To Kill a Mocking-jay essay

Daniel: Nick recalls Gatsby's funeral where Mr. Gatz, the owl-eyed man, and himself were the only ones to attended. Nick tried to get a hold of Daisy, but she left with Tom with no forwarding address. There are still many exaggerated and untrue rumours floating around about Gatsby after his death but the only Nick knows the truth about him. It is revealed by Gatsby's father that Gatsby always tried to improve himself as a child and always strived for success, shown by Gatsby's personal journal. Nick meets up with Jordan, who calls Gatsby dishonest and careless. Nick also runs into Tom, who also accuses Gatsby of the car accident. Nick could not bring himself to tell the truth about the accident. After Nick understands the true values of people like Tom, Daisy and Jordan and the realistic truth of the American Dream, he decides to move back to the West.
Alex: As Nick is prepared to leave New York, he catches another glance of the green light from West Egg. The light represents the failure of the American Dream, and Gatsby's unwillingness to give up on his dream despite the impossibility. From where Gatsby stood, the light is very clear and visible, but impossible to grab from his position, much like Gatsby's hope for his future with Daisy. "i though of Gatsby's wonder when first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him" (Fitzgerald 180)
Tyler: Gatsby's house is described very differently than how it was before. It was always known as large glowing house filled with life and parties, however, now it is described as a "huge incoherent failure of a house once more. On the white steps an obscene word, scrawled by some boy with a piece of brick, stood out clearly in the moonlight. " (Fitzgerald 179-180). Gatsby's house in many of the previous chapters symbolized a fantasy world, isolated