As reported in the introduction of the book itself‚ Fitzgerald wanted the novel to be a “consciously artistic achievement” (VII-Introduction). The story is based around the mysteriously‚ wealthy‚ Jay Gatsby and his love for the breath taking Daisy Buchanan. The narrator‚ Nick Caraway is Gatsby’s neighbor‚ who appears to be caught within the drama amongst the characters. The foremost setting of the story is found in East and West Egg‚ Long Island‚ New York. The West Egg is the home of “Old Money” or
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around the corner‚ showing us plenty of exciting and heart wrenching scenes. All the feelings‚ emotions‚ and actions that are associated with the color can easily be linked back to one household‚ the Buchanans. It is clear to see from the beginning of the novel when Nick Carraway walks into the Buchanans when the entire house is decked in various shades of reds. Nick describes walking into their house as if‚ “Inside the crimson room bloomed with light‚” (Fitzgerald 22). Tom and Daisy are two very passionate
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temptation thus committing adultery. Because of the lack of morality among various characters from all social classes‚ it has been proven that it is impossible to escape the temptation of committing adultery both in past and present society. Tom Buchanan‚ the aggressive‚ sexists‚ racists‚ and abusive east egger is no stranger when it comes to adultery. Tom has repeatedly proved how much he does not respect the marriage between
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that contribute to the meaning of the complete work. Wealthy‚ powerful characters such as Tom Buchanan are the major causes of violence introduced because they are selfish and careless. Through an accident that killed Myrtle Wilson‚ or the passionate murder of an innocent man‚ Fitzgerald incorporates themes of the novel. The violent act that begins the downward spiral in The Great Gatsby is when Tom Buchanan hits Myrtle‚ his mistress‚ in the face. “It was a body capable of enormous leverage — a cruel
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On August 5th‚ 1864‚ Rear Admiral David Farragut led the Union navy into Mobile Bay‚ Alabama‚ to face a smaller Confederate fleet under the command of Admiral Franklin Buchanan and neutralize three forts surrounding Mobile Bay to complete the Union blockade of the Gulf of Mexico. The battle would prove pivotal in the Union victory‚ as well as President Abraham Lincoln’s re-election three months later. The Union fleet‚ under Farragut‚ used sheer power and numbers to decimate the Confederates. The
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island. Nick’s next door neighbour in West egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby who lives in a gigantic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan lives on the other side of the lake Which is an area known as East Egg. Daisy lives with her husband Tom Buchanan. Daisy and Gatsby used to be together before Gatsby went and fought in World War 1. When Gatsby was dismissed from the war he didn’t want to
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and materialism. Readers are able to catch sight of the author’s close analysis through the characters of Jay Gatsby‚ Daisy and Tom Buchanan‚ as well as the narration of Nick Carraway.
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a name Daisy Buchanan who was Nick’s cousin. It’s safe to say that Nick Carraway had first the row and the whole story was told entirely through his eyes giving the story his own ideas and perceptions. The gift of hope for the great Gatsby was the lovely and beautiful Daisy Buchanan the woman he was deeply in love with. They both had met years back before Gatsby was sent to war‚ unfortunately the circumstances separated them and the need to be loved made Daisy married Tom Buchanan before Jay returned
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district of Long Island. Next door to Him lives Jay Gatsby‚ a mysterious man who lives in a gigantic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Nick drives out to East Egg where he dines with his cousin and her husband‚ Daisy and Tom Buchanan‚ and there he meets Jordan Baker and begins a romantic relationship with her. In the story Tom has a lover‚ Myrtle Wilson. As the summer progresses‚ he finally gets an invitation to one of Gatsby’s great parties. He then learns that Gatsby is madly
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so many characters under the generalized term rich does not do justice to the different personalities that he had portrayed. Thus‚ he divided them into two different classes. Firstly‚ there are people like the Buchanans and Jordan Baker‚ who were born into wealth. The fact that Tom Buchanan was described as a person whose ‘two shining‚ arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face‚ and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward’. These actions portray him as a character
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