Gatsby the Gothic Hero
The zombified retelling positions Gatsby as a character from gothic fiction: mysterious, tragic, and cursed to a crumbling mansion with…
The Silent Witness
Myrtle’s sister, Catherine, is a tiny but important character in The Great Gatsby. Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor finally…
Reclaiming Daisy
In Beautiful Little Fools, Jillian Cantor reimagines Fitzgerald’s passive, decorative Daisy Buchanan into a multidimensional woman who accomplishes things, has…
Nick the Unreliable Narrator
Maybe the most appalling idea in The Great Gatsby is the illusion that the past can be regained. Gatsby tells…
TGG Characters as Albums
Gatsby: Jay Gatsby is best represented as My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West because both delve into the…
New vs. Old Money
Class struggle is the unseen undertext of The Great Gatsby, and specifically within the conflict between old money and new…
Illusion of the American Dream
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald satirizes the mythology of the American Dream, the belief that anyone can be…
Jordan Baker
Though far too often pushed into the shadows of Gatsby’s ill-fated love affair with Daisy, Jordan Baker is a major…
Party Culture
The Jazz age was a time of economic growth, lavish parties, and abundant champagne. The Great Gatsby demonstrates this perfectly…
Fate
The Great Gatsby is heavily based on the past and ideas of living in the past. Gatsby is obsessed with…