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F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Is Great

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"The Great Gatsby" is an outstanding piece of classic American literature. F. Scott Fitzgerald discusses the issues on-post-war society, the American dream, love, and wealth. This draws attention to the readers that question if Jay Gatsby is "Great". Despite the uselessness of his beginnings, Gatsby is great due to the intensity of his will. Although, Gatsby is a person whose false love, materialism, and egotism led him to the tragic end. It could be argued that Gatsby’s feelings for Daisy were genuine. With determination he works hard to be closer to Daisy. He settles in the house opposite of her. He throws grandiose parties, anticipating that she might appear there. In hopes to arrange a meeting with her after five years of separation. Later, Gatsby takes the blame of killing Myrtle Wilson in the car accident: “Was Daisy driving?” ‘Yes,’ he said after a moment, ‘but of course I’ll say I was.” (p.154). Although, the protagonist is more committed to the idea of Daisy, than her true self. Self-centered, Gatsby believes that …show more content…

This is how Nick describes his relationship with Gatsby in the end of the story. It could be said that their friendship was strong. Nick agreed to help Gatsby arrange a meeting with Daisy and objected against Jay’s “support” in return. The two of them had an intimate conversation about Daisy and only Nick was privileged to hear a whole story of their relationship. Furthermore, it is Nick who organizes Gatsby’s funeral when everybody is unconcerned. However, Gatsby’s wealth and hospitality which secured him a hold on many peoples’ memories was empty. His parties were crowded but “no French bob touched Gatsby’s shoulder” (p.55) Even relationship with Nick looks doubtful because we cannot be sure whether Gatsby made a friendly request asking him to arrange a meeting with Daisy, or he used Nick to get closer to Daisy. Thus, in his pursuit of material success, Gatsby didn’t develop any real friendships at

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First, Daisy and Nick join Gatsby at Gatsby’s house next door where her and Gatsby get some time to recollect themselves, “He hadn 't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes, too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way, as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real. Once he nearly toppled down a flight of stairs,” (pg.112). First, in this part of the book is when Gatsby’s attitude throughout the rest of the story completely changes; therefore, the whole world seems to disappear causing him to fall for Daisy. Then, he doesn’t even compensate the rest of his house and how glorious it is due to Daisy taking over his whole entire attention span; this almost caused him to fall down his own stairs.

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Thesis: In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Jay Gatsby as an obsessive pursuer of materialism and love for Daisy, this in turn results in his tragic death, the ultimate failure of his dream and conveys the Modern disillusionment of the Platonic Idealism. Selected techniques are illustrated to support the argument of Gatsby asa chaser of his Platonic Idealism dream. After Gatsby’s death, Nick describes the belief of Gatsby and other Americans, who trust that if they “ run faster, stretch out [theirs] arms farther. . . .” (154), they can reach the green light.

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Even Daisy and her daughter didn’t seem to be a true relationship. However Nick and Gatsby are truly friends. Even though Nick said he disapproved of Gatsby, beginning to end, he didn’t really disapprove of Gatsby, just his shady dealing on how he got his start. But as a person, Nick wholeheartedly was with Gatsby. Nick knew he was a good person.

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When Gatsby first moved in over at the east egg he started having wild parties in hopes of Daisy wondering into one of them. He also started trying to see her more after her and Tom came to one of the parties. When Daisy finally came to one of the parties she realized that she had married the wrong guy. “As I went over to say good-bye I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby's face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness. Almost five years(Fitzgerald pg.)!”

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Gatsby was becoming desperate to make Nick happy so he’d agree to the plan of inviting Daisy over for tea. Gatsby was setting himself up for failure by becoming so desperate to see Daisy again. Also, Gatsby is bribing Nick into becoming his friend rather than really developing a relationship with Nick. For example, Gatsby offers to have someone cut Nick 's grass and offers Nick to join him in some business he does on the side. Gatsby was over reacting to inviting Daisy over.

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In the book Gatsby didn’t have any good friends and nick his neighbor had a fairly good small group of friends. When nick and Gatsby finally met each other they became good friends then Nick introduced Gatsby to his friends. Throughout the story Gatsby hangs out with his new found friends they have lots of fun together and they enjoy life but like all friends there is drama and fights. Only this fight wasn’t one that was easily resolved. Like almost all fights it was over a girl this girl's name was daisy.

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Although she was so close Gatsby still felt that Daisy was unattainable. He had this unrealistic vision that he was going to live a sensational life with his past lover from five years ago, yet he felt too apprehensive to pursue her alone. He wanted to relive the greatest moment of his life, so much that Daisy was what motivated Gatsby in life. Nick states “[Gatsby] had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths--so he could 'come over' some afternoon to a stranger's garden. " This shows us just how special Daisy was to Gatsby and the lasting impact that memories had on

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On the other hand, it seems to be Nick Carraway is Gatsby’s most devoted supporter, being Mr. Gatsby's closest friend. Nick is a significant factor in the journey to win Daisy back, being her cousin. Although it may be true Nick is taken advantaged of by Gatsby. For example, Nick hosts tea with daisy at his house, he is dragged to New York on many occasions, and is Gatsby’s main source for comfort when things go south with Daisy. Nick Carraway is truly disgusted by Gatsby “who represented everything for which I have

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