English 11, 6.0 Mr. Manero Critical Paper Secondary Source Intro: The Great Gatsby – So, I have a thesis, 25 primary notes, and I’m starting to look at literary criticism…. Now what? TOPIC: Gatsby is deserving of the title “great” Overall purpose of paper To argue that Gatsby represents the idea of greatness with man. – Gatsby’s experiences and overall character reveal him as a man of true greatness, through his readiness,” his gift for hope,” and all that he represents in terms of the “romantic “extraordinary pursuit of one’s dreams and ambitions Primary source quote: instinct toward his future glory led him…to St Olaf’s… He stayed there two “An weeks, dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his desiiny.” From Importance of the Work” Richard “The – Secondary source quote: Gatsby was a man of such heroic vision without the opportunity “Fitzgerald’s to find a commensurate experience for it” (Lehan). Putting it all together: The concept of greatness is central to Gatsby, not because of what people see of him on the outside, but because of the ambition and resolve that defines him on the inside. Specifically, explaining Gatsby’s pursuit of greatness, Nick examines Gatsby’s time at St. Olaf’s College as short lived because Gatsby was at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny” (Fitzgerald 99). Internally, and from “dismayed the time he was very young, Gatsby does not accept the place he is given in life; his ambition and resolve drives him further toward something more akin the live he envisions for himself, much like the heart of America at its own inception. However, unlike America itself, Gatsby was a man of such “Fitzgerald’s heroic vision without the opportunity to find a commensurate experience for it,” and so he is left constantly devoid of the fulfillment of his own ambitions desires (Lehan).
English 11, 6.0 Mr. Manero Critical Paper – Secondary Source Intro: The Great Gatsby So, I have a thesis, 25 primary notes, and I’m starting to look at literary criticism…. Now what? TOPIC: Gatsby is deserving of the title “great” Overall purpose of paper – To argue that Gatsby represents the idea of greatness with man. Gatsby’s experiences and overall character reveal him as a man of true greatness, through his “romantic readiness,” his “extraordinary gift for hope,” and all that he represents in terms of the pursuit of one’s dreams and ambitions Primary source quote: “An instinct toward his future glory led him…to St Olaf’s… He stayed there two weeks, dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his desiiny.” From “The Importance of the Work” – Richard Secondary source quote: “Fitzgerald’s Gatsby was a man of such heroic vision without the opportunity to find a commensurate experience for it” (Lehan). Putting it all together: The concept of greatness is central to Gatsby, not because of what people see of him on the outside, but because of the ambition and resolve that defines him on the inside. Specifically, explaining Gatsby’s pursuit of greatness, Nick examines Gatsby’s time at St. Olaf’s College as short lived because Gatsby was “dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny” (Fitzgerald 99). Internally, and from the time he was very young, Gatsby does not accept the place he is given in life; his ambition and resolve drives him further toward something more akin the live he envisions for himself, much like the heart of America at its own inception. However, unlike America itself, “Fitzgerald’s Gatsby was a man of such heroic vision without the opportunity to find a commensurate experience for it,” and so he is left constantly devoid of the fulfillment of his own ambitions desires (Lehan).
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