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Fashion of the Jazz Age. The costumes in both Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby and its film adaptations, including the 2013 version, capture the essence of the era’s…
In The Great Gatsby, the green light at the end of Daisy Buchanan’s dock is a recurring symbol and it has significant thematic and metaphorical importance throughout the…
The Valley of Ashes is the desolate and industrial wasteland located between the wealthy communities of East Egg and West Egg in New York City. The Valley of…
The Great Gatsby is an excellent example of catharsis, there is emotional release towards the end of Fitzgerald’s novel. The deepest sense of cathartic feelings I felt through…
Taking a side step from architecture I also wanted to take a look at other meticulous details put into the novel. “On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus,…
The house in the book is described as “A cheerful red and white Georgian colonial mansion overlooking the bay” (Fitzgerald 13). His house is beautiful. It overflows with…