The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby The “roaring twenties” were a great time of wealth, progressivism, and music. One thing that ties in with all of the other subjects listed above is envy. The Great Gatsby is a great example of how envy ties into the twenties. One example is when Gatsby, the main character of the book, is looking out at the end of his dock toward Daisy’s house. At this point in the novel, the reader is unsure of what is going on between Gatsby and the green light out on the Long Island Sound. Yet another example of envy in the novel is how much Gatsby tries to impress a certain guest throughout the whole novel with these very expensive parties. Later in the novel, he admits to Nick, the narrarator, about how he throws the parties to impress Daisy, his childhood love about his luxurious and wealthy lifestyle in an effort to have her come back to him, regardless that she has married a new man, Tom. Lastly, a minor character of the novel, George Wilson, is envious of Tom for being the man of mystery for his wife Myrtel. In the end of the novel, the envy of George to Tom, kills Gatsby and ends the novel abruptly. Throughout the novel, envy is main component to the Great Gatsby and majorly influences the outcome of the novel. In the beginning of the novel, we meet Gatsby in the moonlight, as Nick’s eye catches him staring across the lake at a distant green light. [insert quote about him staring]. We soon learn later on in the novel that the light Gatsby is staring at, is the end of Daisy’s dock, his childhood love. We learn more about the past of Gatsby and Daisy and their love. Before World War I, Gatsby and Daisy were madly in love and she promised that she would wait for Gatsby to return after the war. Instead, she married Tom Buchanan, a man of which [quote about daisy’s parents approving of him] her parents approved of over Gatsby. Daisy is married to Tom already by the time Gastby returns from the war, leaving Gatsby a very broken hearted and jealous man. He