Search results
Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay. The lawn started at the beach and ran towards the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sundials and brick walks and burning gardens—finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines
Jan 17, 2021 · "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is mainly narrated by Nick Carraway, who reflects on the life of his enigmatic neighbor, Jay Gatsby, and the extravagant world of wealth and excess he inhabits.
- English
- The Great Gatsby
The practical thing was to find rooms in the city, but it was a warm season, and I had just left a country of wide lawns and friendly trees, so when a young man at the office suggested that we take a house together in a commuting town, it sounded like a great idea. He found the house, a weatherbeaten cardboard bungalow at eighty a month, but at ...
A short summary of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Great Gatsby.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 1925
Get all the key plot points of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.
The Great Gatsby is a story about the impossibility of recapturing the past and also the difficulty of altering one’s future. The protagonist of the novel is Jay Gatsby, who is the mysterious and wealthy neighbor of the narrator, Nick Carraway.
People also ask
What is the theme of the Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald?
What makes the Great Gatsby great?
Who is the protagonist in the Great Gatsby?
What happened at Gatsby's house in the summer?
Why did Gatsby buy a house?
How does Nick describe Gatsby's heightened sensitivity to the promises of life?
Jay Gatsby’s house has symbolic significance throughout the novel. The fact that Gatsby is able to acquire such a mansion without inheriting familial wealth suggests that his house symbolizes the promise of the American dream: that anyone can achieve success.
