Essays about: "Gatsby"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the word Gatsby.

  1. 6. An Illusion of the American Dream : The Great Gatsby from a Feminist Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Martina Lotun; [2021]
    Keywords : The Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitzgerald; the American Dream; feminism; feminist narratology; patriarchy; flapper; the Roaring Twenties; the Jazz Age;

    Abstract : The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald encapsulates the Roaring Twenties, a period of social and political change. The economy is thriving, and the American Dream, with its promise of monetary wealth, happiness and upward mobility, is seemingly within reach. READ MORE

  3. 7. Are they all victims?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Elisabeth Kynaston; [2020]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Patriarchal ideologies, gender equality and the conflict between the old and modern ways of life have always been topics of discussion in contemporary society. In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, when patriarchal ideologies were dominant in American society and American literature. READ MORE

  4. 8. PWAMP - Combine technology for faster loading and improved user experience

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknik

    Author : Jesper Nyhlén; [2020]
    Keywords : PWAMP; Google AMP; Gatsby; Progressive Web App; Performance;

    Abstract : Progressive Web Applications are becoming more advanced and have increased user activity year after year, especially on mobile platforms. But still the standard of performance does not in most cases meet what we expect in relation to the time it takes to load these. READ MORE

  5. 9. “The bottle of whiskey – a second one – was now in constant demand by all present” : Alcohol Consumption as Cultural Capital and Part of Habitus in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Magdalena Wojnar; [2020]
    Keywords : The Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitzgerald; alcohol consumption; habitus; Pierre Bourdieu; Prohibition; 1920s; United States;

    Abstract : This essay investigates the status of alcohol consumption in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby (1925). The analysis focuses on character study reading of Jay Gatsby, and Tom and Daisy Buchanan in conjunction with Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of habitus, by placing habitus in the specific historical context of the novel. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Dream : A Psychoanalytic Reading of the Conceptualization of the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Hugo Älfvåg; [2020]
    Keywords : The American Dream; Dreams; Desires; Psychoanalysis; Id; Ego; Super-Ego; Trauma;

    Abstract : F. Scott Fitzgerald’s critically acclaimed classic The Great Gatsby, written in 1925, poetically captures the zeitgeist of the roaring twenties, and has attracted considerable attention regarding the depiction of the American dream. READ MORE