Tag Archives: Nick Carraway

Nick Carraway: Narrator of Alluring Dreams and Happenstance Nightmares

Almost every critic of The Great Gatsby has emphasized the importance of the narrator, Nick Carraway. Nick acts as the moral measurement tool of the novel, letting the reader know of the uneasiness of substantial preliminary events, and of a finale of ultimate doom. Carraway’s greatest contribution is his ability to sometimes observe and other […]

The Great Gatsby – Essay on the Corruption of the American Dream

Perhaps one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most remarkable works, The Great Gatsby is not only a magnificent narrative, but an insightful account of the disciplinary flaws of the 1920s. Fitzgerald’s novel creates an atmosphere of superficiality, dissatisfaction and indecency through the illustration of each character’s failure. With economic growth, the 20’s whore company eventually brought […]

The Great Gatsby 1974 Movie Review

The third adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American drama “The Great Gatsby” is an exact mirror image of the original 1925 novel and brought to life by Francisco Ford Coppola’s brilliant story. Robert Redford stars as the dashing, enigmatic, Jay Gatsby who uses his immense fortune to tempt and attract his longtime love. Daisy […]