Analysis Of George Orwell 's ' The Great Gatsby '

Ministry of Destruction In times of destruction and complete chaos, it is part of our nature as humans to look to a sole leader or person who says they can change situations for the better. 1984 by George Orwell is the perfect example of this human nature on display. Orwell’s dystopian novel is about a post war London community that has been ravished by the effects of war. This period of confusion and longing for normalcy has led to the rise and control of a totalitarian government sometime before the book begins.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a novel that highlights the stark contrast between the rich elites of East Egg and the dirt-poor ashen people of the Valley of Ashes through the reckless power that the wealthy of this world can exert on the unfortunate. As concluded by Nick in the novel, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness [...] and let other people clean up the mess they had made” (Fitzgerald, 179). By thoroughly examining the thoughtless actions of Daisy and Tom Buchanan and their consequences, Baz Luhrmann's rendition of The Great Gatsby portrays the carelessness of the elites more effectively than the novel. Through the inclusion of additional scenes and the omission of some, Baz Luhrmann conveys the utter disregard that Tom and Daisy posses towards other characters in the novel.

Nick changes throughout the book. He starts off fascinated by the exciting lives of New Yorkers and tired of the small towns in the midwest. However, by the end of the book, Nick realizes that the superficiality of their lives and returns to the wholesome midwest.

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Gatsby cannot be classified as a truly moral person who exhibits goodness or correctness in his character and behaviour. Gatsby disputes most moral damage throughout the novel. Gatsby exhibits characteristics explaining the reason behind moral decay in society. Corruption and lies are responsible for the destruction of humanity. Gatsby’s whole life’s basically is a lie as he created a fake identity for himself. A whole new persona, Jay Gatsby is not even his real name. Gatsby

A dystopian novel is a story relating to or denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. 1984 by George Orwell, is indeed a dystopian novel as it describes a nightmare vision of future society which is opposite to a perfect world. George Orwell creates this image using a few different techniques including, the language or style, the setting, characterization, and oppression.

In the book How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C Foster, the author shows various elements writers use to enhance the plot development of the story. Some of the elements are used in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is a love story of a man named Gatsby and a girl named Daisy. The story is told through Nick Carraway’s perspective, Gatsby’s neighbor. The story is based on the reunion of Daisy and Gatsby after five years of Daisy’s marriage to Tom, and the effort Gatsby put into earning his wealth, and the failure of his love. To enhance the plot development of the story, Fitzgerald uses certain elements such as seasons the plot takes place in, violence, and the importance of water in his writing.

A great person is someone who can accomplish something that most can’t. In the great Gatsby, by F. scott fitzgerald, a man named Nick carraway moves to West Egg New York to fulfil his work bonds and stalks sales man. When nick goes to one of gatsby's party he is stunned by how amazing gatsby's house is this is when Nick finds out that gatsby is great. Gatsby is great because he is generous and kind to his friends and devotes a lot to others in chapter 3 fitzgerald stats that gatsby has a man at his house that he did not even know lived there. This mans name is klipspringer, when gatsby finds out he does not care he lets klipspringer live there any ways this shows how nice gatsby can be to people he does not even know. Gatsby is great because he started out with nothing and became rich, he also is great because he was doing all of it for love.

In The Great Gatsby, the author, F Scott Fitzgerald depicts the post - war roaring 20’s, a time of overwhelming prosperity and a new found sense of hope for the future. While this novel is often perceived as a romance, it is also a criticism on the devastating nature of the elusive american dream. The story of Jay Gatsby is a representation of what had become the values of the individual at the time. With the progression of the early 1920’s the vision of the perfect life, or the american dream, had been skewed. It was replaced with greed, and an abundance of reckless spending in which the wealthier individuals placed their misguided ideas of happiness. In the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald chooses to expose the hidden truth behind the illustrious concept of the American dream. Through his use of literary devices such as, symbolism, metaphor, and, irony the central idea of the truly unattainable American dream is supported throughout the novel.

Dreams are a compelling force in people’s lives. They are what propel them forward each and every day in an effort to reach something better. The American Dream has been sought after by millions all over the world for hundreds of years. This country was founded on the belief that anyone could achieve their dreams. However, in the 1920s these hopes and aspirations began to splinter until they ultimately shattered. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism, setting, and theme to depict the unattainability of the American Dream.

George Orwell explores various kinds of betrayal in order to enhance the mood of solitude with the events leading up to the ultimate betrayal in 1984. The events that contribute to this is the Party 's intolerance of betrayal to its ideology, individual betrayal of one another, hope for a love affair, and self-betrayal. The government uses treachery to manipulate numerous characters in order to expose someone’s genuine feelings.

Nathaniel Hawthorne has written may pieces of literature that has made us dig deep inside his words to extract different meanings. He is well known for being one of the fathers of the American short story. He is considered a Dark Romantic whose perception is muddled by limits on human consciousness; where truth is uncertain and it shadows our abilities (Moreland). He is of Puritan descendent and therefore his writing portrays anxiety, guilt, self depression and sins being passed down (Moreland). His writing demonstrates how he likes to go deep within an individual’s unconscious. One of his best short stories is Rappaccini’s Daughter. There is so much to take in from such a short story. He includes cultural contexts pertaining to the nineteenth century women’s equality as well as ethical choices which turn out to be unethical.

“Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.” A quote said by Nathaniel Hawthorne himself, which employs to anyone and everyone who has the knowledge of combining words to create literature. Hawthorne, born in 1804, in the town of Salem, Massachusetts, the Dark Romanticism author lived with some injuries, such as the death of his father. Yet, the wealth of his uncles helped him follow the dreams of becoming a writer. Hawthorne originally had no “w” in his name, yet he wanted to separate himself with the connection of one of his ancestors, John Hathorne, who was accused of using witchcraft. Edgar Allan Poe, born in the year 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts, was also a writer in Dark Romanticism. An orphan at a young age, Poe was going through a tough childhood. He took in gambling in his college years, and enlisted in the army. Struggling through poverty, he managed to win a contest with his short story, and he started devoting his life to writing. He married his young cousin, Virginia, who was 13 years old in the year 1836. Dark Romanticism is a genre branched off of Romanticism, whereas Dark Romanticism is a genre where insanity, crime and dark elements were combined into literature. Both authors have some form of abnormalities in their bloodlines, which may have led to their bizarre stories. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe have some stylistic

The narrator - He is a black man living in the 1930s. He is invisible to society. Society never sees his true self beneath all the labels and racial prejudices. He struggles to find his identity in the society he lives in. He is a very intelligent and has exquisite rhetoric abilities that take him far.

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald suggests that the american dream a delusion, He goes on to suggest that the people who pursue it are unsatisfied or corrupt, and the pursuit of the American dream is ultimately a tragedy. The American dream says that any single individual can be successful if they try hard enough to be. The way to be successful though, it to use your gifts and natural abilities to word hard and earn your keep.