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The Mystery of Jay Gatsby in F.Scott Futzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1726 words, 3 pages)

The Mystery that was Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgeralds most famous work of literature is unarguably his great American novel, The Great Gatsby. This is plainly evidenced by its frequent and familiar appearance in the American classroom. The protagonist of the novel is the character mentioned in the title, Jay Gatsby. ... Read More

Jay’s Pursuit of the American Dream in the Book The Great Gatsby (885 words, 3 pages)

Everyone wants to be successful in life, but most often people take the wrong ways to get there. In the 1920s the American Dream was something that everyone struggled to have. A spouse, children, money, a big house and a car meant that someone had succeeded in life. A very ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Masterpiece, The Great Gatsby (1435 words, 2 pages)

The Value of Jay Gatsby Jay Gatsby, who is one of the main characters of the Great Gatsby, is a man with a mysterious background and an unknown personality. He doesnt mention too much about his past except certain fabricated highlights of his life which were designed to impress others. ... Read More

A Look Into Life of Jay Leno a Popular Comedian (304 words, 1 pages)

A popular comedian during the 1970s, Jay Leno is best known as the man who replaced Johnny Carson at the helm of The Tonight Show in 1992. Leno was born James Douglas Muir Leno to parents of Italian and Scottish heritage (Leno is particularly fond of discussing the Italian part) ... Read More

An Analysis of Nick and Jay Gatsby in the Novel The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald (311 words, 1 pages)

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Nick first sees Gatsby as new rich, neighbor, that parties and wishes to live in East Egg. He becomes friends with Jay and gets to know him as a guy that thinks you can always turn back time. He dreams of Daisy, his Golden ... Read More

Reality Versus Illusion in the Characters of Holden Caulfield, Sugar Mountain and Jay Gatsby (565 words, 1 pages)

Living in a fantasy is a theme which many writers of novels, songs, movies etc. use. Holden Caulfield, Neil Young's song "Sugar Mountain", Jay Gatsby, all exhibit a form of fantasy. Holden doesn't want to let go of his childhood and refuses to acknowledge he's growing up. In "Sugar Mountain" ... Read More

A Review of Jay Maclnerney’s Novel “Bright Lights, Big City” (793 words, 2 pages)

The novel Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney relates the tale of a young man working for a prominent newspaper in Manhattan by day, while visiting many bars and nightclubs during the night. He manages to accomplish this through the help of his use of cocaine, to which he ... Read More

The Tragic Character of Jay Gatsby (666 words, 1 pages)

The Tragic Jay Gatsby Many characters in novels may be considered to be tragic. These characters are considered tragic because of one character trait they possess that leads to their eventual demise. Jay Gatsby is a tragic character in a unique way. That is, he has many negative traits, but ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of the Blue Jay (388 words, 1 pages)

When you hear the word sky what do you think of? Most people think of clouds, the sun, stars, airplanes, or even rain. Most people tend to forget about one of the most beautiful creatures, which spends most of its time flying in the sky. These incredible creatures are birds. ... Read More

An Overview of the Life and Work of Don and Jay Poore (1414 words, 3 pages)

Poore Brothers Brothers Don and Jay Poore had worked on potato chip packaging equipment and thought they would strike out on their own. While servicing packaging machines in Pennsylvania, Don and Jay had met a gentleman who knew a lot about making potato chips in small kettles One Batch at ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character and Dream of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Novel The Great Gatsby (936 words, 3 pages)

A dream is defined in the Webster's New World Dictionary as a fanciful vision of the conscious mind a fond hope or aspiration anything so lovely, transitory, etc. as to seem dreamlike. In the beginning pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, the narrator of the ... Read More

A Biography of Stephen Jay Gould a Paleontologist (1144 words, 2 pages)

Stephen Jay Gould From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 - May 20, 2002) was a New York-born American paleontologist and writer of popular science. Born Jewish, he did not formally practice any organized religion. With Niles Eldredge he proposed in 1972 the theory of punctuated ... Read More

An Analysis of John Jay’s Views About Federation (1022 words, 2 pages)

Summary John Jay begins by stating that for a number of years, the general consensus among the people is that the best government for the nation would be a national government, invested with sufficient power "for all general purposes." He then says the more that he carefully examines the issues, ... Read More

An Analysis of Jay Gatsby Achieving His Goal in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (970 words, 2 pages)

Ben Johnson wanted to be the fastest man in the world. To attain this goal, he took steroids. He attempted to gain success at all costs. Much like Ben, Jay Gatsby attempted to achieve the love of Daisy Buchanan with reckless regard for the truth. He used immoral methods to ... Read More

A Description of Jay Gatsby a Mysterious Man in the Beginning of the Novel Gatsby (954 words, 2 pages)

Character List Jay Gatsby (James Gatz) - In the beginning of the novel Gatsby is a mysterious man, whose wealth and fame are a mystery. He is surrounded in luxuries having lavishing parties. As more is learned this mysterious man the more his true personality comes out, a lovesick na ... Read More

A Comparison of Famous Figures of the Roaring Twenties: Harry Houdini and Jay Gatsby (1268 words, 2 pages)

Harry Houdini and Jay Gatsby were both famous figures of the Roaring Twenties in America. Both men very much reflected, although in different ways, the wild, risk-taking standards of their times. Houdini was renowned for his incredible escapes and magic tricks. Gatsby, the main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The ... Read More

A Comparison of the Presentation of the Characters of Jay Gatsby and Dick Diver in The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night (5312 words, 6 pages)

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTERS OF JAY GATSBY AND DICK DIVER. NOTE ESPECIALLY THEIR ATTITUDES TO LIFE, LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS, THEIR DEMISE AND THE ROLES THEY PLAY WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE NOVELS. F. Scott Fitzgerald is known as a writer who chronicled his times. This work has been ... Read More

An Analysis of the Book Ain’t No Makin’ It by Jay MacLeod (1807 words, 3 pages)

Ain't No Makin' It, was insightfully written by Jay MacLeod. MacLeod conducted his study as an undergrad student attending a nearby university. His goal was to observe people in their own setting to begin to understand and test certain theories. The three main theories that will be used to support ... Read More

An Analysis of the Autobiographical Portrayal of F. Scott Fitzgerald as Jay Gatsby in His Novel The Great Gatsby (1881 words, 7 pages)

Dreaming The Impossible Dream An autobiographical portrayal of F. Scott Fitzgerald as Jay Gatsby, in The Great Gatsby Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald, born September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota, is seen today as one of the true great American novelists. Although he lived a life filled with alcoholism, despair, ... Read More

A Review of the Opinion of Seinfeld as a Show About Nothing in Jay McInerney’s Article Is Seinfeld the Best Comedy Ever? (625 words, 1 pages)

A Show About Nothing In the artcle, Is Seinfeld the Best Comedy Ever?, author Jay McInerney agrees with Seinfeld the best comedy on television. Seinfeld is a real life show. The behaviors of Jerry, Kramer, George and Elaine, the failed communication, and the everyday embassassment represent nothingness but a peculiar ... Read More

Similarity Essay Jay Gatsby and Pechorin are two very different characters that take place in two different time periods but show many similarities. Superfluous men are set apart by their superior talents by being excessive in societies, unnecessary and cause more trouble than they are worth, and are in corrupted ... Read More

The Key to Athletes’ Success in The Secret to Not Getting Stuck by Jay Woodruff (1136 words, 2 pages)

For the love of the game. Athletes at the top of there sport will always tell you they are not playing for the money, the fans, the cars, the publicity, the women but merely because they love to do what they are doing. This phrase, for the love of the ... Read More

John Jay’s Views on Government (973 words, 2 pages)

Summary In one of the few articles written by John Jay, the author begins by stating two facts of political life some form of government is necessary in a society and all forms of government must be granted sufficient power to regulate conflict and administer the laws. The people grant ... Read More

Kevin Smith, His Movies and the Shop Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in the Town Red Bank (2213 words, 3 pages)

Deep with in the New Jersey shore limits, in a down town like any other, there is a shop that draws people both young and old to this little town like lemmings to the sea. The town Red Bank the shop Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash and the man ... Read More

Examining F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jay Gatsby as a Romantic Hero (1159 words, 2 pages)

In the book, The Great Gatsby, Mr. Gatsby himself was a romantic character that was in a world of reality. He funded all of his enterprise, not caring about the means to get there, just in order to impress a woman with his wealth. All of the relationships that he ... Read More

An Analysis of Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (786 words, 1 pages)

Gatsbys DreamJay Gatsby, the central character of F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby symbolizes the American dream. The American dream offers faith in the possibility of a better life. Its attendant illusion is the belief that material wealth alone can bring that dream to fruition. Through Gatsby, Fitzgerald brings together ... Read More

My Experience of My First Drama Class at Duke Taught by Jay Oberski (428 words, 1 pages)

I fell in love with acting the moment I first stepped on stage as Laertes when I was sixteen. Since then, both my attitude toward and interest in the dramatic process have only increased. This semester, I was able to take my first drama class here at Duke. Jay Oberski, ... Read More

The Tragedy Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (807 words, 2 pages)

Jay Gatsby Shattered Dreams F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a tragic tale of love distorted by obsession. Finding himself in the city of New York, Jay Gatsby is a loyal and devoted man who is willing to cross oceans and build mansions for his one true love. His ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Jay Gatsby in the Great Gatsby (383 words, 1 pages)

Jay Gatsby or Herman Gatz as we have learned to know wasn't that great, and neither was his dream. He seemed all right in the beginning of the novel, then the truth was revealed. Gatsby was just a simple man with a Dream, which was fine, but the means he ... Read More

Values of Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald (1738 words, 2 pages)

"Our great cities and our mighty buildings will avail us not if we lack spiritual strength to subdue mere objects to the higher purposes of humanity" (Harnsberger 14), is what Lyndon B. Johnson had to say about materialism. He knew the value of money, and he realized the power and ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013