Gatsby’s Obituary: Nick’s Point of View Jay Gatsby‚ my close friend and neighbor was a successful bachelor who created an aura of mystery. Gatsby‚ a man in his mid thirties‚ died an unexpected death. A car repairman‚ George Wilson‚ from the Valley of Ashes‚ murdered Mr. Gatsby. During the last moments of Mr. Gatsby’s life‚ he was lying on a mat in his pool. It was the first time he had been in his pool the whole summer. While relaxing on his pool mat‚ he was shot to death. The scene was
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The Maid “Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.” -Sophocles. Up to chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there are recurring rumors about Gatsby’s background including that he had killed a man‚ is of German descent‚ and is a bootlegger. These rumors portray Gatsby as a man other than himself‚ but whether this is true is still uncertain. However‚ Nick’s keen awareness of Gatsby’s servants raises suspicion and allows readers to attain evidence that reveals Gatsby’s
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Chapter 1 Analysis – The Great Gatsby What words or phrases suggest that Nick is initially optimistic about going East? As Nick travels East his views on his surroundings contrast considerably to those he observed as he was travelling through the west‚ where he lives. As he enters the East his initial description uses words such as ‘Fashionable’ and ‘Cheerful’ which is a deep juxtaposition to the words used to describe the West i.e. ‘superficial’ or ‘bizarre’. His optimism in travelling East is
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became a widespread term to describe the American way of life. It deals with the act of individuality‚ and working hard for what you have. Despite having these dreams‚ money and social values appeared to be the key to happiness. Reading The Great Gatsby allows the audience to witness the act of corruption for themselves‚ as they take a glance at how many individuals are living with the wrong idea of the American Dream. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul‚ Minnesota on 24 September
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“That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” This quote has to do with the two stories because each character can achieve whatever it is that they want is‚ just showing that everyone can succeed in their goals somehow. In the novel The Great Gatsby and the play A Raisin in the Sun‚ There are many different types of dreams that each character wants to achieve. The characters in each story‚ Nick Carraway‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ Jay‚ Gatsby‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneatha
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The title character of The Great Gatsby is a young man who arose from an indigent neighborhood in rural North Dakota to become immensely wealthy. Fitzgerald initially presents Gatsby as the casual‚ ambiguous host of the extravagant parties thrown continuously at his mansion. He appears surrounded by luxury‚ admired by powerful men and pursued by beautiful women. He is the subject of gossip throughout New York and is already set on a high pedestal before he is ever introduced to the reader. From his
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this quote from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald completely encompases the entirety of the novel of which it concludes. The meaning behind it serves its purpose as a message for the Modernist novel’s audience as well as a lesson for the intricate characters trapped in their pasts. The quote ends the novel saying that people want to reclaim an idealistic past‚ or a pure moment or memory‚ but when this desire for the past turns into an obsession‚ it leads to destruction. Gatsby believes throughout
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alarmingly evident throughout urban areas‚ such as New York City. However‚ in most cases‚ the reason beneath the superficiality was the ever-present American Dream that so many tried to achieve. In Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby‚” the character after which the book was named‚ Jay Gatsby‚ helps reveal what the author felt about this turbulent society encaptured by the widely acclaimed novel. Furthermore‚ both Gatsby’s strengths and weaknesses express the contradictions between American dreams and reality
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In Scott Fitzgerald’s title‚ The Great Gatsby was set in the 1920s of the elite American society that was established at the time. It was a time for America’s boundless economic success and opportunity to achieve a dream of glamorous and luxurious life. Life wasn’t always about money‚ but the individual who can reach self-determination through an uphill battle from opportunity life and settling for a prosperous life. A character in the novel‚ specifically‚ Gatsby played a role for Fitzgerald to criticize
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social transformation and industrialization. Through this shift‚ a degradation in social moral occurred. A victim of this shift is the character J. Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Gatsby is “corrupted by values and attitudes that he holds in common with a society that destroys him”(44). Through this mutual and obscured social moral‚ Gatsby seems to obtain a destructive view of his “American Dream”. Where the American Dream once “consisted of the belief that people of talent in this
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