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Movie: Life, Like The Great Gatsby

Movie: Life, Like The Great Gatsby


Brian Olson
OLSON 1
Professor John Hughes
ENC 1102
December 3, 1996

Imagine that you live in the nineteen twenties, and that you are a very
wealthy man that lives by himself in a manchine, on a lake and who throws
parties every weekend. This is just the beginning of how to explain the way
Jay Gatsby lived his life. This novel, by F. Scott, Fitzgerald is one that is
very deep in thought. Fitzgerald releases little clues along the way of the
novel that will be crusual to understand the ending. For instance, he makes
the blue coupe a very important clue, as well as the Dr. T. J. Eckleburg eyes on
the billboard that Mr. Wilson (the gas station attendant ) refers to as the eyes
of god. There are also other little things that relate to the reason of
gatsby's death. The main character's of this novel each have their part to do
with the ending, Nick Caraway is probably the main character of this novel, as
he comes down from New Jersey to new York to visit his cousin Daisy, who is
married to Tom Buchannan. These are some of the incidents that are included in
the novel as you will read further I will relate some issues of the novel, as
well as other critics have included their views on The Great Gatsby.
F. Scott, Fitsgerald was an American short story writer and novelist
famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age(the 1920's), his most brilliant novel
work being The Great Gatsby(1925). He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on sept.
24, 1896 and died in Hollywood, California on December 21, 1940. His private
life, with his wife, Zelda, in both America and France, became almost as
celebrated as his novels. Fitsgerald was the only son of an aristocrat father,
who was the author of the star spangle banner. Fitzgerald spent most of time
with his wife, latter in their relationship they moved to france where he began
to write his most brilliant novel, The Great Gatsby. All of his...