It tells of the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan, married to brutish Tom. Daisy's cousin Nick Carraway shares with Gatsby proximity and background — veterans of the Great War arrived from the Midwest to seek their fortunes. Gatsby's lavish parties contrast with...
Mutability of Identity.Thebeautifully decorated libraryfilled with books that have never been read speaks toGatsby's theatrical approach to crafting his new identity. He can create the trapping and appearance of an Oxford man, but doesn't have the background or inner resources to actually be one...
aFitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby in the background of 1920s. “The 1920s in America, the period after the First World War, is known as the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the Aspirin Age and so on. The period is usually identified with money and gaiety”(Tang, 1980:9). ...
During The Great Gatsby it was apparent that Tom and Daisy had an unstable relationship. While reading the novel‚ I questioned the reason behind the continuation of their relationship. Tom and Daisy are from the same world and are united by a background of money‚ and in a bizarre way...
Abstract: This paper analyzes the main The Great Gatsby, the historical background, the gates than "American dream" contains the limitations, hypocrisy, and the gates of the inevitability than a final outcome. Key words: the novel The Great Gatsby, the "American dream" bursting tragic inevitabil...
of to war is devoted to getting back together with D aisy and has things be the way they were before he left. Th at ’s why G atsby got a house like the one D aisy used to live in ri ght acro ss th e bay fro m where she lives. He expresses thi s d esire by re ...
aAs New Historicism highlights the connection of text, social context and real life, the creation of The Great Gatsby is inevitably influenced by the social and historical background in which it was produced and the author who produced it. 因为新的Historicism突出文本的连接,社会环境和真实,它被...
The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel. It was published in 1925. Set in Jazz Age New York, it tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. Co