F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsbyhas many significant themes, characters, conflicts, symbols, and other elements that contribute to its quality. Writing a good thesis statement for the novel would depend on whether or not your teacher has provided you with a prompt or if you've been given free range to propose your own argument regarding Fitzgerald's text. Because I'm not sure what the case is, I'm going to give you general advice on...
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby has many significant themes, characters, conflicts, symbols, and other elements that contribute to its quality. Writing a good thesis statement for the novel would depend on whether or not your teacher has provided you with a prompt or if you've been given free range to propose your own argument regarding Fitzgerald's text. Because I'm not sure what the case is, I'm going to give you general advice on writing a strong thesis statement, and then touch on a few key elements of The Great Gatsby that you could choose to focus on in your paper.
A strong thesis statement needs to be argumentative, not a statement of fact. That means that your thesis statement needs to claim that there is some sort of relationship or connection between two elements of the text, and then the rest of your essay depends on proving that your claim is true. If you are struggling with identifying whether or not your thesis is an argument, an easy way to ensure that it is in fact argumentative is to use the word "because".
Writing for The Great Gatsby tends to address several key aspects, which I can list here for you as inspiration:
- Theme: The American Dream
- Symbols: The Green Light, cars
- Diction: Imagery
- Conflicts between characters
- Characterization of characters to develop a theme, conflict, or symbol
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