F. Scott Fitzgerald was a romantic and creative man. His work for his novel, The Great Gatsby, was like no other novel ever written at that time (Tolmatchoff). Fitzgerald mad The Great Gatsby not only a romantic and mind blowing novel, but an allusion (Hays). The Great Gatsby was different and this is what made Fitzgerald a beautiful, soulful, and illusionist for his work (Tolmatchoff). In The Great Gatsby , Fitzgerald had involved affairs, lots of parties, and murders in the novel. The Great Gatsby , written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was a novel based on the lives of multiple characters involved in love triangles within their group of friends and associates. Not only was there countless acts of adultery that took place in this novel, but also the drama behind what love can do to a single person. In The Great Gatsby affairs were very common among a group of friends and or spouses. It all came to an uproar when Nick Carraway moved to the West Egg near his long distant cousin, Daisy Buchanan (Fitzgerald 8). Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, who is very rich. Daisy is described to be loving, gorgeous, funny women. Tom is described as a buff man (Fitzgerald 8). Daisy and Tom have been married for awhile and their marriage is on the rocks. Tom is having an affair with his mistress, Myrtle (Baker). Myrtle is seen as a sociable and essential woman (Baker). Even though Daisy is portrayed as this caring female, she also has a secret like her husband Tom. Daisy is secretly in love with Gatsby (Baker). Nick and Gatsby join Daisy and Tom at a lunch hosted by Tom at the Buchanan mansion (Baker). It is obvious that Daisy and Gatsby are lovers to Tom (Baker). Gatsby is head over heels for Daisy and she knows it very well (Baker). They had p... ... middle of paper ... ...urces from Gale. Web. 9 Apr. 2014. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby . Pelican Publishing. PDF. Goldsmith, Meredith. "White Skin, White Mask: Passing, Posing, and Performing in The Great Gatsby ." Modern Fiction Studies 49.3 (Fall 2003): 443-468. Rpt. in Children's Literature Review. Ed. Jelena Krstovic. Vol. 176. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 3 Apr. 2014. Hays, Peter L. "Fitzgerald and Fragonard." ANQ 19.3 (2006): 27+. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 9 Apr. 2014. Tolmatchoff, V. M. "The Metaphor of History in the Work of F. Scott Fitzgerald." Russian Eyes on American Literature. Ed. Sergei Chakovsky and M. Thomas Inge. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1992. 126-141. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Kathy D. Darrow. Vol. 280. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 9 Apr. 2014.
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The second character Fitzgerald analyzes is Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan. Daisy is the definition of a dream girl, she is smart, gorgeous, and just an ideal woman to be around, and the relationship between her and Tom is quite odd (Baker). Daisy and Tom move to the fashionable East Egg from Chigaco (11). Daisy has everything a woman could wish for, a wealthy husband and an immaculate house. Daisy does not know that Tom is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson. Nick Carraway plays a major role in Daisy’s love life in The Great Gatsby. Nick is Daisy’s second cousin and he knew Tom from college (11). Daisy invites Nick over for dinner one evening and that is how she relearns about Jay Gatsby (11-17). Daisy met Gatsby at a dance in Louisville. They used to be madly in love with one another when he was in the army (). They had plans of always being together and being married in Louisville at Daisy’s home (118). Later in the story, Daisy was invited to go have tea at Nick’s house, but what she did not know is that it was all Gatsby’s idea to get them to rekindle their rel...
By the end of World War I, many America authors were ready to change their ways and views on writing. Authors were tired of tradition and limitations. One of these writers was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was a participant in the wild parties with bootleg liquor, but he was also a critic of this time. His book, The Great Gatsby is an excellent example of modernist literature, through its use of implied themes and fragmented storyline.
Daisy Buchanan seems ethereal in The Great Gatsby. For Jay Gatsby, she is the reason he made his fortune. However, Daisy is not as pure or as innocent as Gatsby makes her out to be. About five years prior to the setting of the novel, Gatsby and Daisy fell in love with each other. Gatsby had then been sent off to war, but now he returns to win back his love, Daisy. Unfortunately for Gatsby this is an impossible task because while Gatsby was away, Daisy married Tom Buchanan, an arrogant aristocrat. Daisy successfully wields power in her society through marriage and attains higher social status. Daisy will never leave T...
Summarizing once again, F. Scott Fitzgerald writes The Great Gatsby with much complex characters, symbolic references, and themes to enhance and enrich his electric, 1920’s novel. Once again, Fitzgerald uses a variety of complex character whether it be towards money or even towards love. Also, Fitzgerald has a way of using symbolic references like the green light to enhance and enrich his 1920’s novel. Finally, Fitzgerald uses one of the best themes, which is the American Dream. Overall, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel that is unforgotten of the terms “old money” and “good money.”
In the novel the Great Gatsby a man named Nick who moved to New York durning the 1920s becomes a bond trader. Nick later realizes that he is living next to a huge mansion owned by the one and only Gatsby. Every evening Gatsby would host large extravagant parties and the rich and famous would attend .One night Nick was invited to join the huge party, later finding out that Gatsby was once in the army. Gatsby's wealth was never put out in the public, so no one honestly knew where or how he became rich. Nick and Daisy long lost cousins after so long finally reunite and are shocked by the stories one another has for each other. Daisy is married to Tom a rich nice looking business man, however daisy has no clue about Tom's secret life. Mrydal the wife of the mechanic has been having an affair with Mr. Tom. Later in the story it talks about how when Daisy was younger her and Gatsby where together, however Gatsby still has feelings for her. While Gatsby is at home he watches Daisy while she is at the lake. Daisy lives with her husband and one child. Gatsby and Nick later on become great friends. Gatsby decides to share how he gained his wealth with Nick, which was very unique to him because Gatsby inherited it from a Yacht owner. Nick was very interested into learning more about Gatsby's personal life. Gatsby and Daisy get a chance to see each other and eventually the emotions they use to have some how come back.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most compelling twentieth century writers, (Curnutt, 2004). The year 1925 marks the year of the publication of Fitzgerald’s most credited novel, The Great Gatsby (Bruccoli, 1985). With its critiques of materialism, love and the American Dream (Berman, 1996), this dramatic idyllic novel, (Harvey, 1957), although poorly received at first, is now highly regarded as Fitzgerald’s finest work (Rohrkemper, 1985) and is his publisher, Scribner 's most popular title, (Donahue, 2013). The novel achieved it’s status as one of the most influential novels in American history around the nineteen fifties and sixties, over ten years after Fitzgerald 's passing, (Ibid, 1985)
Daisy Buchanan, this woman is crazy, uncaring, and many would argue cold hearted. She is married to Tom and yet, has an affair with Gatsby. Tom is her husband, a very well-off man that goes off and has affairs, and never attempts to hide the fact. Then there is Gatsby. Ah, Gatsby. The young man she was so in love with as a teenage girl. Tom and Gatsby have many similarities; from the fact that both Tom and Gatsby want Daisy all to themselves to the fact that they both love her. While they share many similarities they have far more numerable differences between them. The differences range from how they treat her to how rich they and what social class they are in, to the simple fact that Tom lives in “East Egg” and Gatsby in “West Egg.” Both the similarities and differences between these two men are what ultimately cause Daisy to believe that she is in love with Tom more than she is with Gatsby.
Gatsby was the main character in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel was mainly about the effort he put to rewrite his life to become higher class person, and the love of Gatsby to Daisy. They did love each other before, but they can’t be together. He did not get any payback from her when they met after a long period. She played around with his love, and even when he dead, she still not cares much about him. Some people may have thought that he was so weak and insane when doing all of that, but in my opinion, Gatsby was a person who willing to strive higher and be positive in life. My judgment about Gatsby was clearly proved by his background, his positive life attitude, and his love for Daisy.
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In writing this book, commonly refered to as the “Great American Novel”, F. Scott Fitzgerald achieved in showing future generations what the early twenties were like, and the kinds of people that lived then. He did this in a beautifully written novel with in-depth characters, a captivating plot, and a wonderful sense of the time period.