There’s no mention of religion until the very end when Myrtle Wilson’s husband claims that he told his wife that …

Is Nick Carraway necessary? If we got the story through a third person omniscient narrator, what would we lose? Gain? …

In the very last line of Chapter Three, Nick Carraway claims: “I am one of the few honest people that …

Is Fitzgerald writing a love story that embraces American ideals, or a satire that comments on American ideals? Refer to …

In the Langston Hughes poem “A Dream Deferred,” Hughes asks questions about what happens to postponed dreams. Using specific examples …

Throughout The Great Gatsby, the reader sees Nick cast in different roles: semi-disinterested reporter to active participant, reluctant tag-along to …

The Great Gatsby also has a lot to say about identity. All of the main characters are midwesterners who have …

In his essay “Paradox and Dream,” Steinbeck describes Americans as “a restless, dissatisfied, a searching people” (1)—we dream of buying …

Through The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald seems to communicate a message about people’s failure to accomplish their dreams—Nick, Gatsby, Tom, Daisy …

A symbol in a novel is a concrete object that represents an idea or a set of ideas. Choose three …