.about.com/od/greatgatsbythe/fr/aa_greatgatsby.htm
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