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Literary Analysis On The Great Gatsby

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Madison Parks Ms. Wherley English Honors III 3 March 2023 The Great Gatsby literary analysis The Great Gatsby, published in 1925 and set in New York City is a publication by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book gave us a look into the early twentieth century, written only five years after the end of World War 1, it showed some of the struggles some faced. Fitzgerald did an astounding job of displaying the struggles of the war, the immense wage gap faced by people of the time, and the racism, portrayed mainly by Fitzgerald in his writing. Great is a modern-day retelling of The Great Gatsby by Sara Benincasa. Written in 2014, It gives people a better understanding as it is much more modern, as well as showing the status and wealth gap seen among people …show more content…

This can be seen in the variety of sexual orientations in the characters of each book. The Great Gatsby exhibits only straight characters, as in Great the leading relationship is between two women, as well as the main character's best friend being lesbian. This is an example of modernization in Great; people are much more comfortable expressing their sexuality these days, so why not have the main characters be gay? It’s an interesting touch. The Great Gatsby is about heartbreak, revenge, and learning. We get the story through the eyes of Nick, who is a self-proclaimed unreliable narrator. The story has quite a few unanswered questions. In the beginning of the book, the reader is led to believe it’s going to be a romantic book between Nick and Jordan, yet Fitzgerald gives little to no inside look on their very short, on and off relationship. The reader may think the relationship was pointless, but it’s quite the contrary. Nick’s relationship with Jordan gives him the inside look into Daisy’s life. Jordan even aids in reacquainting Daisy and …show more content…

This is seen through Naomi, she seems to sit between middle and high class. She would like to say she enjoys the subtle lifestyle of Chicago, but she seems to enjoy her time in the Hamptons. It’s hard to interpret how much she enjoys her time there as she tries her best to depict to her mom how much she hates being around her and living her lifestyle. Naomi starts to become acquainted with the lifestyle of the Hamptons. She enjoys having girly friends and a seemingly normal life. She almost forgets her life back home, barely calling her dad or her best friend. In the beginning, she can’t stop talking about Skags and her life back home and how she doesn’t want to be there. Then she starts to fade out of talking about Skags and her life back home so often. She went in with the idea that she was going to hate it, which she convinced Skags of also, then when she would have her less than often phone call with Skags, she ended up defending the people she’d met and the time she was having in the Hamptons, almost feeling insulted that Skags was talking less than amazing of her life there and her new

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