Daisy Buchanon, Jay Gatsby, Nick Caraway, Tom Buchanon, Myrtle Wilson, George Wilson, Jordan Baker

Movement in early 1900s. Rooted in belief that humans are inherently good. Key ideas include:
- Non-comformity
- Nature
- Individualism

Light vs. Darkness
Sin vs. Truth

Wrote "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Cross of Snow"

Wrote "Sinners in the hand of an angry God"

1920s, New York, West Egg and New Egg

Era of writing. Key points in:
- Glorification of nature
- Rebellion against tradition
- Interest in supernatural

Hester Prynn, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, Rose

Wrote "Old Ironsides", "The Chambered Nautilus"

Wrote "The Raven," "Annabel Lee"

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Very strict people. Emphasized work ethic, goal-centeredness, subservience of pleasure to duty.

Hester gets pregnant, Puritan society is unsupportive and condemns her. Hester is forced to wear a red "A". Throughout the book Dimmesdale, the minister, discovered to be the father. Chillingworth, Hester's husband, seeks revenge.

Wrote "a forest hymn"

Wrote "Nature," "Self-reliance"

Jay Gatsby wants to win back his former love, Daisy Buchanon, who is across the bay. He throws extravagant parties in hopes she'll come by.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Wrote "Upon the Burning..."

Wrote "Resistance to Civil Government"

- Wealth
- The American Dream
- Paradox
- Jealousy
- Reality vs. Illusion

Puritan society, Boston, 1600s