Lusine Sourenian Period 5 April 25, 2013 The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a 1920’s novel about the upper class and how the rich lived. One of the main characters, Daisy Buchanan, is a wealthy woman that illustrates how people would think in the Jazz Age. This story takes place in West Egg and East Egg. The West Egg consists of the new riches, people who earned their money. The East Egg consists of old riches, money that is passed on in generations. Nick is Daisy’s cousin and is considered…
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novel The Great Gatsby, tells the story of a young man, Jay Gatsby, chasing the love of his life in hopes that they will rekindle their relationship. Due to the fact that this love of his, Daisy Buchanan, is already married, there are many bumps and bends along the way. Eventually their relationship is restored for a short period of time before Daisy admits that she loves her husband Tom Buchanan. This news angers Gatsby who yearned for a chance to be with his lost love. In the end, Jay Gatsby is wrongfully…
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Self Destruction There is no future for someone who lives in the past. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is written from the point of view of the narrator, Nick Carraway. The novel revolves around the life of Jay Gatsby whose only dream is to unite with his first love Daisy Buchanan. However, Daisy marries Tom Buchanan and has a daughter with him named Pam Buchanan while Gatsby is away at war. Yet, Gatsby does not give up and his determination eventually brings himself to his ultimate demise…
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by Jay Gatsby. The novel The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel shows how a young man named Jay Gatsby attempts to reach his American dream but, his actions cause him to come to a tragic fall. Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero because he has a number of flaws that come back to defeat him; His affection for Daisy, His desperation to achieve his American dream, and his failure to see what is real and what is not. First, one of his many flaws is his affection for Daisy. She comes…
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The Great Gatsby was a book that was filled with twists and turns. The main idea of this book was for Gatsby to find the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. This book unravels his journey to achieve his goal. In the end Gatsby ends up being killed by George Wilson. The real question is, who is to blame for Gatsby’s downfall. I believe that Tom Buchanan is to blame for Gatsby’s death. There are plenty of reasons to blame Tom for Gatsby’s death. One of the main reasons is that Tom told George Wilson…
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come from different economic backgrounds. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald successfully uses location to differentiate social status amongst his characters while the weather and seasons of those locations help guide them. Each character helps represent and support the differences of social class and the four main locations, The East Egg, the West Egg, the Valley of Ashes, and New York City. In The Great Gatsby…
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The Great Gatsby Journal Entries Chapters 7-9 3/22/16; Chapter 7; What does money reveal about Gatsby? Gatsby’s use of money leads readers to believe that he is the elegant person Nick leads them to believe. Readers are curious on how he became so wealthy but they do not really dwell on the fact. Neither does anyone else in the story as long as they are provided for at Gatsby’s great parties. However, in Chapter 7, Tom says to Nick, “I found out what your ‘drug-stores’ were...He and this Wolfsheim…
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The Great Gatsby Throughout The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts the idea of people failing to accomplish their dreams through many of his characters. Jay Gatsby, for example, had plenty of ideas on how to create a perfect life for himself, but unfortunately was not able to achieve them. Fitzgerald is communicating the message that life does not always have a happy ending, and that failure is an unavoidable part of life. Gatsby’s dream is to be reunited with his past lover Daisy. Marriage…
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The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a man, Jay Gatsby, loves Daisy and dreams of her loving him back. Though Gatsby does not have much justification for believing Daisy will leave her husband, Tom, to be with him, he continues to hold onto his dream. The biggest blow to his dream occurs during Gatsby's confrontation with Tom when Daisy tells Gatsby that she actually loves Tom and does not want to leave him. Although Daisy is in love with Gatsby and has an affair with him, she chooses to stay…
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a tragic love story about a man who’s name is Gatsby. Gatsby is deeply in love with a woman Daisy he is unable to obtain her. Although, Daisy loved all the attention that Gatsby showered her with, she could never genuinely be in love with him. Therefore, Gatsby’s love for Daisy lead to his own death. Although, Daisy and Gatsby were having an affair, they had a fight and so Gatsby let Daisy drive his car. Therefore, because Daisy being behind the wheel it…
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