Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" to criticize the false nature of the American dream by demonstrating the disillusionment and decay of main characters in an era engrossed in wealth and materialistic desire, paving the country into a wasteland of ashes.
Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" in response to the foolish ideologies of the early 1900's, where people believed that the rich were justified and "privileged" enough to do as they pleased without the rights of the common man interfering in either their business or pleasure.
Fitzgerald wrote the “Great Gatsby” to portray the “Roaring Twenties” as a time of tarnished moral and social values, evidenced in its supreme greed, egocentrism, and wealth, which ultimately caused the dissolution of the American dream and the idea that all the wealth in the world cannot guarantee happiness.
Fitzgerald conveys through his novel "The Great Gatsby" the truth behind the "Roaring Twenties," that the bane of human existence was/is money, as demonstrated by each character struggling in the ceaseless pursuit of the American dream and slaving to replenish their bottomless pit of moral emptiness.
Fitzgerald uses his story "The Great Gatsby" to convey the different styles and problems of people in the 1920's; through his characters, Fitzgerald is able to satire every aspect of 1920 life and show the vast differences between the rich and poor. -hooooolllllly.
Fitzgerald, a wonderuflly handsome man, sat down one day a wrote "The Great Gatsby" because he was bored and had nothing better to do, not even clip his toenails; through the course of his writing he created a masterpeice of literature witch distinctly portrays different social classes of the 1920s and the pompous self image the the wealthy helf of themselves which in turn created seperations between rich and poor.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby to express his views on the era of the "Roaring Twenties" by using two different social groups, the wealthy and the working class, to exemplify the difference between the idealistic American Dream lived by residents of the East and West Eggs with the dark reality seen in Valley of Ashes
Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" to elucidate the differences of the lives and personalities between the rich and the poor during the 1920's, and to also illustrate that money does not always ensure happiness.
In "The Great Gatsby" Fitzgerald emphasizes the ridicule of society in the twenties by using characters in his novel to demonstrate the importance of social class and represent the contrast between the highly rich and the underclass poor, and prove that the “American Dream” transformed into an illusion of overall success in a society and a plan of materialistic power, all faced under the eyes that watch everyone.
"The Great Gatsby" was a novel in which portrayed the contrasting lifestyles of all living in the "Roaring Twenties" whether it be to show their wealth, societal issues or personal struggles; and with all of these examples Fitzgerald is able to connect his beliefs on how a person's past most always has a serious affect on their future.
"The Great Gatsby" was a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that skewered the moral values and customs of the upper classes as well as average working Americans during the "Roaring twenties", where even individuals like Jay Gatsby, people coming from rags to riches, can be tainted by sheer opulence.
The point of The Great Gatsby is to explore through a group of highly individualized characters the ways in which the physical, behavioral, mental, and unconscious illusions we draw about ourselves effect our relationships and distort reality.
"The Great Gatsby" was a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who wrote about the time of the twenties through the main characters in the novel, protraying the problems of wealth, stuggles and social class that went on during that time period and contrasting between the rich and the poor.
I think the point of the Great Gatsby is to explore the phycological aspects of troubled relationships and to show the cruel reality that life sometimes throws at you.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby to draw attention to the differences in the lifestyles of the upper class and working class, showing clear distinctions and direct relationships between the socio-economic status of his female characters in particular and their relationships with those around them; most directly the role that women had and the way in which women reacting to the change in the new social landscape. ~ Stephanie Brown
"The Great Gatsby" conveys a connection between the fantastic lives of the rich and the underpriveledged lives of the poor through dramatic characterization and through that can fit into the lives if each of the characters.
F Scott Fitzgerald motive behind the story, “The Great Gatsby”, was an insight to the materialistic flaws during the 20’s, he created an atmosphere reflecting the damaged social classes, and how society’s desire for wealth lead people to be corrupt. -Sarah Babcock
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a book on a part of american history where social values and life got in the way of humanity and shows this through a fictional world showing how strange the time was yet how human it really was filling charachters with emotion that feel so distant but close at the same time and how their elegant social structure was actually flawed because humans are incapable "money doesnt buy happiness, but who ever achives happiness annyhow?"-Aaron DeBryun
The Great Gatsby demonstrates to all of its reader's the impossible standards high society sets for its inhabitants, as well as the struggle they face attempting to live up to those expectations; throughout this journey, our narrator exposes to the reader the abundunce of decomposing dreams, corruption, and twisted moral values that surround him - all elements that represent the guilded society that the characters yearn to be a part of.
The Great Gatsby presents the exploration of identity and the connection between personal authenticity and integrity with the errosion of social and moral values in the 20's.
Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" to criticize the false nature of the American dream by demonstrating the disillusionment and decay of main characters in an era engrossed in wealth and materialistic desire, paving the country into a wasteland of ashes.
ReplyDeleteFitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" in response to the foolish ideologies of the early 1900's, where people believed that the rich were justified and "privileged" enough to do as they pleased without the rights of the common man interfering in either their business or pleasure.
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Fitzgerald wrote the “Great Gatsby” to portray the “Roaring Twenties” as a time of tarnished moral and social values, evidenced in its supreme greed, egocentrism, and wealth, which ultimately caused the dissolution of the American dream and the idea that all the wealth in the world cannot guarantee happiness.
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Fitzgerald conveys through his novel "The Great Gatsby" the truth behind the "Roaring Twenties," that the bane of human existence was/is money, as demonstrated by each character struggling in the ceaseless pursuit of the American dream and slaving to replenish their bottomless pit of moral emptiness.
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DeleteFitzgerald uses his story "The Great Gatsby" to convey the different styles and problems of people in the 1920's; through his characters, Fitzgerald is able to satire every aspect of 1920 life and show the vast differences between the rich and poor.
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Fitzgerald, a wonderuflly handsome man, sat down one day a wrote "The Great Gatsby" because he was bored and had nothing better to do, not even clip his toenails; through the course of his writing he created a masterpeice of literature witch distinctly portrays different social classes of the 1920s and the pompous self image the the wealthy helf of themselves which in turn created seperations between rich and poor.
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ReplyDeleteF. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby to express his views on the era of the "Roaring Twenties" by using two different social groups, the wealthy and the working class, to exemplify the difference between the idealistic American Dream lived by residents of the East and West Eggs with the dark reality seen in Valley of Ashes
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ReplyDeleteFitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" to elucidate the differences of the lives and personalities between the rich and the poor during the 1920's, and to also illustrate that money does not always ensure happiness.
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In "The Great Gatsby" Fitzgerald emphasizes the ridicule of society in the twenties by using characters in his novel to demonstrate the importance of social class and represent the contrast between the highly rich and the underclass poor, and prove that the “American Dream” transformed into an illusion of overall success in a society and a plan of materialistic power, all faced under the eyes that watch everyone.
ReplyDelete"The Great Gatsby" was a novel in which portrayed the contrasting lifestyles of all living in the "Roaring Twenties" whether it be to show their wealth, societal issues or personal struggles; and with all of these examples Fitzgerald is able to connect his beliefs on how a person's past most always has a serious affect on their future.
ReplyDelete"The Great Gatsby" was a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that skewered the moral values and customs of the upper classes as well as average working Americans during the "Roaring twenties", where even individuals like Jay Gatsby, people coming from rags to riches, can be tainted by sheer opulence.
ReplyDeleteThe point of The Great Gatsby is to explore through a group of highly individualized characters the ways in which the physical, behavioral, mental, and unconscious illusions we draw about ourselves effect our relationships and distort reality.
ReplyDelete"The Great Gatsby" was a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who wrote about the time of the twenties through the main characters in the novel, protraying the problems of wealth, stuggles and social class that went on during that time period and contrasting between the rich and the poor.
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I think the point of the Great Gatsby is to explore the phycological aspects of troubled relationships and to show the cruel reality that life sometimes throws at you.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby to draw attention to the differences in the lifestyles of the upper class and working class, showing clear distinctions and direct relationships between the socio-economic status of his female characters in particular and their relationships with those around them; most directly the role that women had and the way in which women reacting to the change in the new social landscape.
ReplyDelete~ Stephanie Brown
"The Great Gatsby" conveys a connection between the fantastic lives of the rich and the underpriveledged lives of the poor through dramatic characterization and through that can fit into the lives if each of the characters.
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F Scott Fitzgerald motive behind the story, “The Great Gatsby”, was an insight to the materialistic flaws during the 20’s, he created an atmosphere reflecting the damaged social classes, and how society’s desire for wealth lead people to be corrupt.
ReplyDelete-Sarah Babcock
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a book on a part of american history where social values and life got in the way of humanity and shows this through a fictional world showing how strange the time was yet how human it really was filling charachters with emotion that feel so distant but close at the same time and how their elegant social structure was actually flawed because humans are incapable "money doesnt buy happiness, but who ever achives happiness annyhow?"-Aaron DeBryun
ReplyDeleteThe Great Gatsby demonstrates to all of its reader's the impossible standards high society sets for its inhabitants, as well as the struggle they face attempting to live up to those expectations; throughout this journey, our narrator exposes to the reader the abundunce of decomposing dreams, corruption, and twisted moral values that surround him - all elements that represent the guilded society that the characters yearn to be a part of.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Gatsby presents the exploration of identity and the connection between personal authenticity and integrity with the errosion of social and moral values in the 20's.
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