... of social morality of her time, engaging in a sexual and cohabitating relationships with these men, only because of her needs and desires for material goods and comfort and wealth that these men came to personify to her. Drouet in the same way is guilty of continually lying to ... More importantly to note, Captain's performance was one that made a spectacle of the misery of his fellow humans. The Novel ended with Carrie attaining material and personal glory. Whereas she once had sold herself to Drouet for only twenty dollars, she is now worth millions. Whereas she once lived in ... and m...

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• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , an ideal that the characters that he has created either chase or have achieved. Through his excellent writing technique, Fitzgerald reduces the characters of the novel to seeming obsessed with material possessions, petty, superficial and selfish, and indeed he seems to attribute much of this to the setting of the novel, America in the 1920's. Through both subtle hints within the ... Dutch sailors and compares their sense of wonder with Gatsby's hope. The book also seems to investigate how Americans lost their spiritual purpose as material success wiped out spiritual goals. The lives of...

• Word Count: 6164
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School

... because of its overwhelming presence within his dream. In his book "The Great Gatsby-, using the character of Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how Gatsby's dream led to his irresistible need for material wealth, ultimately leading to the death of a great man. The main character in the book, Jay Gatsby, was affluent, but it was all part of a dream, a dream that never expires ... was Gatsby's mansion- (Fitzgerald 9). Gatsby's dream causes him to require only the best. He does not realize that his love for Daisy has caused him to long for money and material wealth, "Gatsby does not see that the co...

• Word Count: 2638
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School