The Great Gatsby Home Analysis

The description above illustrates an image of a small sized room, filled with expensive, over-sized materials that are too big for the small room they have. This portrayal informs us of how Tom is trying to bring the riches of East Egg into Manhattan to allow Myrtle to have feel as if she is a part of the wealthy society and parties. In contrast, Gatsby’s party was hosted at his own house, a mansion, filled with extravagant furniture, bars, gardens, orchestra, and workers. The guests all wore evening gowns charged with various colors and spirit. As opposed to Tom, Gatsby didn’t have to go to Manhattan to throw a party since he had nothing to hide. Instead, he wanted to make known of his lavish parties. He wanted people to talk about him as the mysterious wealthy man. He wished to be the main gossip of the town, hoping that one day it will grasp Daisy’s undivided attention and love.

The scenery choices for the film matched up well to what was expected from the book, but some choices contrasted greatly. The Valley of Ashes was well portrayed in the film. The Valley is “…a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens…” (Fitzgerald 27). This shows that the Valley of Ashes is not a pleasant place to be in and is looked down upon. In the film, the interpretation on the Valley is spot on. It shows a dirty, sad little town, filled with depressed people. A second scenery choice that is well depicted in the film is the Buchannan’s home. It is described to be very elegant and grand filled with beautiful furniture. Throughout the scenes in the Buchannan’s house, the “grandness” is well represented through the furniture, landscaping and exterior chosen for the house. The exterior of Gatsby’s house does not match up to its description in the book. “The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard—it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side…” is how Gatsby’s house is described (Fitzgerald 9). In the film, the house that is Gatsby’s doesn’t nearly stand up to what’s pictured from the book. It is large, but is not as striking as described. Nick’s house is also different from expected. In the film, Nick’s house is rather large and nice in contrast to the “…small eye-sore…” as described in

Tom Buchanan, a member of the East Egg comunity, is shown to have amazing tastes, in particular when it comes to the beauty of his home. Fitzgerald writes, “Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens-finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though the momentum of its run. The front was broken by a line of french windows glowing now with reflected gold and wide open to the warm windy afternoon” (6). The way in which Nick describes Toms home, makes it sound like a beautiful wonderland. It seems extremely elegant and just simply perfect. Even the setting and time of day match its beauty coincidentally. Furthermore, the intricacy of Toms home reflects what people think of the people who reside in East Egg. Their tastes seem to be so far ahead of everyone else’s, and they are able to express their minds through crafting these landscapes with ease. This portrays a very pretty picture of what Fitzgerald wants the reader to think about the characters who reside in East Egg.

The plot of The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is driven by Jay Gatsby's

Houses in The Great Gatsby are another on of the very important symbols, depicting conspicuous consumption, and the hopeless wish of the American dream. "the one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard—it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, ing new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. it was Gatsby's mansion (9)." Gatsby's house, and his elaborate parties, signify a certain emptiness in Gatsby. His only reason for setting up these gigantic parties in his large house is to, though futile, attract the attention of Daisy. His enormous house goes to show that he has this money to spend, but spends it on something that will not help him to be happy, or to catch the attention of Daisy; This is probably the most conspicuous consumption of all. Tom Buchanan also has a large house, but for entirely different reasons. "Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay. The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile,

Isn't that just as their home is described? (Even the word home seems too warm a descriptor to use surrounding the Buchanans). A lawn, lush and manicured (especially in the summer), that begins at the beach and is spotted with ornamentation and molded into areas for leisure may have visual appeal but is in no way organic or natural. Their house: Georgian; classical, but the many windows only reflect the golden sunshine of the outdoors. They are not transparent and the implication is that there is nothing behind them of substance to see anyway, if they were. As we come to know, within the Buchanan's house (or within the Buchanans themselves) there is no substantive warmth, love or familial relationships which one might expect to see evidence of upon peering through the windows of a home. In describing their estate, Fitzgerald alerts the reader early on seamlessly, subtly, completely incorporated within the plot and structure, to the true character of the Buchanans. Additionally, the house is a symbol of the Buchanan's social standing. Its location in East Egg (the more fashionable and "old monied" side of the bay) and the fact that even for East Egg it is expansive and impressive speaks to the high social standing Tom and Daisy Buchanan

The setting and location of one’s house can convey a great deal about a person. It can provide numerous details about the person’s background, job, and personality. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Scott F. Fitzgerald uses various settings, specifically the characters houses, to explain messages or themes. Every house in the novel is specific to that character and shows the personality of their owners. In this novel Fitzgerald relates, through the characters' houses, their different personalities and places in society

Throughout the book The Great Gatsby, we see many symbols and themes within the homes and the characters themselves such as Gatsby or Daisy. In the living spaces, mainly characterization of the people who live there, such as Tom’s house compared to Gatsby’s house.

In the novel, Jay Gatsby, an exceedingly wealthy man, throws extravagant, and lavish parties, but behind his wealth, and all the parties he remains unsatisfied. Daisy questions, “I love it, but I don’t see how you live there all alone.” (Fitzgerald 90). In this scene Daisy is astonished by the enormous size of Gatsby's mansion. His mansion is so large yet he has no one to fill it. He has so many rooms and accommodations for everyone but his empty house is a representation of his empty heart; for without Daisy it

Another way that the setting divides the two sides of the rich is in the comparison of Gatsby and the Buchanan’s mansions. Gatsby’s is described as “a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in

Our homes are the reflection of the people we are, or that we try to be. Authors can use a character’s home to indirectly characterize their social position, lifestyle and personality. This is clearly shown in the novel “The Great Gatsby”, which depicts the early 1920s, which were famous for the strength of the economy and the strive for a higher social status. F. Scott Fitzgerald developed his main characters by describing their homes. Gatsby’s “new money” is shown off by the appearance of his home and his huge parties. The Buchanans’ home flaunts their wealth. Nick, on the other hand, has a small house that seems misplaced next to the two mansions between which it sits.

The settings and backdrops in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are essential elements to the formation of the characters, symbolic imagery and the overall plot development. Fitzgerald uses East and West Egg communities to portray two separate worlds and two classes of people that are technically the same their status, but fundamentally different in their ideals. The physical geography of the settings is representative of the distance between classes of the East and West Eggers. Every setting connotes a different tone and enhances the imagery of story line. From the wealthy class of the "eggs", the desolate "valley of ashes", to the chaos of Manhattan. The imagery provided by Fitzgerald becomes an important

Set in the 1920’s Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby depicts the perfect image of wealth, love and aspiration. Narrated from the viewpoint of Nick Carraway, we witness the characters of West and East Egg live, what seems to be a luxurious lifestyle, filled with riches and success. But as we analyze the characters it is observed that the novel is about much more. Hope, love and dissatisfaction plague the life of Mr. Jay Gatsby as we witness his tragic pursuit of happiness.

Gatsby’s mansion seems more dull in the film than in the novel. In the book, his mansion is described as lavish and tasteful (though Gatsby himself is not tasteful, his mansion and its furnishings are). But in the film, his mansion is but a venue for parties – it is grandiose but lacks taste. This aids in accentuating the fact that Gatsby’s wealth does not satisfy him – his mansion seems grand and elegant from the outside but is tasteless from within; he is rich in material wealth but is empty and dissatisfied inside.

One of the major topics explored in The Great Gatsby is the sociology of wealth, specifically, how the newly minted millionaires of the 1920s differ from and relate to the old aristocracy of the country’s richest families. In the novel, West Egg and its denizens represent the newly rich, while East Egg and its denizens, especially Daisy and Tom, represent the old aristocracy. Fitzgerald portrays the newly rich as being vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste. Gatsby, for example, lives in a monstrously ornate mansion, wears a pink suit, drives a Rolls-Royce,