Honors English 3- The Great Gatsby Essay
Gatsby: A Man With Many Meanings
During the notorious time of “The Jazz Age”, the American People continuously danced to swingy, joyful, voluptuous music. People all over America were living life to the fullest. Party after party, drink after drink people in the 1920’s didn’t care what the prohibition in tailed. People were buying everything upon everything, until the point where their funds ceased. The American people fell for consumerism. All people cared about was when the next big party was. At the beginning of the 1920’s, the American people valued parties over conservation, but once the Stock Market crashed in 1929 peoples morals changed. All of the sudden people valued conserving money over partying. Fitzgerald reflects these views onto Gatsby’s Character. Gatsby is able to live above the law because of his wealth, connections, and his views on the American dream.
In “The Great Gatsby” Fitzgerald alludes to several instances in which Gatsby uses his opulence to persuade the law. Gatsby didn’t always have money, Gatsby earned his money with his hard work. Jay Gatsby’s upbringing to his success is shown on (Fitzgerald 98), "His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people — his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God . . . and he must be about His Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end." Gatsby’s wealth also helps him create a certain image for himself. Shown on (Fitzgerald 43), Gatsby buys a young lady a new evening gown because she ripped hers at one of his parties. Gatsby Pays $265 to replace her old one, Gatsby does this to create the image that he isn’t a terrible guy he is a kind hearted person. He wants every
During the notorious time of “The Jazz Age”, the American People continuously danced to swingy, joyful, voluptuous music. People all over America were living life to the fullest. Party after party, drink after drink people in the 1920’s didn’t care what the prohibition in tailed. People were buying everything upon everything, until the point where their funds ceased. The American people fell for consumerism. All people cared about was when the next big party was. At the beginning of the 1920’s, the American people valued parties over conservation, but once the Stock Market crashed in 1929 peoples morals changed. All of the sudden people valued conserving money over partying. Fitzgerald reflects these views onto Gatsby’s Character. Gatsby is able to live above the law because of his wealth, connections, and his views on the American dream.
In “The Great Gatsby” Fitzgerald alludes to several instances in which Gatsby uses his opulence to persuade the law. Gatsby didn’t always have money, Gatsby earned his money with his hard work. Jay Gatsby’s upbringing to his success is shown on (Fitzgerald 98), "His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people — his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God . . . and he must be about His Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end." Gatsby’s wealth also helps him create a certain image for himself. Shown on (Fitzgerald 43), Gatsby buys a young lady a new evening gown because she ripped hers at one of his parties. Gatsby Pays $265 to replace her old one, Gatsby does this to create the image that he isn’t a terrible guy he is a kind hearted person. He wants every