What Is The Most Important Day In The Great Gatsby

True love is seen through a relationship of two people. Love exists when two people give all their trust, loyalty, and support to one another. Now imagine finding out all of the love and loyalty was false? Betraying a loved one can make someone capable of things they didn’t even know they were capable of. Betrayal is the breaking of a trust that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals. In The Great Gatsby, characters pursue in the action of having an affair and the result of betraying their loved ones. In the book, The Great Gatsby, the concept of true love is portrayed in a way that negatively affects the characters.

Why should high schoolers be forced to read a book that isn’t interesting to them? Often times they either do not apply to real life situations or even teach anything that a teenager would understand. So, the high schooler skims through the book and does not pay attention to any detail. High school classrooms need better books that can teach history in a fun way, and add some interesting things to which students can reflect and think on. A book read in high school, should allow the students to think critically about the text they are reading, should include some references to history, and incorporate themes that are understandable and relatable to a high school student’s life. This makes a book want to be read as well as enjoyable. The

1. What was crucial in this chapter was the mysterious green light. When Nick caraway first saw great Gatsby he was on his yard reaching into the water. Nick was confused because all he saw at the end of the water was a green light.

Carraway goes to Daisy (his cousin) and Tom Buchanan’s home where he where he meets Jordan Baker (a golf player).

In the novel, The Great Gatsby you’ll read about past events, present events and future events in Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby’s life. Throughout the story Jay Gatsby dedicates his life to recreate or recapture his “perfect past” with Daisy Buchanan, Nick’s cousin, who is now married to Tom Buchanan. Gatsby believes that money is the answer to his perfect future.

F. Scott Fitzgerald exhibits a glimpse of the American society in the 1920s in his novella The Great Gatsby; set ‘In the city that never sleeps’, he exposes the social hierarchy full of injustices, consumerism and excess. The novel tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a man whose desire to be reunited with his long lost love brings him from poverty to unimaginable wealth. Sadly being married to Tom Buchanan an arrogant, unfaithful and aggressive man; Gatsby’s beloved Daisy does not bring him happiness, but eventually, death. Fitzgerald deliberately sets up the story to show how each distinct social class -old, new and no money- has its own problems and uses various settings

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Jefferson writes these words in the Declaration of Independence encompassing the idea of the American dream, making the basis on which the country was built. Some people perceive America as a land of promise and equal opportunity where anyone can gain success through hard work. In addition, it dissolves the barriers between social classes and wealth. Immigrants originally came to America from other countries and all people were forced to make their own life despite being born into money and privilege. Throughout the Great Gatsby, the rights of life, liberty and pursuit of

“Happiness is a state of well-being that encompasses living a good life—that is, with a sense of meaning and deep satisfaction” (Tix). While everyone understands what it means to be happy, it is very hard for people to achieve lasting and true happiness. In both the real world and the world of The Great Gatsby it became a trend to indulge themselves in money and possessions. Friends and family were no longer a top priority for the American people and the characters in The Great Gatsby, instead, everyone was focused on one thing, money. People were willing to do anything for money, whether it was legal, illegal, right or wrong, thinking that as long as they ended up wealthy they would end up happy. F. Scott Fitzgerald used his novel, The Great Gatsby, to portray that no amount of money or possessions can bring true happiness.

The Great Gatsby reflects F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life through the emotional tale of Gatsby’s actions and pursuits. His life mirrors Gatsby’s in many ways, especially Gatsby’s desire for Daisy. It also portrays how Fitzgerald regards the American Dream and his pursuit of his form of the American Dream. He says “Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy” (Brainy Quotes) this displays that he thought of himself as the hero of his own story. Yet, it is also portrays the tragedy he feels in his life.

In the ‘Great Gatsby’ a major climactic event that consists of death was when Myrtle was killed by being in a car accident, her death is fast and intense referring to the speed of the car that killed her “…and its driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with dust” This demonstrates mystery as nobody know who drove Gatsby’s car and as the “driver hurried back” we realise that the driver to upon the group and In fact apart of them. One way in which death is a major climax in ‘Rebecca’ is the understanding and realisation what really happened to Rebecca “There never was an accident Rebecca was not drowned at all. I shot Rebecca in the cottage in the cave” This is when we realise who has killed Rebecca as Maxim admits to the death and this is the most climatic moment as everyone believes Rebecca was killed in the ship wreak

When choosing a setting, an author must consider an environment in which the characters would be well suited. The setting itself can determine the mood or tone of the story. Without settings, most literature would be descriptive dialogue. Settings can also give the reader an idea of the context of the reading. With the importance of settings, they can often have an abundance of symbolism along with them.

In Chapter 6 a reporter travels to Gatsby’s house wanting to interview because he learned the truth about Gatsby’s real life. Gatsby’s real past was not what he claimed it to be. Gatsby’s name was James Gatz. He was born in North Dakota, he went to colleges but dropped out and worked at local jobs. Gatsby met Dan Cody when he warned him of an incoming storm. Cody took Gatsby in and he changed his name to Jay Gatsby. Gatsby worked with Cody as his right hand man. Gatsby worked with Cody for 5 years and he traveled all over the continent. Cody left Gatsby with money when Cody died but did not receive it. After this, Gatsby was on his constant pursuit for wealth. Nick does not see or hear from Gatsby until one afternoon when he goes to see Gatsby

James Gatsby is constantly trying to change time. In the book the word time is mentioned hundreds of time showing its definite importance. James Gatsby continued to dwell on the past with his relationship with Daisy which blatantly ruined and future chance she had with him. Gatsby felt as if something was missing from his life and F. Scott Fitzgerald makes the reader conclude that the “thing” is in fact Daisy. He wanted her so much that he wanted to erase the last five years that he didn't spend with her. Assumptions could be made that Gatsby's whole reason in living the life he did was to for lack of a better word impress Daisy. His whole purpose for living was to be with Daisy and that didn't work out his whole life was a waste. He died for the thing he was living for. Gatsby is a pathological control freak, and the one thing he couldn't control with his money, alcohol, a manipulation was time. A clock is a symbol for consistency and and control because it never changes, 12 hours, 60 minutes, 60 seconds, it never changes. So when the clock in the scene with Daisy, Nick, and Gatsby falls and breaks Gatsby begins to feel uncertain about what he is doing and believes that everything was a mistake. Everybody seems to have an obsession with time. People are always looking for a way to travel in time, or change what happened previously in time. Jay Gatsby, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", is one of these people. The whole novel is centered on the idea of the past,

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a story that has many different themes. Fitzgerald shows the themes that he uses through his character’s desires and actions. This novel has themes in it that we deal with in our everyday life. It has themes that deal with our personal lives and themes that deal with what’s right and what’s wrong. There are also themes that have to do with materialistic items that we deal desire on a daily basis. Fitzgerald focuses on the themes of corrupted love, immorality, and the American Dream in order to tell a story that is entertaining to his readers.

When reading a novel knowing the historical background helps to better understand why characters act the way that they do and why the storyline is the way that it is. A good example on this is “The Great Gatsby”. “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in 1925. The time period of the book affects the storyline and the way the characters are portrayed. The 1920s is also commonly referred to as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age. During the 1920s women were changing the way that they were seen in society, by changing the way the dressed, the activities they participated in, and their sexuality. Segregation also effected society. The rich and poor were segregated as well as new money being segregated from old money. Also, even though blacks had most of the same rights as whites, they were still looked down upon. Also, blacks were spreading their culture through the Harlem Renaissance. Within “The Great Gatsby” the way that women were changing the things they did and the way society saw them, the significant amount of segregation between rich and poor, and the racism within society are all represented through the setting and the way the characters are depicted.