In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the American dream is portrayed throughout the novel as well as a great variety of themes. Power, love, betrayal, and social stratification are among a few themes that stand out the most. The story takes place in Long Island in the glamorous 1920's, a time also referred to as the “golden age twenties.” Fitzgerald does an outstanding job describing the prosperous American life of the time and bringing setting, theme, and characterization together to create
2014 The great Gatsby: main theme essay "Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." these words of nick caraway, the narrator of the novel the great Gatsby, perfectly describe the exact opposite of the main characters in the novel. While there are many themes to the great Gatsby the most evident themes are lies and deceit. The book the great Gatsby by Fitzgerald utilizes
In the novel The Great Gatsby, themes of love, duty, and honour are present throughout the entire book. Love is exhibited in many ways, from the parties Gatsby hosts and the trouble he goes through trying to rekindle his love with Daisy, to the love and affection George Wilson shows his wife Myrtle, maybe the only real love in the whole novel. Duty is exhibited as Gatsby feels he was put on this earth to be with Daisy, and now that he has made something of himself he feels it is his duty to have
of class struggles” (4). A critical aspect of the relationship between such classes is the way the socioeconomic elite conduct themselves and how their actions are viewed by the rest of society. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald depict the socioeconomic elite acting with indiscretion and out of self indulgence. Both pieces
Barrett-Browning’s attitudes about love have developed from uncertainty to acceptance. Comparatively, the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ by Fitzgerald explores notions of idealised love,