Tejada August 25‚ 2014 AP English Language and Composition G Block In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ it may seem like Daisy’s selfishness and Nick’s nurturing of Gatsby’s obsession for her are the reason for Gatsby’s down fall. And although it is true that they did contribute to it‚ ultimately it was Gatsby’s obsession with daisy‚ his illusion and the past that caused his own destruction. Daisy Buchanan is a complex character in this novel whose happiness is maintained by the luxuries
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Cottriel Eng.3 per.4 19 March‚ 2013 Gatsby’s Journey F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a novel that best signifies America in the 1920s. In this novel‚ the narrator‚ Nick Carroway‚ helps his friend Jay Gatsby reunite with the love of his life‚ which he has been in love with for the past five years. The affair between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby fails and unfortunately ends in Gatsby being shot and killed. These events were so surreal due to Gatsby’s vision and goals and eventually becoming
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James’ Alter ego somehow exemplifies the American dream‚ by illustrating eternal faith. Throughout the novel Gatsby’s desire to have Daisy for himself is his idea of the traditional American dream. He never let go of his goals and aspirations and followed them through to the end. This admiration is shown when Nick first notices Gatsby “out to determine what share
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impoverished home was not properly matched with a pampered Daisy door‚ a reality that dashed Gatsby’s fantasy for the first time. However‚ he was not defeated by reality. With his love for Daisy and his vision for the ideal‚ he vowed to become a millionaire and satisfy the material woman Daisy in order to stay with her. But even a very good person‚ very hard work‚ is unlikely to be a short success. Gatsby’s status and wealth were acquired after Daisy was married five years ago‚ and Daisy and Tom married
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earned all his wealth from organized crime (gambling‚ bootlegging liquor). Tom and Gatsby have a tense but understated showdown about who gets to control Daisy‚ and Tom wins. He seals his victory by letting them drive home together‚ just to rub it in Gatsby’s face. But when the others follow behind‚ they discover that Myrtle was killed by a speeding yellow car that failed to
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characteristics of the American Dream alongside its contemporary face to demonstrate that the once impervious dream is now disoriented eternally to the American society. To begin with‚ it is true to say that Gatsby’s aspiration to win Daisy’s love is his own description of
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creates the illusion in Gatsby’s mind that wealth automatically generates happiness. When Fitzgerald envisions‚ “however glorious might be [Gatsby’s] future… he was at present a penniless young man without a past…” (149). Gatsby’s future may be fancy and “glorious‚” but at the current point in the novel‚ Fitzgerald’s description of Gatsby as “penniless” implies that he is currently poor and depressed. The illusion that wealth brings happiness consumes him‚ causing Gatsby’s desire for wealth to overshadow
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1. Nick thinks Gatsby’s house looks as though it is on fire. The house was lit by an intense light‚ " the whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light...Turning a corner I saw that it was Gatsby’s house‚ lit from tower to cellar"‚ described Nick. 2. Gatsby offers to have someone cut Nick’s grass. In addition‚ he offers him the chance to make some money by joining him in some business he does on the side business that does not involve Meyer Wolfshiem. Gatsby explains‚ "It wouldn’t take
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Study Guide Chapter 1 1. Explain what Fitzgerald achieved by using Nick’s point of view to tell Gatsby’s story? He achieves a wider look at things. 2. What do we learn about Nick Carraway in the introductory section of the novel? He is upper middle class and went to college. 3. In discussing East Egg and West Egg‚ Nick states‚ “To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.” Indicate
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and Jay Gatsby differ‚ the derived themes of perception versus reality and the corruption of the American Dream make it evident that F. Scott Fitgerald in fact intended Winter Dreams to be the prototype of The Great Gatsby. Dexter Green and Jay Gatsby’s contrasting defects may be the aspect that makes Winter Dreams and The Great Gatsby seem different at first glance. The fatal flaw that brings Dexter Green to his ultimate despair is his inability to define who he is. As Fitzgerald points out‚ “Often
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