The Great Gatsby

film before we pay to see it. Over the years we have progressively gotten better at capturing a movie through a single poster. In 1974, a very famous movie in the genre of drama and romance was release to the public. This movie is known as The Great Gatsby. This movie made 6.5 million in the box office. However, the movie poster is very simple. Including one picture of a couple with a border, the title of the movie, and a simple quote to tie up poster at the bottom. Fast forward to 2013, a…

One of the main themes of F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is the American Dream, a dream defined as the set ideals of democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity, and equality for everyone. Though each character in his or her own right is in search of promises of the American dream, each character represents different ideas of appreciation, freedom, and sacrifice of the Dream. First and foremost, the way in which the characters gain the American Dream determines their appreciation of…

Influence of Wealth and Power In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, one of the most important dynamics expressed is the power dynamic between those with money and those without it. When introducing a new character, often the first thing the reader learns about them is their status in regards to wealth. Location plays an important role in the evaluation of wealth and power as those considered as “old money” live in East Egg and those considered as “new money” reside in West Egg. East Eggers…

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F Scott Fitzgerald that is set in the 1920’s. The main character, Jay Gatsby, was involved in numerous illegal activities, which allowed him to gain the mass wealth that he used to try and get back the girl of his dreams, Daisy. Gatsby was involved in numerous of the illegal activities of the Prohibition era. Gatsby was involved in corruption, bootlegging, and organized crime. The Great Gatsby is an accurate portrayal of the 1920’s because of, the main…

Our group has chosen The Gatsby Collection 2013 American poster as our topic for academic analysis and research. The image has selected for analysis is that advertising The Gatsby Collection for Brooks Brothers, a traditional dealer of male luxury wear. The length of the image, which measures slightly more than double its height, is apt for its position as an advertisement banner on Brooks Brothers’ online store, with a menu of items that scrolls vertically. The image consists of a chiseled,…

The Great Gatsby is one of those films that you must really pay attention to understand the moral and concept of the story and movie plot line. This is by far one of my favorite movies that I have watched. I am pretty sure everyone wishes they could live like Jay Gatsby. The 1974 version of The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby and Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan and other stars from that era of movies really made this movie what it is and will always be in many movie lovers eyes.…

Is Gatsby really “great”? Lavish, Extraordinary, Legend, these are just few words that F. Scott Fitzgerald expressed to us throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby to describe Jay Gatz. Jay Gatsby started out very poor, but worked his way up to greatness. He went through many obstacles to be the person he ended up being. Gatsby was full of hope and believed that if you work hard for what you want there will always be a good outcome. No matter what he went through in his personal life, his name as…

“She’s a dreamer. A doer. A thinker. She sees possibility everywhere.” - Anonymous. For the past week I’ve done a lot of thinking about the American dream and what that means to me. This semester in school we read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which is set in the 1920’s ; the American dream back then was all about money, who could throw the biggest party, have the best clothes, drive the best car rather than morals values such as hope and the pursuit of happiness. Now, almost a century…

People look back on the 1920s as a time when the American Dream flourished and anyone could raise their socioeconomic status with determination and initiative. The American Dream is often romanticised through an idealistic lens in literature. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a Jazz Age novel that challenges these ideals and creates a more realistic picture of the extremes of wealth during the 1920s. Fitzgerald used the characters’ personal relationships and emotions, as well as their…

perfect car , money , and especially the big parties. The novel The Great Gatsby represents the American Dream because of the different classes there was tension between the people who were rich and the poor , the big parties Gatsby would host , and the love he would have for Daisy. Part of living the American Dream would be having lots of money. In the novel The Great Gatsby some of the characters are portrayed…