Fitzgerald, F. Scott: 1896 - 1940
The Great Gatsby, 1925 - Information about the Book
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American Dream
- The American Dream in The Great Gatsby: "The novel ends with Nick's sad meditation on the lost promise of the American Dream." Anna Wulick. March 17, 2019
- The Great Gatsby and the American dream: "The 'American dream' has always been an idea of failure". The Guardian; May 25, 2012
- The American dream in “The Great Gatsby”: "The symbols throughout the novel served as powerful reminders of the pursuit of wealth, success, and happiness that defined the American Dream during this era." Tychr; September 22, 2023
- The American Dream in “The Great Gatsby”: Scott Fitzgerald shows several changes that have occurred with the pure and bright ideal of the American dream.
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Special Parts
- The Valley of Ashes, an examination from PBSlearningMedia
- Picture of the real Valley of Ashes
- The Green Light. Anna Wulick
- Symbolism: the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg, East and West Egg.
- Podcast
Symbolism: Explanation of the brilliance and use of the symbol of The Eyes of Doctor TJ Eckleburg - The concluding image of "The Dutch Sailors" - "I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes ..."
- Explanation of the last sentence - "So we beat on, boats against the current, born back ceaselessly into the past.": "It is a reference to the futility of our attempts to escape the past, even as we look to the future, dreaming of how “tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther”." Mark Eltringham, Mix Interiors magazine; October 25, 2013
- The Last Lines: "These final lines capture both the hope that the future can be better than the past, and the difficulty of ever-moving beyond the past." John Messerly, Reason and Meaning; April 2, 2015
- "The Great Gatsby" and the Voice Full of Money. Will Norman, University of Kent School of English
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International
- Evan Osnos, China correspondent for The New Yorker, talks about what international readers and movie-goers learn about the U.S. from The Great Gatsby. WNYC Radio, New York; May 17, 2013
- Evan Osnos, China correspondent for The New Yorker, talks about what international readers and movie-goers learn about the U.S. from The Great Gatsby. WNYC Radio, New York; May 17, 2013
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