He wrote about cosmopolitan life in New York City during Prohibition. A short time after arriving in France, Fitzgerald completed his most famous and respected novel, “The Great Gatsby”. The book shows how Fitzgerald had a divided nature. You see this in the hero Jay Gatsby and the narrator, Nick Carraway. Jay represents the naive Midwesterner bewitched by the American dream who amasses great wealth and uses it to pursue a spoiled, married, upper-class girl, and the love of his youth.
Gatsby's social standing allowed him to be generous, because everyone expected it of him after attending or hearing about one of his lavish parties. Nick was below the high social standings of Tom, Daisy, and Jordan, and also below the lower social standing of Gatsby, but members of both classes liked and trusted him. As Nick said in chapter one of The Great Gatsby, Tom wanted Nick to like him as well. Somehow, Nick could transcend the barriers of certain classes, which made it easy for anyone to trust him, whether it is Tom with talking about his mistress, or Gatsby revealing his true identity. Wealth played a major part in The Great Gatsby.
The Drive behind the success of both Gatsby and Fitzgerald is love. “her voice full of money”(Fitzgerald) Gatsby and Fitzgerald fell in love with upper class woman that they would never be good enough for; they understood that their good looks and charm might be good enough for a while but they needed money to be with the woman they loved. The first thing Fitzgerald did after coming into money and success was marry his love. After acclaiming much wealth Gatsby as well persuade his love. “They were careless people.
He realises this and sees how he can relate to the patients and accepts who they are. The play go’s ahead and is a great success. Lewis learns that even though the mental patients are mad, they are people who he admires and takes a genuine interest in their views. Lewis becomes happy with who he is and learns that even though the play was a success it won’t be the difference in the patients going from being “mad” to being “normal”. Louis Nowra uses alliteration in the last line of the play “time to turn out the lights”, a nice way to end Lewis’
Conrad being able to say that he thinks of Berger as a friend really means something. Now he likes him and thinks he's easy to talk to. Berger said it back and really meant it. This affects Conrad because he likes knowing he's a friend to him, this makes him relax and smile. Later on Conrad gets in a fight with Stillman and he needed to see Berger badly.
Truman Capote is most recognized for his famous novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which was later made into a Hollywood movie. There was more to him though then just his talented writing. The life of Truman Capote was full of delectation and dismay. He was thought by some as a pioneer of his time with his writing, but also his openness to his homosexuality. In the social circle he was well known for his extravagant Black and White Ball held in New York City.
The “Great” Gatsby Throughout the novel Nick describes Gatsby as “Great.” The reason that makes Gatsby so great in Nick’s eyes is complicated. Gatsby is a man with a disgusting amount of wealth, unclear business dealings, and an uncertain background makes him both captivating and at the same time sickening. The guests that attend his parties are happy to enjoy his fortune, but they are all certain that there is something about him that is not entirely right. There is a sense of curiosity from all of his guests, and throughout the novel, his guests are fascinated by Gatsby, but very few people actually know who he really is. Nick is one of these rare people; Nick is possibly the only individual who truly comes to comprehend and appreciate Gatsby in the end.
Sexuality plays a key role throughout: Williams' homosexuality perhaps influenced his interpretation of these characters. The tensions of the play centre on a hidden homosexual relationship of the past and its long lasting effects. Within the timescale of the play we see the negativity of certain gender and cultural attitudes, and Williams' concern with gender and sexual identity within society. These stereotypes, while perhaps seeming over-zealous, are historical and current. Williams was concerned to use strong imagery to investigate human weakness, and Streetcar is certainly laden with obviously stated imagery.
He again uses high society families to show changes occurring in society through two other novels, This Side of Paradise and Tender Is the Night. They both take place in the twenties when all everyone was worried about was wealth. Fitzgerald shows this greed in This Side of Paradise when Rosalind won’t marry Amory because he has little money. He also shows in Tender Is the Night how people got away with about anything just because they had money. Fitzgerald looks at the American Dream realistically and sees it can be wonderful yet depressing at the same time.
Basil and Henry discuss just how perfectly perfect Dorian is – he's totally innocent and completely good, as well as being the most beautiful guy ever to walk the earth. Lord Henry wants to meet this mysterious boy, but Basil doesn't want him to; for some reason, he's afraid of what will happen to Dorian if Lord Henry digs his claws into him. Basil Hallward is a talented, though somewhat conventionally minded, painter. His love for Dorian Gray changes the way he sees art; indeed, it defines a new school of expression for him. Basil’s portrait of Dorian marks a new phase of his career.