Death In The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, portrays the life of a man who is truly focused on one dream: to reclaim the love of his life. This one dream propels every one of Gatsby’s actions, words, and thoughts, making him extremely vulnerable. When she shatters his world in his last few hours alive, he finds himself with no meaning left in his life. Fitzgerald uses extended metaphor and sharp diction to show Gatsby’s crumbling life in his last moments. Fitzgerald employs the extended metaphor of the “new world” to illustrate the total collapse of Gatsby’s reality.

For many, we dream of a better life that awaits us. Gatsby wanted a life in paradise with Daisy. He formulated a lifestyle in which his happiness was dependent on obtaining her. Unfortunately, Gatsby was never able to achieve his life long dream and died a man with unfulfilled potential. He could have been a successful and happy man, but even just knowing that Daisy was out in the world somewhere caused Gatsby to self-destruct. “We’re waiting for tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes” (Lines 1 and 2). This correlated to the pivotal moment in the book when everything goes up in flames,

Through diction and figurative language in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he portrays that dreams cannot last forever and that you eventually have to face reality. At first, Fitzgerald illustrates Gatsby as an infant by incorporating “ pap” and “milk” when he is considering to “climb alone”. If Gatsby “climbed alone” he would be reborn again and able to achieve the “wonder” that life has to offer. The description of  Daisy’s “white face” indicates a meaning of purity, cleanliness, and rebirth. By saying that “his mind would never romp again like the mind of God” reveals that after he kisses her all of the dreams he had of her would become known and that he would now have to put all of his dreams to rest. When Gatsby is with Daisy,

Is Tom most responsible for Gatsby's death? Daisy? Myrtle? Gatsby himself? Give reasons why or why not each character is implicated in the murder.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, portrays the life of a man who is truly focused on one dream: to reclaim the love of his life. Fitzgerald illustrates the problem of being so single-minded through Gatsby’s ultimate demise. His slow evolution and reveal of the character of Gatsby leads to a devastating climax once his dream fails. Fitzgerald uses extended metaphor and sharp diction to depict Gatsby’s crumbling life in his last moments.

The product of all of James Gatz's hard work is the longing Jay Gatsby, who epitomizes one of the main characteristics of the American dream: everlasting hope. Gatsby desire to win Daisy's love is his version of the old American dream: an incredible goal and a constant search for the opportunity to reach this goal. This is shown when Gatsby is first introduced into the novel. It is late at night and we find him "with his hands in his pockets out to determine what share was his of our local heavens." While Nick continues to watch Gatsby's movements he says: "-he [Gatsby] stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. (Pg. 20-21). The green light that Gatsby reaches out for symbolizes his longing, his longing for Daisy, for money, for acceptance and no matter how much he has he never feels complete. This green light is part of the American Dream. It symbolizes our constant searching for a way to reach that goal just of in the distance, as Nick described it, "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter-tomorrow we will run faster, stretch our arms farther. And one fine morning-" (Pg. 180). Gatsby's

This shows how his love for her is ruining his life because this decision in protecting her, lead to him losing his life. Being the lover was too much for Gatsby, because of his single focus on only being back with Daisy, he loses track of reality. He became a hollow empty man with an unachievable dream. This dream lead to Gatsby death. Gatsby treated everyone with respect like a person, unlike Tom who had the opposite approach in treating people.

The story The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes you through the life of the protagonist of the novel, Jay Gatsby, who is shot to death in the end. Who was really the reason for Gatsby’s death? There are many of reasons that lead up to Gatsby’s death and several people who are considered to have caused it. Although George Wilson physically killed him, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby himself all take part in the death. Tom’s anger, Daisy’s carelessness, and Gatsby’s idea of the American Dream all contribute to his death in the end.

Fitzgerald places much emphasis on the longing Jay Gatsby, who symbolizes one of the main characteristics of the American dream: everlasting hope. Gatsby's desire to win Daisy's love is his version of the old American dream: an incredible goal and a constant search for the opportunity to reach this goal. This is shown when Gatsby is first introduced into the novel. It is late at night and we find him "with his hands in his pockets… out to determine what share was his of our local heavens." While Nick continues to watch Gatsby's movements he says: "he [Gatsby] stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock" (21-22). The green light that Gatsby reaches out for symbolizes his longing; his longing for Daisy, for money, for acceptance and no matter how much he has, he never feels complete. This green light is part of the American Dream. It symbolizes our constant searching for a way to reach that goal just of in the distance, as Nick described it, "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year

Let’s face it, our world isn’t perfect and neither are the worlds in the books we read. In the book The Great Gatsby our protagonist Gatsby faces these problems head on, and some might say he becomes one. Through the eyes of our narrator Nick we see the war between the old and the new fighting for supremacy, greed taking over the hearts of thousands, and two words who made the difference between life and death.

The green light symbolizes Gatsby's hopes and dreams, an illusion that slowly possesses him; specifically his American Dream, Daisy. Gatsby sees Daisy just as immigrants from foreign countries once saw America; as a symbol of hope, the ideal life, and a future full of opportunity. Gatsby lives solely for this green light, which that gives him a sense of identity and purpose. Gatsby's dream is initially pure but in the process of pursuing it, the vision becomes tainted. His American Dream slowly takes possession of Gatsby, warping his illusion and dreams into reality. For five years, after meeting Daisy, he yearns and longs for her slowly changing her in his mind into a god. Over time the real memories began to fade and his dreams of what she should be took her place in his mind. When Gatsby finally wins her over, he expects too much of her, leading her to feel distressed and pressured. The rope ultimately snaps when Gatsby pressures Daisy to say that she never loved Tom, her husband, and only loved Gatsby. She wails and protests, that Gatsby “wants too much” and that she can never live up to his dreams of her (134). Because Gatsby had dreamed of her for so many years, he set an illusion of what Daisy should be like in his eyes. The dreams are too difficult for Daisy to meet and she soon collapses under the

The Great Gatsby is considered to be a great American novel full of hope, deceit, wealth, and love. Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful and charming young woman who can steal a man’s attention through a mere glance. Throughout the novel, she is placed on a pedestal, as if her every wish were Gatsby’s command. Her inner beauty and grace are short-lived, however, as Scott Fitzgerald reveals her materialistic character. Her reprehensible activities lead to devastating consequences that affect the lives of every character. I intend to show that Daisy, careless and self-absorbed, was never worthy of Jay Gatsby’s love, for she was the very cause of his death.

"he and... Wolfsheim bought up a lot of… drugstores… and sold grain alcohol over the counter… I picked him for a bootlegger and I wasn't far from wrong." said Tom Buchanan (Fitzgerald 133). Jay Gatsby is man who has just become one of the wealthiest men in New York and claimed to have received his money from his "wealthy", but dead relatives. Tom Buchanan is a man who was born into wealth and has always had money and what he has wanted since birth, unlike Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes the motif death in his novel, The Great Gatsby, to define the American Dream. Throughout the novel the reader is introduced to Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan's affairs, conflicts, and struggling relationships. Although in the beginning the two seem content with their wealth, throwing parties and owning mansions, as the novel progresses, Fitzgerald inconspicuously conveys this is not the dream one should live, showing the more malignant perspectives of their rich lives, like unfaithfulness portraying that one should focus more on relationships than wealth.

It has become common knowledge to anyone who has read or watched “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, that the character Jay Gatsby meets a rather unjust death at the end of the story. After a lifetime of doing everything within his power to regain his love, Daisy Buchanan, he failed with his dream mere inches from his fingertips. While Mr. Wilson was the one who had killed him in the end, Gatsby had already died prior to his physical death. The responsibility of this was largely contributed to by the Buchanans, however, in the end it was Gatsby that had killed himself. His obsession over Daisy’s love was what had ultimately destroyed him.

Gatsby worked practically his whole life in hopes of getting Daisy’s love. He is aware that Daisy will not go after him if he doesn’t have money, so he participates in illegal activities to bring him riches. After finding out about these illicit actions Tom explains in the book, “’I found out what your ‘drug-stores’ were.’ He turned to us and spoke rapidly. ‘He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.’” (Fitzgerald ). Gatsby had been selling alcohol illegally to make his riches. This is one of the reasons that he is unable to fufill his American dream. In a conversation between Gatsby and Tom, Gatsby tells that he will take the blame for the accident. “’Was Daisy driving?’ ‘Yes,’ he said after a moment, ‘but of course I’ll say I was.’” (Fitzgerald ). Taking the blame was not the right thing do because it is overall a lie. This lie ultimatly results in the murder of Gatsby by Myrtle’s husband. Gatsby died unable to have the love of Daisy to himself. In brief, Fitzgerald shows that the American dream is unreachable through devious actions with the characterization of