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Comparing The Great Gatsby And The Grapes Of Wrath

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The Great Gatsby and The Grapes of Wrath are both great books by great authors.The book Great Gatsby is mostly about how a man who is seeking love.The main character on The Great Gatsby is Gatsby he is a man looking for love.He has everything anybody could have money cars,house and alcohol.Most people know him because he sells and transfer alcohol and that is how he is known.Gatsby is mostly the whole point of the book.The women Gatsby is in love with is married but they still like each other.The women is named Daisy who is taken by Tom Buchman.From what i understand from this book is that there is a lot of drama and mostly lots of love.There is Myrtle who is in love with and married to George Wilsion.In this story it is kinda of a mix up their a man and women having an affair with another person.Most of them have an affair with somebody else's husband or wife.The Great …show more content…

People were not in their correct state if mind. Tom cheated on Daisy with Myrtle, while Daisy cheated on Tom with Gatsby. All these characters thought of what was pleasant for them, not realizing how it was going to hurt others. They were all desperate for love wanting more and more. They were all unaware of the consequences that were going to be brought against them. It unfortunately ended in a tragedy. They weren't satisfied with what they had and wanted more. One character in specific who selfish and only seked love for herself was Daisy. In my opinion, she knew what she was doing. She let herself when she knew she had a marriage. She had no idea what emotions were in her mind. She didn't know how to express her emotions. She was with Tom and loved him. Yet, she loved Gatsby. All the mess was caused by her, she was a selfish shallow character. She can bring herself to do one thing , let go of one thing or love the other. Daisy wants everything and she doesn't care what consequences come. She wants the lover , she wants the big house. The money , the lifestyle without any care for others

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitgerald is about how people with a high social standing can achieve their American Dream. The Great Gatsby is about Jay and Daisy who fell in love but, she married someone else when he went to war. He tries to win her back showing her that he has money. Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan in order to illustrate his theme regarding society in the 1920s; the power of money was the way to a person's version of the American Dream.

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