Fitzgerald utilizes the symbol of the green light to represent Gatsby’s hopes and dreams in order to demonstrate Gatsby’s character development. The mysterious Jay Gatsby is describing to his long lost lover Daisy that she “always has a green light that burns all night at the end of her dock” (Fitzgerald 92). Daisy’s house is right across Gatsbys; he points out the green light on her dock. Before Gatsby mentions the green light‚ he notices a change in the weather: “If it wasn’t for the mist” usually
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Daisy Buchanan‚ formerly known as Ms. Fay‚ or who could have been known as Mrs. 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
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“Drinking makes such fools of people‚ and people are such fools to begin with‚ that it is compounding a felony” (Robert Benchley). The average person does not always make smart decisions‚ and alcohol tends to worsen that issue. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ many characters cope with their problems by drinking their lives away. But‚ what they do not realize‚ is that drinking makes their problems worse and makes their behavior portray them as unintelligent. Through the poor
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Great Gatsby. For example‚ Fitzgerald uses moral corruption‚ albeit there are other themes‚ but this one is the most prevalent. Without this theme‚ the novel would not have progressed anywhere near as fluid as it did the way Fitzgerald wrote the novel. Throughout the novel‚ the theme of moral corruption‚ aside from being subtly shown through the entire novel‚ becomes more prevalent throughout. This is demonstrated by Gatsby’s behavior and dreams corrupting Daisy’s morals even further than they
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447). This man represents the archetype of a Western Capitalist and leads a shallow life investing his entire life into accumulating a comfortable wealth and establishing a family. The gentleman feels this entitlement because he has followed this ‘poshlost’ pursuit of the ‘American Dream’ for a majority of his lifetime‚ and “until now he had not really lived‚ but simply existed…”‚ rendering this trip well deserved‚ since it will contribute towards his happiness (Bunin‚ pg. 447). Moreover‚ this
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immediately associating the color with the high way of life they lived. In addition to this‚ in the story it mentions “The idea is that if we don’t look out the white race will be...utterly submerged.” By the “white race” Tom Is referring to a set of upper class that inherited their money‚ who are commonly known as “old money‚ ” the fact that white is being able to describe this old social class is evident of its meaning in this novel. Yet again‚ when the women were having their inconsequential conversation
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Literally we think of this light as something that just lights up the pier‚ but is a little more than that. The reason Gatsby moved to this house was to be right across the bay from Daisy‚ but this light is not just about Daisy. The green light represents the whole lifestyle he wanted to have with Daisy. He wanted to be rich‚ have the girl‚ and live the lavish lifestyle of a millionaire. He was able to accomplish two of these things but was able to get the one he most wanted. This is important to the
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(Downton Abbey)‚ movies (Mean Girls)‚ and plays (Wicked). From when we are little‚ we are shown that one of the most worthy stories is the story of the unpopular underdog become the popular‚ rich‚ beautiful person that they always knew they would be. This is NOT the truth. As we grow‚ we learn that oftentimes popularity and status changes people because they become focused on staying popular and retaining their high status. In The Portrait and The Overcoat‚ Nikolai Gogol taught me that the moral corruption
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This rug is also the first place people may feel sympathy about the Dude as he gets assaulted by two thugs by doing nothing wrong‚ and one of those thugs even pees on his rug. One day‚ he goes back to home with a can of milk and suddenly a guy pushes him
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and real life. The reason for this is because we either learn or adapt from our past experiences or mistakes and just like we have all learned from our past‚ so do characters from books and novels. Even though most of us learn frok the past‚ there are also some who do not‚ and are stubborn enough to resist change. In the novel " The Great Gatsby‚" there is a character named Jay Gatsby‚ although his real name is James Gatz. He is the perfect representation of this prompt because he has gone through
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