flappers‚ prohibition and affairs. Such is the life in The Great Gatsby‚ The Great Gatsby is a classic novel in which money is the center of many characters’ lives; however‚ that money could not buy happiness. Gatsby being one of thoes main characters tries to use his money and status to gain back his love that he once lost. Although the nightlife was all glitter and glamor at West Egg‚ when the lights went out‚ money could not buy Jay Gatsby happiness. "She only married you because I was poor and
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English 10/31/12 In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there are many characters throughout the story. However‚ Daisy Buchannon seems to stand out the most to me. She is a beautiful‚ young girl with many different sides to her personality. She can be innocent‚ and then she surprises everyone with her promiscuous and careless attitude. Her personality and looks pull in a man named‚ Jay Gatsby‚ who unfortunately falls in love. Daisy‚ soon becomes the central corruption of Gatsby’s
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the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there are multiple prominent characters. F. Scott Fitzgerald gives a lot of information on Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ Nick‚ Tom‚ Mrytle‚ Jordan‚ and Mr. Wilson. All these characters are in some way connected to one another. Each of these characters have a uniqueness about them‚ but they also have many similarities. Some of the character traits that are prominent in this book are greed‚ love‚ hope‚ pride‚ ignorance‚ lust‚ lying‚ and trust. Gatsby and Nick are two
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thinks of Gatsby as a “home wrecker” and a criminal. He cannot see any of Gatby’s virtues‚ but rather focuses on and exaggerates his questionable behavior (pursuing Daisy and bootlegging). Nick‚ on the other hand‚ sees both Gatsby’s virtues and faults and presents them to the reader from a neutral point of view. “Who is Gatsby anyhow?” demanded Tom suddenly.”Some big bootlegger?” (PG 104) • This quote reveals Tom’s suspicions of Gatsby’s wealth. Even though Tom doesn’t know that Gatsby is involved
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and the physical strength of an individual. Jay Gatsby‚ of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ fails to reach his ultimate dream of love for Daisy in that he chooses to pursue it by engaging in a lifestyle of high class. Gatsby realizes that life of the upper-class demands wealth to become priority; wealth becomes his superficial goal overshadowing his quest for love. He establishes his necessity to acquire wealth‚ which allows him to be with Daisy. The social elite of Gatsby’s time sacrifice
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8‚ Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby as a symbol for the reality of the American Dream with his failure to achieve the goals he had been working towards on his time on West Egg. His first failure occurs at the start of chapter eight when Gatsby gets home after a night of waiting on Daisy. “’Nothing happened‚’ he said wanly. ‘I waited‚ and about four o’clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light’” (Fitzgerald 147). With this statement‚ Gatsby is telling Nick the
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Sydney C. Chae Mrs. Neal Junior English 20 January 2015 Jay Gatsby’s Impossible Dream Many symbols are incorporated throughout The Great Gatsby. As the story begins‚ these symbols are slowly introduced and start to show meaning as the story progresses. The characters Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ Pam‚ Tom‚ Jordan‚ Myrtle‚ and Wilson all give these symbols meaning by instilling them throughout the novel. The message that the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is trying to tell us readers is how
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novel I had certain beliefs about certain characters. Jay was someone I sympathized highly with at the start‚ as he was attempting his uttermost finest to get Daisy back. I likewise‚ sympathized with Daisy as I felt she had been forced to abandon Jay and that she was not happy with Tom. Then slowly‚ but surely my views began to change. I began to dislike Daisy and began to loathe Jay. Daisy I felt was helpless in the start‚ but after she allows Jay to take the culpability for Mertle’s death‚ it showed
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Jay Gatsby seemed sort of like a very intriguing but very creepy because not many people even knew what he looked like. He would have crazy and wild parties that even made the papers because they was just that amazing and everybody who was somebody or even nobody was show up there‚ but he wasn’t throwing parties for the people‚ instead he was doing it for the love of his life. Based on the book most of the things like his manners and the way he talked were similar and pretty aligned with the book
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In the Great Gatsby‚ Tom and Daisy are a wealthy couple who currently live on East Egg on Long Island. They often to drift “wherever people played polo and were rich together” (page 6). As individuals‚ Tom‚ born into wealth is arrogant‚ cruel‚ racist and an adulterer. He feels superior because his money goes back generations. He does crazy things like transport “a string of polo ponies” east‚ and spends “a year in France for no particular reason” (page 6). He has a mistress who he flaunts around
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