A psychologist is a professional who evaluates and studies behavior and mental processes (see also psychology). In order to become a psychologist, a person must complete a doctoral (PsyD or PhD) degree. This definition of a psychologist is non-exclusive. In most state jurisdictions, members of other behavioral professions (such as counselors and psychiatrists) can also evaluate, diagnose, treat, and study mental processes.
Transcript of Symbolism is The Great Gatsby: Parties and Alcohol. Parties and alcohol are a very important and prevalent factor within the novel. They play a key role in progressing the plot and characters. During this time in American history prohibition was in full swing yet alcohol was readily available just as in the novel. Example #2:
F. Scott Fitzgerald's True Purpose for Jay Gatsby. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the quality of life in America during the 1920s. He writes about Jay Gatsby, a character who lives a wealthy life in West Egg, Long Island. Throughout the novel, the author develops Gatsby's life and ends it with a premature death. By Gatsby's death, the author shows the reader that the life he illustrates through Jay Gatsby is not the way one should live, hence creating Gatsby as a cautionary character. According to Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby is a cautionary character because he valued unimportant things such as money and futile obsessions more than life's important aspects such as morality and self-growth.