The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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.

The Great Gatsby is an exceptional piece of American literature written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in 1925. It follows the story of 32-year-old Jay Gatsby, from the perspective of newcomer Nick Carraway. He moves to West Egg, and settles down next to Gatsby, who throws lavish parties for the neighborhood. Eventually, we find out that Gatsby is pining away for Daisy Buchanan, his love five years previous. He pursues her, but it turns out to be his pitfall. In the end, Daisy accidentally hits someone, for which Gatsby takes the blame and gets shot while swimming by the husband of the woman Daisy hit. The tragic ending can be attributed to one person; Jay Gatsby. He was responsible for this terrible tragedy because he lied about his character, he refused to deal with the present situation, and he ruined Tom and Daisy’s marriage.

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a book about following the American Dream in 1922. The story takes readers through a time of great prosperity in New York and the two sides of Long Island, East and West Egg. Nick Carraway has moved from the Midwest and is in New York to learn the bond business and is introduced to many different characters throughout the book including: Daisy and Tom Buchanan, George and Myrtle Wilson, Jordan Baker and Mr. Jay Gatsby himself. After a complicated set of events, Gatsby, George and Myrtle are dead. George is the one who pulled the trigger on Gatsby, but is not fully responsible for Gatsby’s death. There are many people involved that cause the chain of events to happen that ultimately lead

Jay Gatsby dies. Just like that. While the readers of The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, may have mixed emotions, the event certainly astounded Nick Carraway. In fact, he has been so personally affected by this man, his whole life is thrown off its course. Carraway, due to this event and others leading up to it, never completes the final stage of the Hero’s Journey.

Character Values In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the story takes place in the 1920s. During the 1920s probation caused many people to have private parties. Many of the characters have values that have to do with finding someone or something they need. Also some of the characters values change by the end of the story.

The joy that money can buy is temporary and fleeting. The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates how wealth and the pursuit of internal gain often destroys morals. In order for Gatsby earn Daisy’s love, he needed to acquire wealth which led him to destroy his morals. In this novel relationships are destroyed by wealth and the misjudgments of morals. NEED SOMETHING ABOUT BEHAVIOURS AND MATERIAL WEALTH. This novel proves that money can only buy temporary joy and that wealth and internal gain wrecks morals.

In the book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is exemplified through many symbols and idols. Fitzgerald uses cars to represent wealth, success, status, and glamour. As Friedrich Nietzsche states, “There are more idols in the world than there are realities.” Nietzsche’s quote shows how idols and symbols are used to create impressions. Images are powerful and set a stage for others to judge one’s character, enabling human beings to avoid seeing what realities are. Idols are potent enough to mask the truth. In the novel, despite Gatsby 's own insecurities, he is viewed as an idol in society. Idols impact and influence Gatsby’s life and those living around him. Gatsby’s car represents an idol, illustrating his wealth, capturing attention, creating impressions, and covering misconceptions throughout life in the West Egg.

The world now revolves around money, holidays, money brings joy to many people, all material things. The worldś greed, money used to make people happy, to win people over. In The Great Gatsby, money; driving force for the majority of the characters actions; as a result, willing to lie and deceive in order to get what they want.

Life in The Great Gatsby was never shown as realistic. It was mostly of people who partied all night and drove in fancy cars and drank and danced until the sun came up. The only realistic life was Nick Carraway’s. He was just a guy trying to live and sell bonds in Long Island, but he got sucked into drama with his new neighbor and his cousin. Not all lives were so extravagant, most would think. However, it was called the roaring 20’s for a reason. People were living and having fun and actually partying. Flappers emerged and pushed boundaries, money was easy to spend with credit, prohibition was violated and forgotten, and all was well during this time period.

The author of The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald was raised in a Catholic Church, which influenced much of his work. Religion, love, and romance were a few of Fitzgerald’s largest influence in writing. Fitzgerald uses several big symbols and the action of his characters, to express his feelings and thoughts on certain topics.

Satisfaction does not comes easy nor does it occur right away. Those who live a prosperous life and those who don’t are seen as different in society, but both may crave more in life to become satisfied. The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is narrated by Nick Carraway who lives in the East Egg of New York. Nick has only lived in New York for a short period of time and starts to become fascinated with his notorious neighbor, Gatsby. Shortly after becoming acquainted with Gatsby, Nick discovers that Gatsby is madly in love with his cousin Daisy, who is married to Tom Buchanan. Tom trusts Nick immediately since he is Daisy’s cousin and allows Nick to meet his mistress, Myrtle. Even though it may seem as if Tom lives the perfect

The Great Gatsby is a critically acclaimed novel written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It deals with various themes of love, the American dream, wealth and class, isolation, morality, but perhaps most potently: death. Those who have read the book know that Gatsby dies at the hands of George Wilson, a poor owner of a gas station who believes that Gatsby is responsible for the death of his wife. But, on a more internal level, the following four are all accountable for Gatsby’s death in some sense: Tom, the death of Gatsby’s illusion, Daisy, the death of Gatsby’s fantasy, society, the death of Gatsby’s dream, and Gatsby himself, the accedence of death.

The promise of riches and success that comes on the back of hard work: the American Dream. Did it wither away? Was it lost in a sea of greed and mendacity, the roots of its vision forgotten amidst material success? Furthermore, if the American Dream is stripped away of its tangible aspects, acquired solely upon wealth; one is simply left with an idealistic concept that is unattainable. Such are the big questions posed to the reader in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. Published in 1925, the novel tells the story of a cast of socialites in there 20s and early 30s in the fictional town of West Egg, Long Island. Narrated by a character named Nick Carraway, who provides insightful descriptions of the men and women he finds

In this novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald produces a charismatic personality that catches the attention of the readers. This character enfolds himself with lavish belongings and wealthy people and goes by the name of Jay Gatsby. He is the principal character who gives the name to the story. Gatsby is a newly wealthy Midwesterner-turned-Easterner who commands his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life from five years earlier. Jay Gatsby’s quest for the American dream leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved and, eventually, to his demise.

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.