Part one of term paper
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, "the second greatest literary work penned in the twentieth century," is an example of the American Dream gone amiss. There are several themes in the novel, including the immorality of the "Roaring Twenties," social discrimination, the recurrence of the past, and the need to possess hopes and dreams, am ...

Part two of term paper
... as an honest, amiable young man that listens to everyone's problems and is "inclined to reserve all judgements." He then introduces the reader to the other main characters in the novel, his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, as well as the namesake of The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby himself. The story unfolds, and we discover Gatsby's background and his relationship with Daisy. His estrangement from her all these years has been spent with him building his fortune so that he can one d ...