The Great Gatsby by F. Scottz Fitzgerald

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.

Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, he turned himself from a farm boy to one of the richest men in America at the time and bought himself a beautiful mansion on West Egg, Long Island with the other new millionaires. In contrast to the newly rich, there are those who have inherited their wealth from family before them such as Tom and Daisy Buchanan. These people were lucky to be born into their lives and reside on East Egg along with other family’s with “old money”. Readers come to easily

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,

His mansion is described as follows at page 11: “It is a colossal affair by any standard; it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and also a marble swimming pool. Jay Gatsby’s house covered more than forty acres of lawn and land.” This mansion, made on his request, fuels Gatsby’s image as a wealthy and mysterious man, given that almost everyone had been to his house due to his parties thrown on a regular basis, but nobody had ever seen him. But the house is only an image of himself he wants to divulge, but doesn’t reflect him in any way. Like his house, Gatsby has to be deeply investigated to really understand who he really is and what drives his actions. Gatsby is desperately in love with Daisy Buchanan, and chose the position of the house solely to be close to her. In fact his house overlooks hers from the other side of the bay. His entire house is designed in order for her to love it and live in it with him. Also the parties are thrown in hope that she might one day show up at one of

Gatsby’s aspirations reflect the time period. The “Roaring Twenties”, as it is called, was a period of prosperity, and the Americans were obsessed with acquiring wealth, and thought that “those who have wealth should be splendid, happy people”

Although, even at an early age, “his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all” (98), he disowned his own parents and truly believed he was worth more than working at the docks of Lake Superior and this was not going to be his life. As a result, wealth seems to be the solution to his problems and, “He was a son of God—a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that—and he must be about His Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty…and to this conception he was faithful to the end” (98). What is key about Gatsby’s vision for his future is that he wants a meretricious life, one that might be appealing on the outside, yet is really lacking value and integrity in underneath the surface. Gatsby, coming from a poor background, does not fully understand the consuming power of wealth, and he simply forgets the idea of finding happiness and prosperity in his success, to only mask himself with this misleading idea of being

An individual's living environment profoundly indicates the social status, personality and lifestyle choices made by that individual. The houses in The Great Gatsby, specifically Nick Carraway's, Jay Gatsby's and the Buchanan's, represent each one of them and how they act as people. Throughout the novel, readers learn that some of the characters are rather pretentious and only care about money, while others are more modest and do not value money as much. Among the three houses, one may come to the conclusion that an individual's home is a major factor in deciding how a person truly is on the inside.

As it’s described by nick “factual imitation of Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby’s mansion”(7) shows that Gatsby is very wealthy and fancy which is all done to impress Daisy. Gatsby had a very strong desire as it says in the book: “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people – his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. ”(105) This persistent desire led Gatsby to his wealth.

Any one person can have hopes in achieving greatness by reaching their goals. One of those goals could be to attain wealth or to become wealthy. Francis Fitzgerald’s fictional novel, The Great Gatsby, addresses the different effects wealth can have on certain individuals. All through this novel, one can find that the desire of wealth can cause the devastation of others.

After narrator Nick Carraway spies his neighbour Gatsby stepping outside of his mansion in the nightly hours, Fitzgerald writes, “He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling” (24). Fitzgerald writes the orientation of Gatsby’s trembles to be toward the incubation of his objective, the Buchanan estate, across the unconquerable bay, symbolic of the animosity against those of self-made riches onset by the generational bourgeoisie. To a reader of the modern era, however, the means by which wealth is acquired is of inverse respectability to that when viewed from the perspective of someone from the Gatsby era. As Nick counts description of him and Gatsby’s neighbourhood of West Egg, he details it in contrast of East Egg as being “the less fashionable of the two” (7), then going on to append this description by calling it a “most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them” (7). The difference between East and West Egg is invisible to those whom they do not foster. To their inhabitants, and by definition to Gatsby himself, however, this divide is insurmountable and is ultimately what elicits Gatsby’s compensational flaring of

admired, as he feared, not to be loved, as he made himself believe; but to be necessary to people” (247). His only hope in loving himself is to be loved by someone else.

In our society today we all identify as unique individuals with different dream,perspectives,personalities, etc. But how are characters in books identities represented like ours? Usually authors that produce characters use character development which is the building of a character 's personality,,attitude,society, or maybe they way they were raised or born. All these key factors play a role is how a character acts around people in the book, how he sees the world, and also his/her attitude toward other charters.

Gatsby has devoted most of his adult life to reclaiming the perfect past with his beloved Daisy. Jay believes that money and power can recreate the past by buying a gigantic and expensive mansion. However, Gatsby assumed that he can repeat the past, but is gradually starting to have doubts when he realizes that he can't automatically go back to the way things were. Pertaining to the novel, Gatsby’s mansion displays fancy paintings, books, and architecture, and it is even open to everyone at any time. It always hosts lavish parties and openly shows off his collection of expensive cars; all to impress and convince Daisy to be with him.

Numerous different possessions seemed to hold the promise of happiness and the path to the American Dream. One such example was the houses depicted in the movie. The obvious competition to declare one’s status, the whole world attempting outdo the other. It was all about the size of the house and the amenities they had. For instance, Daisy’s house or in fact Tom’s house, although they were just as wealthy as Gatsby, Tom chose to display it in a much more subdued manor and with much more taste. His home in East Egg was appeared almost modest in contrast to Gatsby’s. It displayed breeding and taste instead of flaunting flamboyance and inordinate amounts of wealth. Gatsby felt he compelled to put his wealth and achievement on display to prove his “new money” was as respectable as any with “old money”. He turns to Nick and says, “My house looks good doesn’t it? See how the whole front of it catches the light.” (Fitzgerald) Gatsby exemplifies the American Dream as the movie starts then as

Jay Gatsby believes he can buy happiness. For example, Gatsby's house is “ A factual imitation of some Hotel De Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn