Great Gatsby

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby completes a decline from his carefully crafted image of greatness to his exposed, unsightly, and lonely death. The story of the novel is really the deconstruction of this image, and the various ways in which the true “Jay Gatz” is uncovered. Hailing from a middle-class, rural family, Gatsby…
The Great Gatsby: Nick vs Gatsby - The Great Gatsby: Nick vs Gatsby Mainframe computers analyze information and present it so that the observer is able to make accurate observations. In The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the narrator, Nick Carraway, tells a story in which Jay Gatsby tries to attain happiness through wealth. Even though the novel is titled after Gatsby, Nick, just as a mainframe computer, analyzes the actions of others and presents the story so that the reader can comprehend the theme. Throughout the novel, Nick is the vehicle used to gather all of the pieces together to learn about Gatsby.... [tags: Great Gatsby Character Comparison ]The Great Gatsby - The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby belongs to what Harold Bloom tags the “tomb” of literary archetypes, a family of fiction that espouses every facet of the expressive use of language (everything from Shakespeare’s plays to Dickens’ prose). As a participant in this tomb, The Great Gatsby has adopted a convenient persona in the world of twentieth century literature as “the great American novel,” a work that embodies the American thematic ideals of the self-made man, the great American character—Jay Gatsby.... [tags: Great Gatsby Fitzgerald Papers] The Great Gatsby - ... They meet up with Daisy and Gatsby at the hotel where Tom and Gatsby finally get their feelings out in the open. After Tom won the argument he sent Daisy and Gatsby back to Long Island and Nick realizes it is his thirtieth birthday. Tom, Jordan, and Nick head home to find out that Myrtle was killed by being run over and Tom assumes that Gatsby was driving. At the end of the chapter Gatsby is waiting outside the Buchanan’s home watching over Daisy; he sends Nick to check on them and he finds that Daisy and Tom have made up and leaves Gatsby alone.... [tags: Character Analysis, Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby]