The Great Gatsby, one of the great American novels, shows readers some of the problems with American society, the bringing up of a poor man, and one of the most desirable gifts anyone can have, the ability to bestow your trust onto others in the hope that they can return the favor. Through the characterization of Jay Gatsby, it demonstrates that he is a static character, one who does not change throughout the course of this novel. Throughout The Great Gatsby, Gatsby’s language and word choices signify that he is a mysterious and influential person. In one instance, Gatsby was talking to Nick and the way he spoke can make the reader theorize that he is a quivering character, buy elegant.
The Great Gatsby is a story of elegance and public display of wealth, which eventually is shot down, quite literally in terms of The Great Gatsby, and fades away tragically. It seems impossible to have a story of such intense fame and notoriety that does not end in a disastrous or unfortunate ending, which could be seen as ironic. The people who try the hardest and seem to have it all always end up dissatisfied in the end. These people often work themselves to death, in search of completion, rather than look to themselves to become content. “Is the American dream alive,” is not the question to ask when contemplating the ambitions of the American people.
Following the dazzling narrative of F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, the story of an eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby as conveyed through the enticing illustrations of Nick Carraway, the subtle early Hint of one of the story’s come to be biggest and most principle themes is planted. Approaching the end of chapter 1, the visual of the concurrently mysterious Gatsby staring into a captivated sight lingers with the reader unexplained. Nick states “he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.
The detail of the story makes you understand the offensive tone of the story. Perry, which tells Dick his dream, adds all the detail to his dream. Dick was frustrated and annoyed because Perry never stopped talking. After Perry was done saying his story, Dick questioned him in a confused tone. Perry got a little hurt, but all he said was, “Never mind.
Gatsby was a humble and an easy going man. Even when people disrespect Gatsby, he tends to rub it off. When Sloane and his wife, along with tom dropped by Gatsby mansion for drink. In a quick conversation, Mrs. Sloane says, “you come to supper with me” (Fitzgerald 99). Enthusiastically to Gatsby and Nick.
As unsatisfying as it is to trust Nick as a narrator, he states that he is “one of the few most honest people that I have ever known” (Fitzgerald 59) but it is not certain that anything he is saying is true. Nick carefully introduces Gatsby in the novel, and later reveals the truth about how Gatsby’s real name was ‘James Gatz- that was really, or at least his legally name...” (Fitzgerald 98). Nick is evidently aware of the truth of Gatsby but does not provide the information that he already knew. “James Gatz – that was really, or at least legally his name…” (Fitzgerald 98) “the truth was…” (Fitzgerald 98) before explaining the real story of Gatsby, proving he was previously aware of the information and just keeps it to himself.
Second-hand car vendor Mr. George Wilson determinedly grabbed his gun and shot Mr. Jay Gatsby dead without an accident of fate that prevented him from pulling the trigger. Known by all for his signature way of addressing people as “Old Sport”, Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, was a wealthy man who often wore flamboyant suits, drove a rich cream colored car of monstrous length, and hosted decadent parties with wild jazz music weekend after weekend in his mansion. He had a rare smile that seemed to emanate reassurance without end, but he was mysterious. Nobody knew who he really was, what he did, or why he organized so many parties - or, at least, most people did not until just recently… Rumors hence traveled here and there in whispers,
In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway was given some advice from his father that “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, all people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” (Page 1) Nick was inclined to reserve all judgments, but his father’s advice revealed its truth when encountered with Tom and Daisy. The married couple were two different individuals with the same behaviors of being: untrustworthy, selfish, and inconsiderate. Tom and Daisy portrayed a very perfect lifestyle, but in the mist of that lifestyle being ideal, there was no commitment or trust between the two.
The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is filled with characters who throughout the story revel in the luster of wealth. However, throughout the story, it seemed to be that the only events that occurred were these characters doing various activities with their wealth. Upon the start of the book, I pondered to myself, inquiring whether or not the story would pick up at all. Furthermore, I was hoping that it would garner my interest by providing something relatable and compelling to recapture my attention; however, it now appears that it was fate for me to be utterly disappointed with the plot and never to become engrossed within the novel as I wished.
Five years has pass and Gatsby still keeps faith that Daisy and him will be together again one day. If your first love got away would you ever be able to forget about them? Would you still chase after them after many years have gone by? What if they already started a family; would you still go after them? The book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a man named Jay Gatsby.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is a tale told through the view of Nick Carraway as he lives his life in West Egg, chasing the American dream. Nick goes through a summer with many people, one of which being Mr. Gatsby. The novel depicts Nick’s process of understanding Gatsby as well as his discovery of the loss of Jay Gatsby. “It was this night that he hold me the strange story of his youth with Dan Cody--told it to me because “Jay Gatsby” had broken up like glass against Tom’s hard malice” (148).
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”(189). The final sentence of the novel is what, I believe, reveals the reader of the novel to one of the most important themes of the book. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is all about the past and how you can never go back to how things used to be. The characters in this book seem to chase their future; that future being completely controlled by their past. Chasing this past they all wish to return to causes most of the conflict within this novel.
In the last passage of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the reader gains insight into Gatsby’s life through the reflections of Nick Carraway. These reflections provide a summary of Gatsby’s life and also parallel the main themes in the novel. Through Fitzgerald’s use of diction and descriptions, he criticizes the American dream for transformation of new world America from an untainted frontier to a corrupted industrialized society. In the novel, Fitzgerald never mentions the phase “American Dream,” however the idea is significant to the story.
The book The Great Gatsby is a book that has many characters that must contend with an aspect of the past. One of the characters that has an issue regarding the past is Jay Gatsby, the main character. Jay Gatsby is a person that loves to make up his perfect life in his head and live it as if it were real. His past contributes negatively in his life because he ends up not having the perfect life he thought he would have if he attained wealth and power. Continuously, past events affected negatively the present actions and values of Jay Gatsby in that he wanted to attain riches and even left his home in search of them.
The Great Gatsby has been adapted as part of the literary canon due to it’s timeless theme and lessons. The theme of this novel being; if you believe that money (or any other material item) can buy love, then one will never receive sincere affection because true love has no equivalent to money. The most prominent lesson including the idea the novel portrays about finding/the loss of one’s identity in material items. This lesson is without a doubt timeless, it could be seen in the 1920s, and it can be seen now. Modern society places a large emphasis on material items (as does Gatsby in the novel).
