Part one of term paper
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many repeated references to time to draw attention to the so called "American Dream", which is something Jay Gatsby sorely desires in this novel. Time is the most important motif in The Great Gatsby by far. There are over 450 time words, and the word itself appears 87 times. Gatsby always se ...

Part two of term paper
... process of time. His most famous statement would probably have to be "'Can't repeat the past?' he cried incredulously. 'Why of course you can!'" Gatsby is the American self-made, or self- invented man. He believes in and wants the American Dream of success, which Nick also refers to as "the orgastic future." Over the course of this novel, he temporarily realizes this dream with Daisy Buchanan. This temporary realization occurs over the period of time when Daisy is visiting him at his home ...