Essays about: "Gatsby"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the word Gatsby.

  1. 16. A Journey Greater Than You Think, Unknown in Its Details, But More Loving Than Nostalgia : -An Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Anja Skogberg Lundin; [2019]
    Keywords : Fitzgerald; Gatsby; Identity; Ideology; Culture; Society; American society; Jazz Age; 1920s; Public; Private; Class;

    Abstract : Abstract This essay is an analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and it explores how identity and ideology always exist in a context of time. The American 1920s society was influenced by theories brought by Marxism, Albert Einstein and Freud. READ MORE

  2. 17. The Selectiveness of Nick Carraway : The Unreliable Narrator in The Great Gatsby

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Windy Daniel; [2019]
    Keywords : Reliability; narratology; selectiveness; concealment; censorship; memory; drunkenness;

    Abstract : Many scholars have argued back and forth regarding the reliability of the narrator Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most well-known novel The Great Gatsby. Nick’s attention to detail in his narrative is the element due to which many scholars argue in favour of his reliability. One of these scholars is Wayne C. READ MORE

  3. 18. The Failed American Dream? Representation of the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Johan Åkesson; [2018]
    Keywords : American Dream; Fitzgerald; Ellison; 1920s; USA; racism; social criticism; social equality; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The American Dream has been a central theme of American literature since the early nineteenth century. The American Dream has subsequently become a tool for depicting the uniqueness of America. F. READ MORE

  4. 19. We Need to Talk About Nick : Sexual Divergence, Characterization and the Hardcover Closet in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Bill Danielsson; [2017]
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    Abstract : Criticism of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby (1925) is often focused around its already evident focal points, such as its critique of capitalism, excess and greed. Therefore, this essay focuses on and discusses instances in The Great Gatsby of sexual divergence and homoeroticism. READ MORE

  5. 20. The Role of Film Adaptations in the English Language Classroom : Teaching Print Literature with Multimodal Aids

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Karin Westin; [2017]
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    Abstract : Literary appreciation is the ability to understand patterns of literature and literary devices, for example symbols and characterization in a text, as well as appreciate the text as a form of art. Without literary appreciation, students will most likely struggle to their reading comprehension and literary repertories, which will make it hard to become competent readers of literature. READ MORE