The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Throughout The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, the protagonist, is a new millionaire who throws immense party’s to try and win back his former love Daisy Buchanan, who is married to Tom Buchanan. There are many conflicts throughout the book which ultimately lead to Jay Gatsby's death. Although George Wilson is the one who pulled the trigger, Tom Buchanan is the one responsible for Jay Gatsby’s death due to his manipulation, adultery, and classism. Tom Buchanan was a master manipulator throughout The Great Gatsby, using his social status and wealth to control those around him. He had great social privilege and old money which he inherited, despised Jay Gatsby, who was the complete opposite of Tom.

Secondly, Gatsby was responsible for his own death. He, in a sense, killed himself. Ever since he met Daisy in Louisville, he has been obsessed over the fact that they might be together again one day. Anything and everything he did was for Daisy; all his fancy parties, all his wealth, even his home – set just across the bay from her. She is the reason for his transformation from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby. After reuniting with Daisy, Gatsby believed her finally had her in his grasp forever. He even stopped holding his lavish parties, as they were no longer needed to grab her attention. However, after the big argument at the hotel suite, Gatsby learns that despite Daisy’s love for him, she will always love Tom. “’Even alone I can't say I never love Tom.’ She admitted in a pitiful voice. ‘It wouldn't be true’”(142). This is when a part of Gatsby dies, when he sees one of the only people he has ever loved go with someone else. Even after that, he takes the blame from

Gatsby is responsible for his own regrettable ending because of his dishonesty and deception. He was dishonest about a lot of things. He lied about his job, his past, and does nothing to dismiss the wild rumors surrounding him. Two of these include that he was a German spy, and that he killed a man once. When they first met when Gatsby was as a poor soldier, he was dishonest to Daisy about his wealth as well. She said he acted ‘rich’, and he did not correct her. This leads to the whole misunderstanding and rage at the end of the novel when Jay is exposed by Tom for how he made his money. If he had been honest about how he came to be rich, then there would

"Never has symbolism played such a crucial part in the very foundation of a novel as it does in Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby." Harold Bloom has written about this book. The author used several types of symbolism in The Great Gatsby. The colours are probably the easiest to be recognized and guessed what they symbolized. According to the definition “symbolism” is "the practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships."

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 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.

Many consider The Great Gatsby a beautiful love story. A literary review site, for example, says about Fitzgerald’s most famous work: “The Great Gatsby is probably F. Scott Fitzgerald 's greatest novel […] Gatsby is really nothing more than a man desperate for love”(The Great Gatsby Review). Popular opinion paints Gatsby as such: A man desperate for love, devoid of any evil. But a closer look uncovers a new side of Jay Gatsby because Gatsby, underneath his glorious façade, is a sociopath.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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

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.

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.