A man who had a dream of becoming reunited with his true love‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ Jay Gatsby was determined to make this dream a reality no matter the trials and tribulations. He achieved all of his goals through hard work and determination with his love for Daisy being the driving force behind his motivation. The title “The Great Gatsby” is very suitable because Gatsby’s power to make his dreams a reality is what makes him “great”. Gatsby began as James Gatz‚ a young seventeen year old boy from North
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Cullen Mr. Robbins AP Language 13 January 2013 The Great Gatsby: Author’s Past Influencing Writing Writers often include their past times in their work. Their life experiences tend to resonate throughout their individual works because of the amount of time and effort spent in the creative process. On many occasions‚ authors seek writing as a cathartic way to shed light on past events in their life. As Lynne Sharon Schwartz states‚ “...often spiritual or emotional journeys are impossible to
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material item in life and it seems like he has it all together but in reality Jay Gatsby is a lonely man who is missing love in his life. All the characters have a fortune but no one is truly happy. He was not always rich. Gatsby wanted Daisy’s love from the beginning and he finally has the opportunity to gain her back but it’s not in the correct way. He grew up a poor boy and changed into this rich man. The change in Jay Gatsby is that he’s sees himself as someone who can achieve anything because
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others’ problems. In the novel‚ Nick Carraway is always trying to help his girlfriend Jordan Baker. Her problems revolve around her cheating and being self centered. The characters can also find new wealth through desperate and dishonest means. Jay Gatsby gains
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chance at the limitless opportunity. Achievement of the American Dream is not always the achievement of true happiness. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby achieves the American Dream‚ but his idealistic faiths in money and life’s possibilities twist his dreams and life into worthless existences based on falsehoods. Jay Gatsby believes he can buy happiness. For example‚ Gatsby’s house is " A factual imitation of some Hotel De Ville in Normandy‚ with a tower on one side‚ spanking
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that Fitzgerald is trying to show us‚ that wanting to obtain grand amounts of wealth and high social stature is purely naive of the person because it will never truly bring to us what we want and need; happiness. The main character in the novel‚ Jay Gatsby‚ a self-made man‚ allows Fitzgerald to reveal his the truth on the
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motivation clear‚ that his American Dream isn’t complete without her. "No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what man will store up in his ghostly heart”(Fitzgerald 101). Therefore‚ Jay Gatsby’s actual dream of getting Daisy back is an extension of the real American Dream. This is why through all of the tragedy Jay Gatsby remains untainted unlock Daisy‚Tom‚Jordan and Wolfshiem. Gatsby’s shocking and tragic death shows the readers how the American Dream can cause so much pain and hardship. Gatsby’s
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Gatsby‚ is the wife of Tom Buchanan‚ the lover of Jay Gatsby‚ and the second cousin of Nick Carraway. She has a thrilling‚ magnetic voice which shows excitement and usually dresses in white clothing. She has dark‚ shining hair with bright eyes and a passionate mouth. She is from a wealthy family in Louisville‚ Kentucky where all the officers in war were in love with her due to her beauty and popularity. In 1917 she met and fell in love with Jay Gatsby where he was stationed at Camp Taylor. Zelda
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killed the boy. The monster wants Victor to feel remorse for his actions and does this by hurting his loved ones. When he finds Victor’s body on the ship‚ he cries and then leaves to build a funeral pyre and die. In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby wants Daisy because his whole life is devoted to a fulfillment of a romantic dream he created at an earlier age. Gatsby wants Daisy to say she never loved Tom and they could go on living happily together. Through Gatsby’s emotions of desire‚
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The Great Gatsby Prompt 4 In The Great Gatsby most of the characters are only seen for their status in society‚ a good example is Gatsby because everyone sees him as a rich and mysterious man. I believe social status should not matter at all to anyone. I believe Fitzgerald is in line with my thoughts on the topic. The characters that care most and or least about social status are Nick‚ Tom‚ and Gatsby. Nick Caraway‚ one of the only characters to not care about their social status is Nick because
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