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Great Gatsby And The Great War

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The novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses on the short period of time where the books protagonist, “Nick Carraway” meets the Great American character “James Gatz.” James is a self made millionaire, and bootlegger as pointed out in the end of the novel. The character also tries to buy Nick’s cousin, but with a currency he does not have, leading to tragedy, heartbreak, and the end for James’ indulgence of the “world’s most expensive orgy.” The story given within Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is only possible with the time and setting it took place. For the Great War was over, and successes with new found riches gives way to one of America’s most successful pieces of literature. After the unfortunate passing of James Gatz, Nick is …show more content…

Gatsby first meets Daisy as a young man prepared to go off and fight with the U.S. Military during its involvement of the Great War. After a week of enchantment, Gatsby takes his leave and Daisy gets married to her husband “Tom Buchanan.” Coming back from the war and quickly finding new riches he chases after Daisy, so much in fact he does the opposite and pushes her away. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.” This means Gatsby believed in the fact he would marry Daisy every time he looked out into the bay and watched Daisy’s green backyard light, only to have his future pull away from him with every passing moment. In the end, the life he made with Daisy was in his head, and the orgastic life he led had him killed, thus ending a story in a way only possible with the character …show more content…

While there are classic stories of heartbreak and death that will continue to exist, the lifestyle presented in the twenties can only be described by the parties and wealth newly seen to America. The Great Gatsby represents this lifestyle almost perfectly, giving its tale of lust,a new, and purely American twist. “The large room was full of people. One of the girls in yellow had drunk a quantity of champagne and during a song she played on the piano, had decided ineptly that everything was very very sad.” This is a description of Nick’s on one of the rooms at Gatsby’s huge parties. The girls who are out and who are fairly common have the freedom and luxury of drink, food, and the automobile for the first time in history, giving off a feel of pure nineteen twenties Americana. A feeling “The Great Gatsby” has

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