The Not So Great Gatsby Essay

One of the most significant people he is affected by is Daisy. Out of all the relationships Gatsby has made in the book, none of them seem to be very stable. Gatsby has an obsession with Daisy, but as we come to find out later in the book, Daisy is more of a rude and selfish person who loves the attention from Gatsby. Daisy is very self-centered. An example of this would be when she says this about her daughter Pammy, “I hope she’ll be a fool, that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”

Themes of hope, success, and wealth overpower The Great Gatsby, leaving the reader with a new way to look at the roaring twenties, showing that not everything was good in this era. F. Scott Fitzgerald creates the characters in this book to live and recreate past memories and relationships. This was evident with Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship, Tom and Daisy’s struggling marriage, and Gatsby expecting so much of Daisy and wanting her to be the person she once was. The theme of this novel is to acknowledge the past, but do not recreate and live in the past because then you will not be living in the present, taking advantage of new opportunities.

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 1 Read the beginning of the novel chapter 1 up to page 12 “Tom Buchanan in his riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch.” How effective do you find this as an introduction to Great Gatsby. In your response you should pay close attention to voice, language and style. The Great Gatsby was written by F Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, and is set during 1922, a period tinged with moral failure of a society obsessed with class and privilege.

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, we know that Gatsby, the main character, is a mysterious man who doesn’t seem to show much personal growth throughout this book. Although, we do learn a lot about him through what the other characters reveal. We learn many different things about Gatsby through these rumors that it helps give us a better understanding of things.

In the book “The Great Gatsby” there is many things that people say made Gatsby a great or a not so much of a great person. Gatsby was a great man because he became someone with almost everything anybody could and would want but grew up from with nothing, He made all this money from working jobs that were not so great and people envied him for it even though they did not know what he did, and he was just a very mysterious and many people found that very intriguing about him. person For people that didn’t know who he was when he was younger, they all expect him to be old money and get the money from his parents, but as we learn he made his money by working, good or bad jobs he still made money and he was successful and he was proud of it.

“Is Tom most responsible for Gatsby’s death? Daisy? Myrtle? Gatsby himself? Give reasons why or why not each character is implicated in the murder.”

He wants closure about what happened between them. Daisy confronts Gatsby about an affair she had with Tom, and he doesn’t even care at this point because what they had was ‘real’. She claims to love them both but she decides she wants to go back with Gatsby and not her husband. On her way back, she accidently kills a woman on the side of the road speeds off with Gatsby’s car. Gatsby gets blamed for the death and the husband of the woman shoots him. No one attends Gatsby’s funeral but Nick. This goes to show Gatsby really had no body in his life, and his own true love whom he did everything for, didn’t love him equally. Throughout the whole book, Fitzgerald points out that Gatsby was living his American dream, but because his dream was Daisy, he was living his dream out of fantasy not reality.

Despite Daisy being a dislikeable character, there are some instances in which the reader feels sympathetic towards her. A big factor is the affair that Tom has with Myrtle. Daisy knows that what her husband is doing, but she still stays with him for the fact that they have a daughter together and for financial support. When Nick first sees Daisy's daughter, she says, "I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." By this she means that if her daughter is in the same position she is in her marriage, she won't know of the affair that her husband might have. The reader feels bad for Daisy because she is not being treated the way a wife is supposed to be treated. That is why she is yearning for love, and Gatsby was there to give it to her. Another time is at the hotel suite scene. She doesn't know who to choose from-Tom or Gatsby. She's torn between two lovers, and both of them have their own reasons for loving her, and why she should choose them. Gatsby has a lot to offer her, and loves her for who she is. He succeeded in life just to be with her. Although Tom is having an affair, he questions her about their love, and that Gatsby cannot take his place.

Jay Gatsby, the title character of The Great Gatsby, is really not all that the title might suggest. First of all, his real name is James Gatz. He changed it in an effort to leave behind his old life as a poor boy and create an entirely new identity. He is also a liar and a criminal, having accumulated his wealth and position by dishonest means. But he is still called ‘great,’ and in a sense he is. Gatsby is made great by his unfaltering hope, and his determination to live in a perfect world with Daisy and their perfect love. Gatsby has many visible flaws—his obvious lies, his mysterious way of avoiding straight answers. But they are shadowed over by his gentle smile and his visible hunger for an ideal future. The coarse and playful Jay

Gatsby loved Daisy and would even take the fall for a murder if it would protect her. She didn't even have the decency to call the day after it happened. There was no thanking for gatsby's noble deed, she was only concerned about herself. “They were careless people Tom and Daisy.” I agree with Nick’s opinion because they destroyed good people like Gatsby and just pretended like it never happened.

Gatsby turned out all right in the end because he died hopeful that his dream could still be accomplished. Even after Tom had one and there was no legitimate way Gatsby could win Daisy over, he continued to be hopeful. Gatsby was an optimist and because he was an optimist this allowed for a chance for him to grow. He wasn't like everyone else who spent their money and time getting drunk for the sake

One can not simply judge a man by his materialistic possessions, but by the morality of his actions. To be great, one must act great. Most people do not just look at what someone has to determine that person’s greatness. People look deeper, they look into someone’s personality, then come to a conclusion by considering the actions of the person. Jay Gatsby of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a man of wealth, but his actions and the way he earned his money, may be considered suspicious and/or illegal. Saying that, Gatsby does not deserve his title as The Great Gatsby.

Gatsby’s Downfall The mysterious Gatsby did many things with his life, and many of these were described within the rumors around him. As these rumors came undone by our Narrator Nick we began to see who Gatsby really was. While Nick learned about these dark secrets, so did everyone else around him and that was when Gatsby’s image slowly takes a turn for the worse. The downfall of Gatsby begins whenever his money and the Buchanan’s became part of his dreams.

What really makes Jay Gatsby great is that even through all of his lies and deceit, he is still viewed as “The Great Gatsby.” Fitzgerald shows hints throughout the book that the great side of Gatsby is not always shown. When Gatsby tells Nick ¨ he rigged the 1919 world series” in reference to Wolfsheim; the ways that Gatsby casually tells Nick this begins to show how deeply corrupt Gatsby is. When Gatsby mentions to Nick about his ¨side business¨ Nick shies away starting to get ideas about Gatsby. Fitzgerald shows Gatsby's unethical personality through small hints like the ones showed all throughout the book; it all adds up to one thing Gatsby's ultimate breakdown and the end of his illusion.

The American Dream is the idea that any human being could achieve their ultimate goal if they work hard enough for it. This idea was at its peak during the 1920s. The American economy was booming, and society was being led by the rich. Everyone was aiming to have money, and while some made it there, others continued to live in poverty. The American Dream shows that any human being, whether rich or poor, could have the opportunities to achieve their ultimate life goal. The Great Gatsby is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that also takes place during the 1920s. It is about a man named Jay Gatsby who has a dream of his own -- to be with his true love again. The Great Gatsby represents the idea of the unattainability of the American Dream of the