size” (9). The Great Gatsby, written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, presents Fitzgerald’s life through a variety of different characters in this American classic. In this novel the main protagonist, Jay Gatsby, sets out to win the heart of a love long lost. He enlists the help of Nick Carraway, a gentleman who almost became corrupt by the Northeast, to help him win the heart of Daisy. The three main locations in this novel reflect the people that live there and each symbolize a class in American
Next to hard work, one must fulfill their life. The American Dream is to have everything ever wanted and be happy with this. Tom and Gatsby both struggle with the lack of having this fulfilled life despite the mounds of cash they both hold. The two different parties in East and West Egg show this issue in different manors. Gatsby and Tom use their money to woo girls. East Egg is the more polished of the two Eggs, therefore they hold more private and intimate parties. East Egg is also the home of
Fitzgerald, in writing The Great Gatsby, depicts to the readers how the American dream is romantic and beautiful, yet deeply flawed and contradictory, through the usage of rhetorical and literary devices, such as oxymorons and hyperboles.