F. Scott Fitzgerald created a very complex rich and relatable character when he gave life to Jay Gatsby and, in doing so, has left us with a character that continues to reach and relate to millions of Americans to this day. Throughout the novel, readers are intimately invited into the home and life of Gatsby. We see a…

I realize that I am not the first to write a biographical themed post about F. Scott Fitzgerald, but that actually makes the idea all the more interesting to me. After learning about Fitzgerald as a person, his writing in The Great Gatsby becomes even more intriguing. Here is a man who created a fictional…

While reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, I felt myself drawn to the character of Daisy Buchanan. She struggles between her old life, when she used to love Gatsby, and her current life with her husband Tom Buchanan. This clashing of two worlds places Daisy in a precarious position, tempted by her love of Gatsby,…

If asked, I would consider myself a movie buff.  As a former film major, I am always “that girl” quoting movies constantly and then reprimanding my friends for not recognizing said quote after I’ve said it.  As an English major, I am also very judgmental when it comes to movies made from books.  I’m a…

While the story of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is read as a fictional tale its setting is about as real as it gets. The towns known as West Egg and East Egg, throughout the novel, are more commonly referred to, now, as Great Neck and Sands Point. The characters of this 1920s fantasy…

The author of The Great Gatsby, our beloved F. Scott Fitzgerald, has always been dear to my heart even prior to reading this novel for English 217. This is because we share one thing in common. We both call Saint Paul, Minnesota home. Not only were we born in the same city, we were born…