Bad Qualities Many of the characters in The Great Gatsby have bad qualities about them‚ and these affect the people they are involved with worse. Daisy‚ a very important character in the book can be classified as selfish .When she has to choose between her husband Tom and her old love Jay Gatsby‚ she chooses Tom so she can live “her rich full life”(149). She is also very careless when it comes to raising her daughter‚ like saying she hopes that she grows up to be a “pretty fool” (17)‚ because
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Activity 11: "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 1-4 Chapter 1 1. What impression do you have of the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ from his narration and actions? He seems like a very intelligent‚ smart‚ peaceful‚ but interesting man from the way he talks‚ describes things and interacts with Daisy‚ Tom & Miss Baker. 2. What do you learn about Daisy Buchanan from her dress‚ dialogue‚ and body language? That she might be very classy‚ but really she seems sensual and like a flirt. Chapter 2 3. How
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Candace Dodson The Great Gatsby The four settings in the Great Gatsby can changes the image on the overall plot. Each one of them makes a different tone and enhances the image of the story line. East and West Egg are both wealthy places but‚ since they are located on opposite sides‚ their ideals are different. The Valley of Ashes is what everybody looks at as a burned out Hell. Manhattan would be best described as the purgatory on earth. These settings represent the distance between the classes
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Serly Andrias Period 5 April 25‚ 2013 Contrast Gatsby and Tom People should be defined by their beliefs‚ values‚ and interests which vary from experiences they have had in life. However‚ the main factor that defines how worthy a man is for Daisy is their wealth rather than their attributions. The plot of The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald is mainly revolved around Tom and Gatsby’s love for Daisy and the struggles that comes with it. Tom and Gatsby are both very different characters from the way
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In the novel the Great Gatsby‚ the character Jay Gatsby is defined and clarified by the way that he faces external forces. Gatsby’s goal was to get Daisy at all cost‚ so he did everything to do so and this corrupted him. A lot of people seen Gatsby as a mysterious wealthy guy that they just attend his parties. But when Gatsby was faced with the problem that Daisy might not have loved him. Or she onced loved another man‚ a lot was revealed about Gatsby. It was shown that Gatsby was just another
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The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Penguin Books 1950 172 pages $8.99 The great American classic- The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story one man’s troubles and persistence for the girl of his dreams seen through the eyes of both the narrator and a character- Nick Carraway. The protagonist of the story‚ Jay Gatsby has waited 5 years for his “golden girl” to reappear in his life and is willing to do whatever it takes to get her. Party after party he hosts and no show
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unattainable; thus‚ one may often compromise or modify his dream in order for it to match or perhaps justify the practical. This imperfect reality generates an unattainable dream. Jay Gatsby’s disillusionment in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby permits Gatsby to imagine that which will never exist. When his reality and fantasy collide in such a way‚ his fantasy perishes‚ and additional conflicted dreams and imperfect reality ensue. Gatsby’s passion is an exercise in futility because
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the train. Tom takes Nick and Myrtle to New York City‚ to the Morningside Heights apartment he keeps for his affair. Here they have an impromptu party with Myrtle’s sister‚ Catherine‚ and a couple named McKee. Catherine has bright red hair‚ wears a great deal of makeup. The group proceeds to drink excessively. Nick claims that he got drunk for only the second time in his life at this party.The ostentatious behaviour and conversation of the others at the party repulse Nick‚ and he tries to leave. At
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920s‚ otherwise known as the Roaring 20s‚ or the Jazz Age. The antagonist‚ Nick Carroway‚ moves next to Jay Gatsby‚ a wealthy “old money” class man. Nick moved to West Eggs‚ a middle-upper class town bordering East Egg. Nick and Gatsby are frequent partygoers‚ especially to Gatsby’s owned parties. The basic premise is that Gatsby is after Daisy‚ Nick’s cousin. In this novel‚ Fitzgerald portrays the new money class as having a bad reputation
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American Lit. Essay The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Five characters are introduced to us as they go through life in New York. The narrator‚ Nick Carraway; the main character‚ Jay Gatsby; Tom’s wife‚ Daisy Buchanan; Daisy’s husband‚ Tom Buchanan; and Jordan Baker‚ the tennis player. These characters spend money that doesn’t need to be spent‚ drink way too much‚ perform meaningless actions to make themselves happy‚ and are careless. This novel shows the culture
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