by Ioana Ioana | Aug 24, 2021 | Limbi Straine, Studii Americane
The 1920’s was an age of extravagancy. The automobile brought great things for the wealthy. They would ornate their cars with gold plated mirrors and expensive furs for the women to place on their laps while they rode. While there was no drivers test anyone who...
by Ioana Ioana | Aug 24, 2021 | Limbi Straine, Studii Americane
The American Dream is dead. This is the main theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. In the novel Fitzgerald gives us a glimpse into the life of the high class during the roaring twenties through the eyes of a moralistic young man named Nick...
by Ioana Ioana | Aug 24, 2021 | Limbi Straine, Studii Americane
This is an essay about the character and function of Nick Carraway. Despite the title, Nick Carraway is the first character we meet, and appropriately his role in The Great Gatsby is crucial; without him the story would lack balance and insight. The first chapter...
by Ioana Ioana | Aug 24, 2021 | Limbi Straine, Studii Americane
F. Scott Fitzgerald is an author who is distinguished for his use of symbolism in his literature, like in the novel The Great Gatsby. He uses the image of Doctor T. J. Eckelburg’s eyes to symbolize a godlike being. Fitzgerald uses the symbol of the two women in...
by Ioana Ioana | Aug 24, 2021 | Limbi Straine, Studii Americane
On the surface, The Great Gatsby is a story of the torn love between and man and a women. The theme of the novel, however; shows a much larger, less romantic scope. Though all of its action takes place over a few months during the summer of 1922 and is set in a...