Pride And Prejudice And The Great Gatsby - 3745 Words

Love and Money as Presented in the Novels Pride and Prejudice and The Great Gatsby Kayla Senecal IB English Essay: English Group 1 Candidate: 001134-0000 Word Count: 3736 Abstract Two main focuses that encompass life are love and money. Since the invention of money, it has been a competition to see who can become the wealthiest and therefore the most successful. But are people really successful if they are unhappy without a person to love in their lives? This essay will investigate the importance of love and money in the novels The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice. Therefore, the essay will focus on the research question: â€Å"What effects do love and money have on the authors’ portrayal of the main female characters in the novels The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen?† This essay will begin by discussing the time periods in which each of the novels, Pride and Prejudice and The Great Gatsby, take place. 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