people (in the book) came to New York to achieve ‘The American Dream’ and many failed. However‚ it could also represent Gatsby and how there are hints in the book that he came from nothing but has worked his way to the top. In chapter 2‚ Fitzgerald introduces a few new characters to the reader. The character that stood out most for me was Myrtle. Myrtle is Toms mistress and is characterized as the complete opposite as Daisy. She is described with a ‘thickish figure’‚ ‘sensuously’ and ‘smouldering’‚ whereas
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because complications occurred during the birth of her child. Accompanied by the doctor‚ are his son Nick and Uncle George‚ who rows across the water‚ into the Indian camp. The pregnant woman is in a shabby hut. It has been two days of intense pain and screams so loud that the men left the cabin and settled at some distance ("the men had moved off‚ up the road"). The doctor explains to his son‚ Nick‚ that the wife was in labor and she screamed because it hurts to deliver a baby. Since he had no narcotics
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and is tainted by the illicit foundations of his wealth as well as his desires for an unsuitable married woman. Fitzgerald uses the symbol of the green light at the beginning of the novel to represent Gatsby’s dream and even uses the light to introduce him for the first time. "He [Gatsby] stretched his arms out towards the dark water in a curious way‚ and as far as I was from him‚ I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing but a single green
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 3? In chapter 3 Fitzgerald introduces us to the main character of his book‚ and we finally get an insight into what Gatsby is like (albeit through the eyes of Nick Carraway) during the party he throws. Even though we meet the character himself‚ Fitzgerald continues to entice us with rumours of Gatsby‚ which is significant because it shows just how artificial his entire life is – he couldn’t dispel the rumours even if he wanted to. Throughout the
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with Nick Carraway telling his audience of some advice about not criticizing others his father had given him when he was younger. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one‚ just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” was the advice that his father had given him. Nick is a writer from the Midwest‚ Chicago to be exact‚ that has recently moved to New York City to pursue a career in the bond business‚ which was very popular in these times. Nick Carraway
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Luhrmann. Although people may argue about how the both films are similar nevertheless throughout the film there are many key points where it shows the difference between both films. Such as the beginning of the film where Clayton’s film has the character Nick talk exactly like the book while Luhrmann’s goes into a similar route but a different way. In Clayton’s film the making of how Gatsby had got rich is completely not shown in the film‚ in Luhrmann’s shows how he had became rich. Clayton’s film Gatsby
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In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald’s main innovation was to introduce a first person narrator and protagonist whose consciousness filters the story’s events. This device was not a total invention since a character through whose eyes and mind the central protagonist is discovered is to be found in two of Conrad’s books : Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim. As usual with this device‚ the main protagonist remains strange and shady. This technique reinforces the mystery of the characters. The second advantage
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did not lie once or twice. He created a completely different history of his past. When Gatsby and Nick had lunch together for the first time‚ Jay Gatsby lied about his entire family history. Gatsby stated that he was brought up in the Middle West.
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house through the summer night’’ is the first sentence of the chapter‚ and I think that it is a very short but good description of Gatsby’s parties that start early in the morning and last until the next one. Gatsby’s parties are legendary. The people Nick met so far‚ they all said that they know Mr. Gatsby from West Egg and had been to one of his parties; though no one actually knew Mr. Gatsby himself‚ and only heard rumors about him. As we can see‚ his parties contain all kinds of people: ‘’People
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The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ introduces us to the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ who tells the story of how he became a friend of a mysterious‚ wealthy man‚ Gatsby‚ and how he learned of Gatsby’s tragic life story. Interestingly‚ there are many themes and ideas that the novel‚ The Great Gatsby explores but Gatsby’s pursuit of the American dream is one of its prominent themes. The novel explores the idea in multiple ways and some of these ways being symbolism‚ dialogue and actions
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