The Great Gatsby, Analytical Essay
Having read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, you’ll find that there are many questions that arise from the text. You will select one of the following essay topics to write a thesis-based argument on (Should you have another idea you would prefer to write about, you may suggest it for approval).
These essays must follow standard essay formatting (introductory and concluding paragraphs, multiple body paragraphs, quotations to support your argument, etc.), and be at least 750 words (which is apx. 3 double-spaced pages)
Options:
1. Compare the wealthy characters and the working class characters. How does the novel analyze economic class and what, ultimately, does it propose about the interactions between them?
2. Nick states “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired.” How do the characters in the novel fit into those categories and what does this system of categorization say about American life?
3. Does this novel have a protagonist? If so, who is it and why? If not, why does Fitzgerald appear to write a novel that discards such an essential part of story structure?
4. As the narrator, Nick Carraway offers his perspective and judgments often throughout the novel. If we consider the other characters as representative of the time period and Nick as a representation of Fitzgerald’s moralistic leanings, what do his judgements of the other characters and their actions say about Fitzgerald’s perception of the culture of the period?
PICK ONE OPTION
Last Completed Projects
| topic title | academic level | Writer | delivered |
|---|