The Great Gatsby Research Paper

I would consider myself intellectually curious, maybe not in a typical sense where I study a physics book every day or engage in Euclid's original math concepts, but I would still consider myself a thoughtful explorer. I may watch haughty TV shows like Family Guy sometimes or read books with no intellectual purpose like The Hunger Games, but I would still consider myself smart and a thinker. This past year I took a course that consisted mainly of research, Advanced Placement Seminar, and for most of the course I got to choose the direction in which my research would be conducted. I got to choose the topic and how I went about researching, and it opened my eyes as to what I find interesting. All together I found that learning ways that other

Their love for each other is so profound that as a reader I was enthralled. But like all great love stories, Romeo and Juliet or Anna Karenina, The Great Gatsby ends in heartbreak and tragedy. The sacrifice Gatsby makes for his one love is noble and testifies his good character, but it means nothing in the end, because his one love leaves him and he faces death as a result of that sacrifice. The opulence and luxury of this novel itself was what caught my eye, but what surprised and captivated me was the deep and meaningful story of love and tragedy within the bounds of a world where trepidation and misery was uncommon. Another fascinating read is The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien. A story about an american soldiers in the Vietnam war, this book encapsulates all of the feeling and truth from the perspective of someone who actually was in action. This book made clear what the 1960's and 1970's consisted of: fear of the war and an ultimate hatred of the enemy. These readings are only a few of the ones I have found to be compelling, but they stand out to me because of their detail descriptions and ability to bring you into the story itself because of emotional