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  1. Why Gatsby was not so great

    The Great Gatsby was intended to mark a peculiarly personal kind of breakthrough. In contrast to Fitzgerald’s apprentice novels This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Beautiful and Damned (1922), it offered a critique, …

  2. Why Gatsby Was Not Great

    1. Gatsby became a bootlegger: He committed federal crime (buying and selling alcohol, despite the prohibition laws that were in place) in order to become rich. His purpose in …

  3. The Great Gatsby Is Not Great: [Essay Example], 556 words

    This essay will critically examine the novel, focusing on its character development, narrative structure, and thematic depth, to argue that while The Great Gatsby is undoubtedly …

  4. Why Is Jay Gatsby Not So Great

    Jay Gatsby, the title character of the novel “The Great Gatsby” is a man that can not seem to live without the love of his life. Trying to win Daisy over consumes Gatsby’s life as he tries to …

  5. Essay on Gatsby is Not Really Great

    Why Is The Great Gatsby Great From the beginning of Nick Carraway’s narrative, Gatsby is introduced to the reader as an exception, as special, as someone who had “an extraordinary …

  6. The Great Gatsby Essays and Criticism

    But beneath all the decadence and romance, The Great Gatsby is a severe criticism of American upper class values. Fitzgerald uses the book’s central conflict between …

  7. ''The Great Gatsby'': Not So Great After All

    Jay Gatsby is not great. Fires that blow in the wrong direction often thee burn the hands which ignite them. Gatsby's fiery desire to recapture Daisy and achieve his dream, …

  8. The Great Gatsby Is Not Great

    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, the main character, Gatsby himself, should not be considered great due to the fact that he relies on wealth and a single woman to be happy, …

  9. Why Is Gatsby Great Essay

    Why Is The Great Gatsby Admirable. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a true classic of twentieth–century literature, follows the life of a man who is admired for his hopeful …