The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

From the beginning of these scenes to the end, we are made to feel the relentless heat as clearly as we see the green leather seats in Gatsby yellow car. Fitzgerald's revision adds more than degrees to the hot day. Heat serves to parallel the acceleration of conflict between Gatsby and Tom. Heat gives their conflict a further sense of inevitability. Fitzgerald does not miss his many opportunities to remind us that the heat of the moment is testing his characters, wearing away the outer veneer they wear so well, and revealing them as they struggle in a hot situation.

Gatsby’s dream of being with Daisy is completely shattered by Tom’s words and Daisy’s demeanor and actions. Tom reveals the truth about the persona that Gatsby had created, known as “Jay Gatsby.” Tom tells them all that Gatsby is a “common swindler” and a “bootlegger…and [he] wasn’t far from wrong” to assume; consequently, Daisy was “drawing further into herself,” for learning how Gatsby obtained his affluence changed her mind about wanting to be with him. Her intentions of leaving Tom vanished within her, as she told Gatsby that he demanded too much of her. When it all becomes too much to bear, Daisy resorts to calling to Tom to take her away demonstrating to Gatsby that she picks Tom over him. This was Gatsby worst nightmare: to have Daisy

As the summer goes on, Nick gets invited to one of Gatsby’s big parties. He meets Jordan at the party and they meet Gatsby himself, a young man, a great smile, and tells everyone “old sport”. Later on in the party Gatsby asks to talk to Jordan Baker alone. Nick learns that the parties were all to get and impress Daisy. Gatsby asks Nick to invite Daisy over to his to tea, so Gatsby can meet her. When Daisy and Gatsby meet each other for the first time in five years it starts off awkward, then they start talking to each other. Gatsby tells her about how rich he is now and invites her over to his house. Daisy and Gatsby then begin the affair between each other as their relationship grows. Later, Gatsby get invited to Daisy’s house where Tom starts

Everyone has heard of the phrase “stalker,” and everyone has heard of the concept of “love.” While these two are separate terms, what happens when the two become mistaken for one another? When does admiration become obsession? When is the line crossed from lover to stalker? In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main character, Jay Gatsby, is a very wealthy man who has once had a fling with Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby and Daisy were once in love but time came and went. Gatsby went to war, and Daisy married another man. When Gatsby gets back from war, he makes himself into a new persona to capture Daisy’s attention in hopes of rekindling their love. However, Gatsby takes his love to the point of obsession. He makes unrealistic rumors about himself, wastes money on luxuries to capture her attention, and expects too much from the woman he claims to love. Gatsby’s love for Daisy is not real love. He has many stalker-like qualities, rather than the romantic love so many are accustomed to.

Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Nick and Jordan have gone out to the city for the day. Gatsby and Daisy are all over each other, when Gatsby finally reveals to Tom that him and Daisy have loved each other for five years. Tom responds to Gatsby stating, “And what’s more I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time.’ ‘You’re revolting,’ said Daisy” (131). This shows that Tom thinks he can do whatever he would like, and Daisy will still love him after he goes on cheating sprees. Daisy proves him wrong. Tom says he loves Daisy, yet he continues to cheat on her because he knows from past experiences that she will just continue to stay with him, until now, he wants Daisy back because he realizes that she now loves another man. Tom thought that he could do as he pleased, and not stay faithful to Daisy and she would take that, but Daisy ended up finding another man, and loving him, and becomes further disgusted with Tom, something Tom never thought would happen. As Tom, Nick and Jordan are driving back home they realize that there has been a crash. Tom sees that Myrtle is dead and he overhears that she has been hit by what he believes is Gatsby’s car. Nick reveals Tom’s reaction as they drive home:“In a little while I heard a low husky sob, and saw that the tears were

“The next day was broiling, almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer. As my train emerged from the tunnel into the sunlight, only the hot whistles of the National Biscuit Company broke the simmering hush at noon. The straw seats of the car hovered on the edge of combustion; the woman next to me perspired delicately for a while into her white shirtwaist and then, as her newspaper dampened under her fingers, lapsed despairingly into the deep heat with a desolate cry” (120-121). This symbolizes the upcoming conflict and foreshadows the climax of emotions that are to come, with the confrontation in the suite, Daisy's rejection, and Myrtle's death. The heat also shows the mix and confusion of emotions in Daisy, and Daisy recognizes that “ ‘... it’s so hot’... ‘And everything’s so confused’...” (125). This quote symbolizes Daisy and Gatsby's relationship. It is when the weather is at it’s hottest that Gatsby’s and Daisy’s relationship reaches a climax. Also when Nick, Gatsby, Daisy, Jordan, and Tom are all sitting in the Plaza, the book describes the daytime to also be unbearably hot. “ ‘Oh, let’s have fun,’ she begged him. ‘It’s too hot to fuss.’ He didn’t answer” (126). This quote shows that as the weather progressively gets hotter so does the tempers of Gatsby and Tom. The heat, in this case, symbolizes the way that hatred between Daisy’s husband and Gatsby

“In his blue gardens men and women came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars” (Fitzgerald 39). In his character, his relationships, and his gatherings, Jay Gatsby epitomized the illusion of a perfect romance. When Gatsby and Daisy met in 1917, he was searching for money, but ended up profoundly falling in love with her. “[H]e set out for gold and stumbled upon a dream” (Ornstein 37). Only a few weeks after meeting one another, Gatsby had to leave for war, which led to a separation between the two for nearly five years. As “war-torn lovers” Gatsby and Daisy reach the quintessential ideal of archetypical romance. When Gatsby returned from the war, his goal was to rekindle the relationship he once had with Daisy. In order to do this, he believed he would have to work hard to gain new wealth and a new persona. “Jay Gatsby loses his life even though he makes his millions because they are not the kind of safe, respectable money that echoes in Daisy’s lovely voice” (Ornstein 36). Gatsby then meets Daisy’s cousin, Nick Carraway, who helps to reunite the pair. Finally being brought together after years of separation, Gatsby stops throwing the extravagant parties at his home, and “to preserve [Daisy’s] reputation, [he] empties his mansion of lights and servants” (Ornstein 37). Subsequent to their reconciliation, Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s husband, begins to reveal sordid information about Gatsby’s career which causes Daisy to

The outside area where Nick, Daisy, Tom and Jordan have dinner helps to form the notion of the romantic idealism that seemed to exist at the time. The “rosy-coloured” porch and the way the “last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her (Daisy’s) glowing face” symbolise the naive, miscalculated dream of a perfect world that we later find out perfectly describes Gatsby’s feelings towards Daisy.

At this point Jordan and I tried to go, but Tom and Gatsby insisted with competitive firmness that we remain---as tough neither of them had anything to conceal and it would be a privilege to partake vicariously of their emotions. ‘Sit down, Daisy,’ Tom’s voice groped unsuccessfully for the pateral note. ‘What’s

The days of their fairytale relationship comes to a rude and unexplainable end that leaves one of these love birds in a tough situation of having a lonely life. The day before a special day for any man or woman would love to have in their life-time,for the lovely Daisy Buchanan her wedding, She’s holding in her hand a letter from Gatsby and with a wine glass in the other preparing to enter her doomsday . The appearance of The Great Gatsby has vanished out of the lovely Jordan Baker’s life when she need and wanted him the most.

It is undeniable that The Great Gatsby is a tragic love story between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. However, a great deal of their story hinges upon the actions and reactions of Daisy’s unfaithful husband, Tom Buchanan. Throughout The Great Gatsby Daisy’s relationship with her two lovers, only one of whom she is married to is portrayed in a never-ending series of shifting power dynamics, which Fitzgerald cleverly portrays through carefully constructed dialogue. These shifts in power can most clearly be seen when all three characters are forced to interact at one of Gatsby’s famed parties.

Gatsby waited calmly outside as if something had consumed him, his love for Daisy had driven him insane. He waited outside passively, Gatsby gazed at the flashing green light at the bay. He finally realized his dream was just at his grasp before he is interrupted by the echoing sound of Tom’s coupe as it pulled up on the drive way. Tom’s arrival along with Jordan and Nick caught Gatsby’s attention and brought anger in his eyes as he marched back and forth thinking of Tom’s plans for Daisy. Tom who seemed like a man on a mission, proceeded to make his way up the steps which lead to his exquisite mansion. After Jordan’s departure, he continued as he entered his prodigious kitchen calling Daisy down for dinner.

On the hotest day of july, Gatsby and Daisy Leaving from the hotel in New York City. They was in a big argument about what had happened back at the hotel Daisy was yelling at Gatsby and was shattering in tears. Gatsby was in the pasenger seat of his car and Daisy was driving the car at the moment, They was still arguing Gatsby was so in love with daisy he just couldnt never tell her no. Tom and Gatsby put Daisy in a weird position she really didnt want to be in as by chosing one of them.

I had to forget anything I thought I knew about him, people will go to extreme measures to take care of their loved ones. I knew where he’d be going next… Daisy.

After Cody died, Gatsby became an officer and fell in love with Daisy at Camp Taylor. When Daisy married Tom, Gatsby devoted the next few years to becoming rich and winning her back. Now it’s 1922 again, on the hottest day of the summer, Gatsby is hoping to publically confront Tom, and have Daisy say she’s leaving him. The whole party, including Jordan Baker, all drive to Manhattan and get a suite at The Plaza Hotel. Gatsby confronts Tom, and Daisy reluctantly says she never love Tom and wants to be with Gatsby. Tom says it’s all nonsense and Daisy’s not leaving him. He also says he’s had Gatsby investigated and he’s a criminal. Gatsby made his money in organized crime by selling illegal liquor. Daisy breaks down and admits that its not really true that she never loved Tom. Tom sees that he’s won, so he send Daisy and Gatsby to drive home together in Gatsby’s car. On the way back in another car, Nick, Tom, and Jordan all discover that there’s been an accident, and Myrtle has been hit and killed by Gatsby’s car. Nick takes Tom home and outside Tom and Daisy’s house, he sees Gatsby lurking. Gatsby explains that Daisy was driving the car and he’s covering up for her. Myrtle’s husband, George Wilson, tracks down the owner of