1.
Analyze obsession in the novel, THE GREAT GATSBY, and how obsession spurred Gatsby to material success. Analyze how the attainment of his obsession lead to tragedy.
Analyze obsession in the novel, THE GREAT GATSBY, and how obsession spurred Gatsby to material success. Analyze how the attainment of his obsession lead to tragedy.
2.
Analyze the concept of carelessness – of careless, wealthy people – and how their carelessness leads to tragedy for others.
Analyze the concept of carelessness – of careless, wealthy people – and how their carelessness leads to tragedy for others.
3.
Analyze the author’s use of the motif of seeing and being seen. The most obvious symbol used for seeing is the sign, which is a pair of spectacles advertising the business of Dr. Eckleburg, the optometrist. This sign is used as a metaphor for judgment – judgment of the actions of the actors, both rich and poor, who pass by the all seeing, all judging eyes of Dr. Eckleburg.
4.
Analyze the use of the automobile as a metaphor for the material, decadent world of the 20’s. One should also include the significance of George Wilson’s car garage.
5.
Analyze the stratification of society as revealed by THE GREAT GATSBY. Analyze the lower class characters, such as Myrtle and George Wilson, and contrast them with Daisy, Tom and Jordan. How does the “carelessness” of Jordan – and ultimately, of Daisy - reveal the power discrepancy between the rich and the poor?
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Analyze the role of women and men in the book THE GREAT GATSBY. Include in your analysis Daisy's reaction when she finds out the sex of her child, and her comment that she hopes her child grows up to be a beautiful little fool.
7.
Analyze F. Scott Fitzgerald’s use of symbols in THE GREAT GATSBY, particularly the use of the green light at the end of the dock, the motif of water in all of its permutations – rain, mist, the sound, the beach.
8.
Analyze the American Dream as realized by Jay Gatsby.
