Great Gatsby

I’ve only known Gatsby for a few months, and so I’ll start with my first impression. It was summer, and many people came to enjoy his premises. He held huge parties at his mansion every Saturday.1 They were the most opulent and ostentatious parties, typical of the West Egg. All sorts of people came, from the city or just across the lake, looking to mingle and join the wealthy. They basked in Gatsby’s display of wealth, enjoying the alcohol, the music, and the atmosphere. They enjoyed so much of his parties, yet they never got to meet

He has gone to great lengths to make himself appear as appealing to a girl who never proves herself to be worthy of sacrifice. Gatsby creates a facade for himself in order to appear as a man who- in his mind- would be worthy of Daisy’s affection.

Gatsby portrays himself as a generous and wealthy man who would keep away from trouble as much as possible. When Nick attends one of Gatsby’s parties for the first time, a guest named Lucille told him, “‘I never care what I do, so I always have a good time. When I was here last I tore my gown on a chair, and he asked me my name and address-- inside of a week I got a package from Croirier’s with a new evening gown in it’” (47). Because one of his guests’ evening gown ripped in his party, Gatsby expresses to the public that he is generous and responsible by buying that guest a “new evening gown”from Croirier’s.” He also wants to convey that he is quick to apologize for any inconvenience that he causes, which shows that he wants the public to ascertain that Gatsby’s true attitude to be kind and comforting. However, Gatsby reveals his true motive as he discusses the first party in which Tom and Daisy attend with Nick. Gatsby remarks, ‘“I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,” he said, nodding determinedly. “She’ll see”’ ( 110 ). Gatsby confirms his great need to “fix” his life problems to his liking, suggesting that Gatsby holds a great deal of power and desire. Craving for his perfect life with Daisy to be reestablished as it was in the past asserts the fact that Gatsby in fact wants more than just Daisy’s love-- Gatsby lusts for recognition and power. Gatsby’s love for Daisy conceals his desire for more than he could attain through an honest lifestyle, as he turns to the illegal selling of alcohol during the time of Prohibition to create a seemingly quick and easy fortune in order to satisfy his hunger for greatness and admission into society. Though Gatsby may seem to be a generous and responsible character who loves Daisy in the story, Fitzgerald unveils Gatsby to be a character filled with an insatiable thirst for approval and having the

This scene demonstrates not that Gatsby is malicious towards baseball fans, but that he is utterly self-absorbed, entirely obtuse to the feelings and concerns of others, and consumed by his plan to pay for Daisy in cash. In

Tom believes that Myrtle doesn’t have the right to say Daisy’s name. Myrtle doesn’t seem to care and keeps on saying her name, this leads to Tom getting upset and ends up breaking her nose. It shows how Tom has inner guilt about cheating on his wife. Having this guilt makes Tom believe he is weaker, and that his shadow will expose. In order to gain control and keep his dominance, he needs to put Myrtle in her place. Tom

"They were careless people...they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money...and let other people clean up the mess they had made..." (P. 179). During the 20s, many people's American dream was to go out, party and be free, the roaring 20s. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an explanation of how people acted. People went to parties, lived in luxurious homes, criticized each other, and wanted to achieve their dream by trying to live it. The Wilson marriage is a failure because it's one-sided. Myrtle is always wanting the best, Wilson really loves Myrtle but it isn't reciprocated and the valley of ashes is symbolic of their relationship.

Nick learns of Gatsby’s past courtship with Daisy prior to his time in the service and Nick quickly concedes that wealth prevented Gatsby from marrying Daisy. As a result, Gatsby gathers the presumption that money will win him Daisy’s affection. Fitzgerald characterizes Gatsby as obsessive and determined, based on his behavior of flaunting his fortunes and the need to maintain an arrogant persona. This obsession for Daisy led to Gatsby creating a facade that destroyed his personality in the process of impressing his love. Gatsby represented his love for Daisy as “he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and as far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling." (Fitzgerald 26) The green light that Gatsby approached at the dock symbolized his hopes and dreams for a future with Daisy. However, after she attended one of Gatsby’s famous parties, he dropped the act. Nick recognized Gatsby’s masquerade as "the abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person" (Fitzgerald 5) This detail helped Nick gather that behavior is built on goals, whether or not these goals are healthy. His point of view of Gatsby’s goal to woo Daisy was that this relationship started off positive; but became toxic as Gatsby revealed that wealth never mattered to him, he plainly wanted it for

However, Gatsby is wealthy and is very kind and selfless. He randomly portrays kind acts towards stranger, “I like to come… I never care what I do, so I always have a good time. When I was here last I tore my gown on a chair, and he asked me my name and address – inside of a week I got a package from Croirier’s with a new evening gown in it... I was going to wear it tonight, but it was too big in the bust and had to be altered. It was gas blue with lavender beads.

The Great Gatsby is a book with complex, interesting characters. These characters have been depicted by different illustrations and actors. Within these portrayals the characters, they keep the same characteristics and physical features. The Leonardo DiCaprio movie does an amazing job of physically embodying these characters. Within the following I state which actors I can see as fitting for the main characters.

An important theme described in The Great Gatsby is the ridicule of the pursuit of what can be described as the American Dream. In this novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald tells a tale of a man who emanates prosperity; the main character, Jay Gatsby is living the American Dream, with wealth, popularity, and friends all at his disposal. Gatsby hosts lavish parties and has money to spare, which he does. Gatsby worked for his money, unlike the old money, which may be reasoning for the differences of character between him and his friends (New Money). He started as an ambitious boy with a plan to one day become wealthy.

The Great Gatsby was written by the great F. Scott Fitzgerald and is one of the most influential novels fascinated by many individuals around the world. The book takes place in a fictional town filled with a mild genre of characters such the hopeless romantic as Gatsby, the untruthful as Jordan, the nice guy as Nick, the silly girl as Daisy and the dog with the old money as Tom. In this book there are many ironic and symbolics scenes such as Daisy and myrtle, Daisy and Gatsby's shirts and how nick describes himself as someone“inclined to reserve all judgments”.

Gatsby spends years trying to find Daisy (S). When he finally does, he decides to hold lavish parties every Saturday to attract Daisy (CX). One evening, “There was music from my neighbor's house and through the summer lights... men and girls came and went like moths among the whispering and the champagne and stars” (Fitzgerald 39). This reveals Gatsby's true feelings towards his parties; the smiles, the laughter, the people- all have no significance in his heart. To him, none of this matters, unless Daisy is there. Gatsby is not even aware of whom attends his parties, “Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all” (Fitzgerald 41). As soon as his discovers the relationship between Nick and Daisy, he pulls Jordan aside to ask Nick invite Daisy to Nick's house, so he can coincidently drop by. Gatsby's willingness to host parties every week, shows his perseverance and sincerity towards Daisy. It is at Gatsby's house where the two finally reunite. Even the darkest, coldest place is enlightened when they are together. Before entering the house, Daisy sees the house as vacant, but when they were in the cellar, “the gray windows disappeared as the house glowed full of light” (Fitzgerald 94). To Gatsby, everything seems perfect and nothing seems to matter as long as Daisy is his side. After their reunion, Daisy begins to visit Gatsby's house more frequently; this leads to his ultimate decision to fire

• Right away the narrator Nick displays himself as a very educated man and tells his story of travelling to new york to work in the bond business and is living in the west egg beside a

Nick describe himself at the beginning of the novel by telling us that he does not pass judgment on people. The reason being that his father gave him advice when he was younger. The advice was that when he felt like criticizing anyone he should remember that not everyone in the world had the advintages that he did.

By the very next page that concept has been impugned with the counterstatement of “Everything for which I have an unaffected scorn”. This quote is hilarious. The readers are bombarded with the opposing sides of Nick repeatedly throughout the text. “I am one of the few most honest people that I have ever known” is another sentence thrown at the audience a mere two chapters along the line. I found it incredibly difficult to come to a conclusion on Nicks character throughout the book and I am unaware if this was Fitzgerald’s intention. I propose that, although relatively dramatic, it could be a motif. Mere words are not easily replied upon, which is supported through the actions of Daisy Buchannan in the 8th chapter of the text.