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Student Essays on The Great Gatsby
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Great Gatsby: Analysis by Chapter
3,619 words, approx. 12 pages
Analyzes The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Provides a chapter summary and includes a selected quote from each chapter. Provides an analysis of major characters.
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Essay Grade: 92%
A Comparison of the Ways in Which Fitzgerald and Bronte Present Their Heroes. (2742 Words)
2,700 words, approx. 9 pages
In both "Wuthering Heights" and "The Great Gatsby", the authors have put the central focus for the readers on the romantic heroes of the text. The romantic heroes in the two texts are Gatsby and Heathcliff. These two characters are both very similar and very different and the following is a comparison of how each of them is presented in the novels.
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Essay Grade: 75%
Jake Barnes and Jay Gatsby
2,548 words, approx. 9 pages
In The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest hemingway, we have Jake Barnes, a young man running after Brett. Although he didn't become anything from this love he was happy that every time she did a mess she asked him to help her. For me he was just a tool that she used very well. We can see it when she asks him to introduce her to Romero and then leaves Jake without telling him something. The same thing was with The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitsgerald. He loved Daisy all his life. His greatest dream was to become her again. When she didn't respond him the way he wanted, he didn't even feel offended. He continues to protect her.
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Essay Grade: 96%
Is "The Great Gatsby" purely an éxpose of America in the 1920's?
2,545 words, approx. 9 pages
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Deals with morality and the drinking culture in 1920's America.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Their Eyes Were Watching God and the Great Gatsby
2,278 words, approx. 8 pages
Compares and contrasts the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, and The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Considers how both main characters, Janie and Gatsby, have elements from their pasts which add to their mindsets of wanting to change the way their lives are progressing and form them into something they will benefit from.
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Essay Grade: 78%
Journal and Analysis of 'the Great Gatsby' (film)
2,147 words, approx. 7 pages
The author of `The Great Gatsby', F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American man who lived in the 1900s. He wrote `The Great Gatsby' in 1924. Fitzgerald was married but in the very same year that he began to write `The Great Gatsby' his wife had an affair with a French naval aviator. This could have influenced his writing of `The Great Gatsby'.
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Great Gatsby: Historical Accuracy
2,100 words, approx. 7 pages
Essay discusses how F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is very accurate historically.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Innocence! Lost or Not?
2,093 words, approx. 7 pages
Innocence as a prominent theme is found in three American novels: Daisy Miller by Henry James, My Antonia by Willa Cather, and the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. These three novels help the reader to see the ambiguous, double-sided nature of innocence, and they suggest that our prejudices and cultural differences actually shape our view of others.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Function of Gatsby in Fitzgerald's 'the Great Gatsby'
2,070 words, approx. 7 pages
Explores the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby. Highlights the function and role of the character of Gatsby. Evaluates to what extent it is Fitzgerald's intention to elevate Gatsby above the society of which he is a part.
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Essay Grade: 83%
Sacrifice
2,058 words, approx. 7 pages
The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the `American Beauty' directed by Sam Mendes explores the concept of sacrifice as in many ways. The texts deal with sacrifice as not simply the destruction of something valued, but for a specific purpose and higher claim, where the gesture is carefully planned out, demonstrating a deep personal understanding by a character.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Great Gatsby
2,054 words, approx. 7 pages
This essay is about F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 92%
The American Fantasy
1,939 words, approx. 7 pages
The american dream exists of only as a fantasy due to unrealistic goals, loss of innocence, and corruption in society in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Examining the Theme of Sacrifice
1,845 words, approx. 6 pages
Examines the theme of sacrifice as portrayed in the novel The Great Gatsby, by F.Scott Fitzgerald and the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Explores how main characters personify the theme. Reveals how each character's relationship with society influences his sacrifice.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Great Gatsby & The Crucible
1,783 words, approx. 6 pages
Two perfect examples of this "wounded male" are John Procter, from the Crucible by Arthur Miller, and Jay Gatsby, from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. These innocent men were both plagued with problems from women and resulted in the death of both men.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Evaluation of the Great Gatsby
1,768 words, approx. 6 pages
Reviews the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Provides a biography of Fitzgerald. Compares his life to that of his character's.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Double Vision in The Great Gatsby
1,692 words, approx. 6 pages
Evaluates the F.Scott Fitzgerald classic novel, The Great Gatsby. Describes the concept of double vision and how it can be applied to many aspects of The Great Gatsby. In this essay it is applied to just a few such as the character of Gatsby himself.
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Essay Grade: 89%
The Great Gatsby--Millionaires Pile of Ashes
1,662 words, approx. 6 pages
The growth of Nick in The Great Gatsby
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Essay Grade: 92%
Boats Against the Current
1,653 words, approx. 6 pages
Essay is about central themes of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby. Provides a detailed analysis of Gatsby. Describes how he acts on his driving will and in this respect he is far more courageous than the most creative and idealistic of dreamers.
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Essay Grade: 78%
The Jazz Age and the Theme of Innocence in "The Great Gatsby"
1,649 words, approx. 6 pages
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is essentially a book about the end of innocence. An essay examining whether the book the Great Gatsby is a story about the end of innocence in 1920s America. The elite's lifestyle of decadance is ended by the harsh economic realities that followed.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Gatsby's Lifestyle
1,623 words, approx. 5 pages
A paragraph on each of the following items, his parties, his guest list, his car, and his mansion.
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Essay Grade: 83%
The Great Gatsby Character Comparision
1,584 words, approx. 5 pages
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald expounds on the social classes and mentality of people during the Jazz age of the 1920s. Focusing on similarities and variations in the individuals' circumstances, Fitzgerald shows that behaviors and morals can be drastically altered within a decade. The individual personalities, values, and lifestyles of the characters are significantly unique and exhibited as the characters respond to the incidences of life during that time.
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Essay Grade: 83%
Gatsby Destroys the American Dream
1,541 words, approx. 5 pages
The essay argues that the central theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is that the American dream has been destroyed by crass materialism. Plot points and scenes from the book are cited as examples. Gatsby is explored as a tragic figure.
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Role of Location in Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1,529 words, approx. 5 pages
This essay examines the use of locations and their significance in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald's use of locations established both moral and behavorial trends within the characters and their social groups.
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Essay Grade: 96%
"The Great Gatsby" and the Fall of the American Dream
1,508 words, approx. 5 pages
In "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the myth and the reality of the "American Dream" and how it has been distorted by wealth, poverty, power, class and racism. Jay Gatsby fails in his diluded attempt to live the "America Dream."
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Essay Grade: 92%
Great Gatsby
1,506 words, approx. 5 pages
the American dream in Gatsby
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Great Gatsby - Loss of the American Dream
1,482 words, approx. 5 pages
This essay is about how Fitzgerald attempts to use Gatsby as a tool to say that the American Dream with its associated positive connotations and values is unrecoverably loss.
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Essay Grade: 93%
Analysis of the Antagonists
1,478 words, approx. 5 pages
Essay provides an analysis of the Antagonists in "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 86%
Goal Orientation in The Great Gatsby
1,461 words, approx. 5 pages
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Gatsby only has one goal in life, to reunite with his love Daisy, and he focuses all his energies towards that goal. When it seems impossible for him to achieve that goal, his world falls apart, leading to the ultimate tragedy of his own death.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Disconcerting Decadence in The Great Gatsby
1,456 words, approx. 5 pages
An analysis of the famous party scene from F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, in which the narrator Nick first meets the man who gives his namesake to the book and who is known for his extravagant wealth.
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Essay Grade: 91%
Illusions in "The Great Gatsby"
1,455 words, approx. 5 pages
The essay focuses on Fitzgerald's use of illusions throughout the book "The Great Gatsby." Also discusses how reality appeared to have been replaced with unrealistic dreams, ignorant people, corrupt morals, and false perceptions.
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Essay Grade: 96%
The Dream Girl Daisy Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby"
1,431 words, approx. 5 pages
Daisy Buchanan's relationship to the Main Themes of the classic novel, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Essay Grade: 83%
The Art of Sacrifice in The Great Gatsby
1,424 words, approx. 5 pages
The art of sacrifice is explored with much detail in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. There are many examples of sacrifice, as Nick sacrifices his principles, Gatsby sacrifices his life for Daisy, Daisy sacrifices Gatsby for her marriage and protection by Tom, and Myrtle sacrifices her marriage for material wealth and status.
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Essay Grade: 92%
People's Lives in "The Great Gatsby" Are Controlled by Money, and Being Wealthy
1,392 words, approx. 5 pages
Essay shows how the lives of people in "The Great Gatsby" are controlled by money.
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Essay Grade: 89%
The Great Gatsby
1,386 words, approx. 5 pages
Shows how "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is depictive of life in the 1920's.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Art of Sacrifice and the Corruption of the American Dream in 'the Great Gatsby'
1,371 words, approx. 5 pages
`The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the concept of sacrifice as an art in many ways. The novel deals with sacrifice as not simply the destruction of something valued, but for a specific purpose and higher claim, where the gesture is carefully planned out, demonstrating a deep personal understanding by a character. The characters Daisy, Gatsby and Myrtle all show this art of sacrifice and how their actions portray the corruption of the American Dream.
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Great Gatsby: For the Love of Money
1,363 words, approx. 5 pages
Essay discusses the symbols of people and objects in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 83%
The Art of Sacrifice in the Great Gatsby
1,362 words, approx. 5 pages
Through the use of techniques such as juxtaposition, imagery and symbolism, Fitzgerald has successfully portrayed the art of sacrifice by showing the various characters' crafted and planned out sacrifices.
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Essay Grade: 96%
Bleakness and Futility in Chapter 2 of "The Great Gatsby"
1,350 words, approx. 5 pages
Imagery, form and structure in the second chapter of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel about the 1920's Jazz Age, "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 86%
How the Jazz Age and 1920s America are Portrayed in The Great Gatsby
1,336 words, approx. 5 pages
Explores The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Maintains that it is a bitter, savage satire on the moral failure of the jazz age, which is placed within a perspective of American images of success and American history. Explores Fitzgerald's modernist approach to the novel.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Great Gatsby - Not A Great American Love Story
1,332 words, approx. 4 pages
Many argue that F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is an example of this "great American love story", but it is not. The Great Gatsby is not a tale about perfect love; it is a tale of love and lust corrupting individuals in their lives, and of an American dream that is never fulfilled. Throughout the story, we follow multiple relationships, but focus is on the single relationship between Gatsby and Daisy. This relationship, however, fails to fulfill many requirements that would make it a true love story, and thus, while some hardship is to be expected, this relationship encounters an excessive amount. To determine if The Great Gatsby is a "great American love story", it is necessary to examine what this ideal actually is, as well as how Gatsby and Daisy fit into the mold, and it quickly becomes apparent that they do not.
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Essay Grade: 90%
The Symbolism of Color in The Great Gatsby
1,331 words, approx. 4 pages
This essay discusses the symbolism of the colors green and gold in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Great Gatsby: Jay's Firm Grip on His Reality
1,321 words, approx. 4 pages
This essay examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. It takes two choices of the title character, Jay Gatsby, and examines not only what motivates his choices, but what Nick Carraway thinks of Gatsby's choices.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Analysis of the American Dream and The Great Gatsby
1,315 words, approx. 4 pages
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, social commentary is presented not only on society of the 1920s, but on civilization as we have come to accept it in America.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Repetitive Use of Color in the Great Gatsby
1,311 words, approx. 4 pages
Analyzes the Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Discusses the author's use of the color yellow and color in general to make his work flow and connect. Explores how each character in the novel is associated with a color.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Real James Gatz
1,302 words, approx. 4 pages
A character analysis of Jay Gatsby from the novel "The Great Gatsby" written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Essay Grade: 83%
Gatsby and Macbeth Parallels
1,301 words, approx. 4 pages
The main characters in both F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and William Shakespeare's Macbeth appear stable and successful on the outside, but inside they are engaged in a constant struggle with their dreams. Gatsby tries to win back the girl of his dreams by becoming something he's not, a member of high society; while Macbeth believes the prediction of the witches that he will be king and spends his life trying to make it come true. Both characters are willing to risk everything in pursuit of their respective dreams, including committing crimes. Both are motivated to take these risks by a woman. And both inevitably suffer premature demises.
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Essay Grade: 75%
Is Gatsby Better?
1,293 words, approx. 4 pages
In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there is an interesting decision made by a Daisy Buchanan that raises a few concerns. The decision she makes is choosing Tom Buchanan over Jay Gatsby.
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Great Gatsby- What Lies beneath the Conflict between New and Old Money
1,279 words, approx. 4 pages
This essay is on "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott. Fitzgerald and talks about the conflict with old and new money.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Gatsby and the Fall of the American Dream
1,276 words, approx. 4 pages
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby portrays the American dream as a hoax. Protagonist Jay Gatsby's beliefs that money can buy happiness and that he can relive the past inevitably to his downfall.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Importance of a Wonderland Wasteland to the Great Gatsby
1,269 words, approx. 4 pages
Discusses The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Analyzes the quote "Of what might have been a wonderland we have made a wasteland." Describes how important this idea is to understanding the novel. Also relates the quote to the immorality displayed by characters in the novel.
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Great Gatsby: Old Money Versus New Money
1,264 words, approx. 4 pages
Essay discusses the issue of old versus new money in "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 83%
He Told Me (a Father's Word): Authoritative Discourse in the Great Gatsby
1,260 words, approx. 4 pages
Mikhail Bakhtin, in his essay "Discourse in the Novel," characterizes his theory of authoritative discourse as "the word of the fathers," in which previous external knowledge demands a "simultaneously internally persuasive" acknowledgement. In a novel that uses language as a device for uncovering the perceived identity of its protagonist, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby also shows evidence of this same external narration that attempts to achieve discrimination between classes and control the behavior that governs social conduct.
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Essay Grade: 96%
Greed and Materialism in "The Great Gatsby"
1,259 words, approx. 4 pages
the human hubris of greed and materialism riched its height as the U.S. economy roared in the 1920s. The emptiness of this ideology is seen in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Nick's idealized perspective of Eastern and Western culture in the United States is a theme that underscores the vacuousness of materialistic culture.
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Essay Grade: 81%
Great Gatsby Film Review
1,251 words, approx. 4 pages
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel bounds to life on the big screen in Jack Clayton's critically acclaimed 1974 film rendition of The Great Gatsby. However, the majority of the complex themes and character development fail to cross over in the same intensity from the novel to the film. In the novel, the characters are more mysterious and the readers opinions of them change as the plot develops.
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Essay Grade: 91%
The American Dream in the Gatsby
1,244 words, approx. 4 pages
F Scott Fitzgerald's idea of the American Dream and how it is used in his works, particularly, Great Gatsby.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Great Gatsby: Comparing Gatsby and Tom
1,212 words, approx. 4 pages
Analyzes F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Compares the paradoxical characters Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. Examines the conflict between the characters and describes how it affects the plot.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Great Gatsby
1,211 words, approx. 4 pages
Discusses the novel, "The Great Gatsby," written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This essay is about Gatsby and his pursuit, since a teenager, of the American dream and of attaining a good name, like that of of Buchanan or Rothschild.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Great Gatsby and the American Dream
1,204 words, approx. 4 pages
Examines how the American Dream is portrayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Effectiveness of Nick's Narration in The Great Gatsby
1,177 words, approx. 4 pages
Explores the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Debates the effectiveness of character Nick Carraway's narration of the text. Describes his honesty with himself and towards others. Reveals how it is the maturity he gains throughout the novel that makes him an effective narrator for the book.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Female Characters in the Great Gatsby
1,174 words, approx. 4 pages
Discusses 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Examines why Fitzgerald chooses to filter his female characters through a male perspective. Analyzes Fitzgerald's portrayal of women in the novel, focusing on the character of Daisy.
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Essay Grade: 93%
Great Gatsby and the American Dream
1,172 words, approx. 4 pages
A discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his use of The Great Gatsby to expose the corruption of the American Dream.
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Essay Grade: 81%
The Great Gatsby: Materialism and Excess Leads to Emptiness
1,171 words, approx. 4 pages
In the novel The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott FItzgerald uses symbolism and characterization to portray that through the pursuit of materialism and excess, man will become empty. Both Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby misuse their materialism in attempting to provide themselves with the feelings of love.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Loss of Innocence
1,168 words, approx. 4 pages
Analyzes F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. Discusses the theme of the loss of innocence. Provides samples from the story to support the theme.
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Essay Grade: 90%
Fake Vs. Real
1,166 words, approx. 4 pages
Literary analysis of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the movie "The Talented Mr. Riply" and the way that they speak to being a fake somebody or a real nobody.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Great Gatsby Commentary on Pages 100-103
1,154 words, approx. 4 pages
Comments on on pages 100-103 of The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Closely explores the details and smaller meanings between pages 100-103 of the book and analyzes the characters and significance of color.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Relationships Between Men and Women in "The Great Gatsby"
1,148 words, approx. 4 pages
The relationships between men and women in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" are destroyed by outside factors such as money and social status. In the setting of the novel, love does not conquer all.
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Essay Grade: 96%
The Great Gatsby- Corruption Due to Weath
1,147 words, approx. 4 pages
In chapter three of The Great Gatsby, details of the parties and details of the people that attend the parties thrown by Jay Gatsby are used to create the illusion of allure and glamour as well as destructiveness and chaos caused by the abundance of wealth.

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Essay Grade: 96%
A Critical Anaalysis of the Great Gatsby
1,146 words, approx. 4 pages
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" explores profound, timeless themes. They include the discrepancy between Gatsby's dreams and his reality, his futile obsession with wealth to win the love of Daisy, and his quest for the American dream.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Water Imagery in The Great Gatsby
1,127 words, approx. 4 pages
Although not commonly found, water imagery is a significant aspect of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. The water imagery emphasizes the hopelessness and sadness of the events encompassing Jay Gatsby's life and death, specifically the rain that falls on both his tea party with Daisy and his poorly attended funeral.
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Essay Grade: 90%
The Great Gatsby: the American Dream
1,126 words, approx. 4 pages
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. The American dream in the novel.
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Essay Grade: 96%
Immortality in "The Great Gatsby"
1,126 words, approx. 4 pages
Essay describes the aspect of immorality in "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 92%
Truth and Lies in the Great Gatsby
1,119 words, approx. 4 pages
Discusses The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Examines the lies and corruption which pepper the novel as well as the hidden truths and secrets of major characters.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Great Gatsby and Pleasantville, A Comparison
1,111 words, approx. 4 pages
Compares the novel 'The Great Gatsby' by F.Scott Fitzgerald with the book 'Pleasantville.' Describes how each work represents the contexts in which they were written and the elective from which they represent. Explores how both highlight the eventual destructive impact having a belief in a `perfect world' has on oneself.
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Great Gatsby - Destructiveness and Decadence in the Party Scene
1,099 words, approx. 4 pages
Discusses the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Examines Fitzgerald's portrayal of the destructiveness and decadence shown throughout the party scene. Provides supporting evidence from the text.
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Essay Grade: 96%
Unconditional Love in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1,090 words, approx. 4 pages
This is an essay that attempts to define love using Jay Gatsby as an example. It also outlines the theme of human relationships in the novel.
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Essay Grade: 87%
Nick Carraway
1,087 words, approx. 4 pages
Provides a character analysis of Nick Carraway from "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 78%
The Consequences of Obsession over Money in The Great Gatsby
1,086 words, approx. 4 pages
Values are lost as easily as money is gained. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters' deep obsession over money and power leads them to corruption, loss of values, and unhappiness. This is exemplified with the characters Daisy and Gatsby, as well as with Tom and Myrtle.
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Essay Grade: 93%
Time in "The Great Gatsby"
1,081 words, approx. 4 pages
Essay discusses the topic of "time" in Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 83%
Contrast of Jay and Tom in The Great Gatsby
1,073 words, approx. 4 pages
Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan share many similarities in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, However, the differences between them determined the outcome of their battle for Daisy's heart. Tom won Daisy in the end because he was more financially stable and he and Daisy were already married to each other.
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Essay Grade: 96%
Colour Imagery in The Great Gatsby
1,070 words, approx. 4 pages
F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color imagery in his novel The Great Gatsby to illuminate his themes, especially character development. Examples include green respresenting youth and hope, white suggesting innocence, and grey representing hopelessness.
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Essay Grade: 93%
Evils and Symbolism in The Great Gatsby
1,070 words, approx. 4 pages
This is a symbolism essay about The Great Gatsby. There are forms of symbolism in this novel that portray the desperation, impurity, and sin that fill the lives of many characters in this novel
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Essay Grade: 92%
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: the Negative Affect of Obsessions
1,069 words, approx. 4 pages
An essay examining how obession can eventually lead to a characters downfall as in "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 90%
The Lost Dream of the "Lost Generation"
1,067 words, approx. 4 pages
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald & The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock by T.S. Eliot.
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Essay Grade: 83%
The 1920s from F. Scott Fitzgerald's Perspective
1,050 words, approx. 4 pages
Discusses how American author F. Scott Fitzgerald depicted the 1920s culture through his novel, The Great Gatsby. Summarizes the novel and analyzes Fitzgerald's portrayal of women during the 1920s.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Love's Demeaning Power
1,039 words, approx. 4 pages
It is about the character of Jay Gatsby and how his dream corrupts him. It is a character analysis.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Unchanging Values in Changing Society
1,037 words, approx. 4 pages
Essay shows how there are unchanging values in a changing society in the novel "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Great Gatsby: Gatsby's Dream
1,037 words, approx. 4 pages
Analyzes the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Explains the importance of Gatsby's dream and describes what he did to try to achieve it. Discusses the character of Daisy.
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Essay Grade: 78%
Daisy's Rejection of Gatsby
1,035 words, approx. 4 pages
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the title character blindly follows his desire for Daisy Buchanan, never realizing that he will never attain the transcendental love he seeks. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald uses foreshadowing to prepare the reader for Daisy's complete rejection of Gatsby, which culminates with her failure to attend his funeral.
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Essay Grade: 96%
The Great Gatsby: Discovery of Imagination
1,017 words, approx. 3 pages
The title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is a man of nearly limitless joy produced by his imagination. Even his obsessive love for Daisy can quash his dreams, no matter how unobtainable.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Symbols of Corruption in "The Great Gatsby"
1,016 words, approx. 3 pages
The green light, Daisy's pearls, the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, and death represent the corruption of the American Dream through social inequalities and greed in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 86%
Corruption Ultimately Leads in Destruction
1,010 words, approx. 3 pages
Fitzgerald has used The Great Gatsby to show that possession of immoral goals, only leads to misfortune. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby's immense love of wealth causes more hardship for him, than good.
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Essay Grade: 96%
Meyer Wolfsheim in "The Great Gatsby"
1,007 words, approx. 3 pages
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," Meyer Wolfshiem is a minor character, but an important one. He stands as a symbol of all that was wrong with the corruption and greed of the 1920s and served as Jay Gatsby's father figure.
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Essay Grade: 95%
The Great Gatsby
1,005 words, approx. 3 pages
This essay deals with different characters in the novel, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who are careless. It shows how their wealth in society affects their lives and others.
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Essay Grade: 90%
Use of Money in Great Gatsby
993 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay discusses the use of money in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Science and Essentialism
990 words, approx. 3 pages
Examines Science and Essentialism. Defines what it is and how it relates to the books The Great Gatsby and Pudd'n Head Wislon.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Gatsby's Dream
990 words, approx. 3 pages
Explores themes from the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic novel, "The Great Gatsby." This critical essay examines how Jay Gatsby's naive and unwavering dream - to recreate his past with Daisy - shapes the plot and final outcome of the story.
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Essay Grade: 87%
Great Gatsby Vs. Searching for the Good Life
988 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay is about the main character Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Ghastly Gatsby
981 words, approx. 3 pages
Discusses F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Provides a character analysis of Jay Gatsby, weighing the question of whether he is good or evil.
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Essay Grade: 91%
Symbolic Representation in The Great Gatsby
979 words, approx. 3 pages
The assignment was to choose a novel that I have read in high school and discuss a literary device that is used in the novel.  I chose The Great Gatsby.  It was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  I chose to do symbolism and talk about what each character in the novel represents.  I was hoping to get some feedback about where in my paper I should add more references to the book, and what parts of my essay need the most work.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Symbolism in "The Great Gatsby"
975 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay discusses the symbolism in "The Great Gatsby."
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Essay Grade: 85%
Nothing Has Changed
970 words, approx. 3 pages
An essay about the American culture in the Great Gatsby compared to today.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Great Gatsby, Comparing the Film and Text
968 words, approx. 3 pages
Compares and contrasts the film and text versions of F.Scott Fitzgerald's classic, The Great Gatsby. Describes how although the two works are similar; there are subtle differences that detract from the reader's interpretation of the novel and its characters. Focuses on differences in color symbolism as well as the addition and deletion of scenes.
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Glorious Life of the Great Gatsby
948 words, approx. 3 pages
Discusses the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby. Analyzes a quote by Fitzgerald concerning the loss of illusion his characters face in the story. Describes how the main characters are faced with intense realizations when they finally recognize that their illusions were false.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Homosexuality in the Great Gatsby
936 words, approx. 3 pages
This essay explores evidence in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby pointing toward character Nick Carraway's homosexuality. Concludes that narrator Nick Carraway is a closeted homosexual by Nick's description of and attraction to Jordan Baker, his evening with Mr. McKee, and his slight obsession with Gatsby.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Symbolism in "The Great Gatsby"
923 words, approx. 3 pages
The powerful symbolism in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald adds power and depth to the narrative. Key symbolic meanings lie in the differences between West Egg and East Egg, the Valley of Ashes, the dock's green light, and Doctor Eckleburg's huge blue eyes.
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Essay Grade: 98%
Dishonest Relationships in "The Great Gatsby"
913 words, approx. 3 pages
Relationships based upon dishonesty and appearances abound in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, "The Great Gatsby." The author presents the dark side of the 1920's "Jazz Age."
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Essay Grade: 87%
The Great Gatsby Character Analysis
907 words, approx. 3 pages
A character analysis of the book "The Great Gatsby" By F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Major Themes in The Great Gatsby
904 words, approx. 3 pages
Explores major themes from the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby. Summarizes the story. Analyzes the characters of Daisy and Tom.
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Essay Grade: 88%
Causes of Gatsby's Death in "The Great Gatsby"
903 words, approx. 3 pages
The death of Jay Gatz in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" was caused by Gatz himself through his lies, his pretentious lifestyle, and his obsessive love for Daisy Buchanan.
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Great Gatsby from Nick's Viewpoint
898 words, approx. 3 pages
An overview of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby from the point of view of the charecter Nick Carraway. Nick is trustworthy as the narrator of the story because of his tolerance, openmindedness, and ability to listen.
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