in West Egg near New York. Nick’s moral objections to Gatsby do not intervene in his relationship with him as his interest in Gatsby grows. Though Gatsby is in the underground business of bootlegging alcohol and hopes Nick’s married cousin‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ will leave her husband‚ Tom‚ and life with him in his huge mansion. He goes about getting her attention by throwing ostentatious parties‚ in hopes that she will attend‚ and having Nick set up secret meetings with her where they begin their affair
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SOCIOLOGY OF LITERATURE “THE GREAT GATSBY” Submitted to fulfill the requirements of Sociology of Literature Mid-term & Final Exams By Name : Mohammad Soni NIM : 147835129 Class : P2TK ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION POST GRADUATE PROGRAM STATE UNIVERSITY OF SURABAYA 2014 PLOT OVERVIEW Nick Carraway has just moved from Minnesota to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn the bond business. He occupied a rent house in West Egg which is populated by the new rich people. Jay Gatsby‚ a mysterious
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fashionable” - There are mansions but he describes them as “colossal” “imitation” - Gatsby is Nick’s neighbor East Egg: - “glittered” - Tom and Daisy Buchanan live in East Egg (Daisy is Nick’s cousin and Nick went to college with Tom) o Their house is huge‚ old fashioned‚ yet very sophisticated Tom Buchanan: - Football player at Yale - Extremely wealthy - From Chicago - Always threw away money like it was nothing to him - Peaked at age
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As reported in the introduction of the book itself‚ Fitzgerald wanted the novel to be a “consciously artistic achievement” (VII-Introduction). The story is based around the mysteriously‚ wealthy‚ Jay Gatsby and his love for the breath taking Daisy Buchanan. The narrator‚ Nick Caraway is Gatsby’s neighbor‚ who appears to be caught within the drama amongst the characters. The foremost setting of the story is found in East and West Egg‚ Long Island‚ New York. The West Egg is the home of “Old Money” or
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that contribute to the meaning of the complete work. Wealthy‚ powerful characters such as Tom Buchanan are the major causes of violence introduced because they are selfish and careless. Through an accident that killed Myrtle Wilson‚ or the passionate murder of an innocent man‚ Fitzgerald incorporates themes of the novel. The violent act that begins the downward spiral in The Great Gatsby is when Tom Buchanan hits Myrtle‚ his mistress‚ in the face. “It was a body capable of enormous leverage — a cruel
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On August 5th‚ 1864‚ Rear Admiral David Farragut led the Union navy into Mobile Bay‚ Alabama‚ to face a smaller Confederate fleet under the command of Admiral Franklin Buchanan and neutralize three forts surrounding Mobile Bay to complete the Union blockade of the Gulf of Mexico. The battle would prove pivotal in the Union victory‚ as well as President Abraham Lincoln’s re-election three months later. The Union fleet‚ under Farragut‚ used sheer power and numbers to decimate the Confederates. The
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island. Nick’s next door neighbour in West egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby who lives in a gigantic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan lives on the other side of the lake Which is an area known as East Egg. Daisy lives with her husband Tom Buchanan. Daisy and Gatsby used to be together before Gatsby went and fought in World War 1. When Gatsby was dismissed from the war he didn’t want to
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around the corner‚ showing us plenty of exciting and heart wrenching scenes. All the feelings‚ emotions‚ and actions that are associated with the color can easily be linked back to one household‚ the Buchanans. It is clear to see from the beginning of the novel when Nick Carraway walks into the Buchanans when the entire house is decked in various shades of reds. Nick describes walking into their house as if‚ “Inside the crimson room bloomed with light‚” (Fitzgerald 22). Tom and Daisy are two very passionate
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temptation thus committing adultery. Because of the lack of morality among various characters from all social classes‚ it has been proven that it is impossible to escape the temptation of committing adultery both in past and present society. Tom Buchanan‚ the aggressive‚ sexists‚ racists‚ and abusive east egger is no stranger when it comes to adultery. Tom has repeatedly proved how much he does not respect the marriage between
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clerks. Fitzgerald portrays the new role of women in “The Great Gatsby” as Flappers with Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker. This representation of the role of women in Gatsby is accurately executed because Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker were portrayed as the traditional flapper girl. Although Daisy was a housewife‚ she still had most of the qualities that qualified to a flapper. In the end‚ Daisy Buchanan “vanished into her rich house‚ into her rich‚ full life‚ leaving Gatsby – nothing”‚ which shows
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