Cynical Modernity
Jordan Baker is a radically rebellious female character in The Great Gatsby. She is a golfer and socialite who embodies…
Gold
Gold in The Great Gatsby shines with beauty and deception. All through the novel, Fitzgerald uses the color as a…
Cars
In The Great Gatsby, cars are more than gaudy status symbols; they are symbols of recklessness, carelessness, and the speed…
Boats Against the Current
The last sentence of The Great Gatsby is maybe the most lovely and haunting conclusion in all of American literature:…
Golden Gal or Hollow Ideal?
Daisy Buchanan overwhelms all whom she encounters. She is lovely, charming, and extravagantly dressed. But when Fitzgerald strips away the…
Gatsby’s Parties
Gatsby’s house is filled with lights, music, and strangers every Saturday night. His parties are legendary: orchestras play, champagne flows…
Tom, the Patriarch of the Apocalypse
Tom Buchanan’s crude masculinity is toxic enough in The Great Gatsby, but as a zombie, it is apocalyptic. Soini does…
Desperation and Desire
Myrtle Wilson is dismissed as a secondary character in The Great Gatsby, but she plays a critical role in revealing…
Gatsby’s Mansion
Gatsby’s mansion is a symbol of wealth it’s a manifestation of his fixations, insecurities, and dreams. In West Egg, the…
Back in Time
Maybe the most horrific idea in The Great Gatsby is the belief that the past can be repossessed. Gatsby reassures…