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Identity In The Great Gatsby

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Daniel Robledo
English 11B
5 June 2023
Mr. Medrano
Great Gatsby
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, is a pandemic post world war l rioted through the early 1920’s talks about first person storyteller who is Nick Carroway and how he is talking about his interactions with Jay gatsby, and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover daisy buchanan, Nick Carroways cousin. Gatsby will do anything to reunite with his lover and three main obstructing lesions are when Gatsby lies about his identity in order to win Nick Carroways trust into his plan of being with daisy Buchanan, Gatsby throws huge parties in a hope to get daisy's attention and in hope she will attend, and who gatsby really is as tom buchanan daisy buchanan's current husband …show more content…

I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford, because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years,” (Fitzgerald). Although Gatsby says he comes from wealthy parents and creates a false backstory about his life, he does this to win Nick Carroways trust. He began to reveal his true identity to Nick, however he still feels the need to lie about his story by claiming that he and Nick have similar backgrounds because they come from a similarity of a wealthy background. Gatsby not only lies about his background he sticks with it till the end.¨So he invented just the sort of the Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end,¨(Fitzgerald). This reveals that Gatsby's lies about his identity began as a little kid, when he first reinvented himself as a wealthy rich person in life. He continued to play this role throughout his life, even after he achieved his great wealth and success. Overall we can see that Gatsby identity is just a lie to get nick carroways to trust Gatsby for he can help Gatsby meet with nick's cousin daisy buchanan. Although Gatsby does lie here is more to it because he also even after he reinvented himself to attract Daisy's love he continued to play that role of a lie through his …show more content…

A from the great gatsby says “‘I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night,’ went on Jordan,¨ (Fitzgerald). The only reason Gatsby threw those big parties was because he had a very high hope that one of the days Daisy would stumble in and he would impress her with his wealth and richness. ¨The colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock,¨ (Fitzgerald). The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock represents how Gatsby's love for Daisy is strong, because the green light that hangs at the end of Daisy dock is the reason why Gatsby bought his house. He was to be able to see it each night in the distance which shows Gatsby’s dream of a new life with Daisy and the love he has for her. Overall Gatsby throws a party in hope for Daisy to show up but there is also a green light that hangs at the end of Daisy Dock which shows the dream of new life with Daisy and Gatsby also explains why Gatsby buys his mansion in hope to win his lover Daisy

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