ISP PART 1
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Theme: Betrayal
Thesis: Betrayal is a form of deception and disloyalty that breaks people’s trust, creates conflicts, jeopardizes relationships, impacts people in a negative manner and leads people to their demise.
The act of betrayal is first seen when Tom Buchanan cheats on his wife, Daisy Buchanan with Myrtle, who also happens to be George Wilson’s wife. Tom’s actions are inexcusable as betrayal in a marriage is an extremely depraved course of action. Due to this betrayal, Daisy loses hope in their society. After realizing that the world is a very dangerous and bad place, she hopes that her daughter won’t see the world like her mother does. She desires her daughter to be naive and foolish so she can’t see the cruelty that lies within this society.
“I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”(22)
She says this statement because Tom betraying her made her perspective on life change. Tom’s betrayal also causes Daisy to think that the environment surrounding her is a very negative place hence the quote. Daisy thinks that her daughter will have to live in
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Rumors are spread around that are highly exaggerated. Nick tries to hold a grand funeral for Gatsby but ultimately fails when most of Gatsby’s friends and colleagues don't show up to the funeral. This includes Tom and Daisy, who decide to move away after Gatsby’s death. The people, who do show up though, include: Nick himself, a couple of servants and Gatsby’s father.
I ejaculated an unrestrained "Huh!" and he must have heard me, for he went on nervously: "What I called up about was a pair of shoes I left there. I wonder if it'd be too much trouble to have the butler send them on. You see, they're tennis shoes, and I'm sort of helpless without them. My address is care of B. F.-“ I didn't hear the rest of the name, because I hung up the receiver.”
The worst part about betrayal is that most people never even find out that they have been betrayed. A man could go on vacation, cheat on his wife, return home, and she would never find out. Cheaters and other traitors often tend to have the mindset of “I never lied, you just didn’t ask.” Another popular phrase is “It’s not illegal if you don’t get
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby’s conflicts between passion and responsibility demonstrate that chasing empty dreams can only lead to suffering. Gatsby’s motivation to achieve his dream of prosperity is interrupted when his fantasy becomes motivated by love. His eternal struggle for something more mirrors cultural views that more is always better. By ultimately suffering an immense tragedy, Jay Gatsby transforms into a romantic and tragic hero paying the capital price for his actions. Gatsby envokes a deeper Conclusion sentence
A tragic hero can be defined as literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction. A well known novel in American Literature is The Great Gatsby which displays an example of a tragic hero. The author of the book, F. Scott Fitzgerald, portrayed an example of a tragic hero through the main character of the novel named Jay Gatsby. In the book Gatsby tries to accomplish the American Dream by gaining wealth and doing everything in his power to be with the love his life Daisy Buchanan. His whimsical ways granted him wealth and allowed him to be in the arms of his lover Daisy but, it also leads him to death. Jay Gatsby can be considered a tragic hero because he has a tragic flaw and because his misfortune was not wholly deserved.
According to dictionary.com betrayal means "an act of deliberate disloyalty,”. Betrayal is something that is very prevalent throughout the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini which is a story about the betrayal that a young boy named Amir does to his friend Hassan. Amir shows that he is a betrayer to Hassan when he belittles, plots, refuses to acknowledge their friendship, and walks away from Hassan. With each betrayal listed they progressively get worse and worse as Amir continues to show how little he really cares for Hassan.
Tom Buchanan’s spontaneous spirit is both a curse and a blessing. It’s a blessing in that his wife Daisy is able to see the world because Tom is restless when it comes to settling down. “They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully,” because Tom’s spontaneous attitude couldn’t take the idea of staying in one place for very long (6). However, this spontaneous attitude couldn’t rest easy with the idea of staying loyal to his wife, Daisy, either. “Tom’s got some woman in New York,” named Myrtle who is also married (15). Although Tom tries to keep it a secret he couldn’t stop Daisy from figuring it out. He may think that he’s sly like a fox, but really everyone knows about his dirty deeds. His spontaneous attitude combined with his pride fits him perfectly as a man who cheats on his wife.
Daisy also exhibits her shallowness when she is too restless to wait for her 'love', Gatsby, to return from he war, and she marries Tom. Her most drastic immoral action is committed when she runs over Myrtle and does not even bother to stop and help a person that is 'below' her. Daisy's husband, Tom shows his ridiculous morality in different ways. One way is his search for power, which is shown most through his affair with Myrtle and his possessiveness. He evidently feels further domination and masculinity when he has her, a woman of lower class, as his mistress. Secondly, Tom Buchanan is shallow enough to think that everything and everyone he has in his life are part of his property. This increases his 'power' and makes him feel as if he is truly successful. This couple, Tom and Daisy certainly contain serious corruptness due to their shallowness and self-indulgence.
Daisy Buchanan is a fragile, flirtatious, feather floating around in the book The Great Gatsby. Her character is not portrayed as the typical women in the 1920's but instead she is known as the beauty queen. However, society knows that not all her life is flowers and cupcakes. Her marriage to Tom Buchanan is a disappointment, and his many affairs really get to her. She does not feel any maternal way towards her daughter, whom we hardly ever hear about in the story, and thinks that she is going to be just like her, "a beautiful little fool". Although it's clear that Daisy and Gatsby are in love, their love can never be. Like Daisy once told Gatsby: " I wish I would of done everything on earth with" but instead they each end up taking a different path.
Daisy has high status, as well as approval from her parents, being married to Tom. Because of this, Daisy overlooks Tom’s errors. “The fact that he [Tom] had one [a mistress] was insisted upon wherever he was known. His acquaintances resented the fact that he turned up in popular restaurants with her and, leaving her at a table, sauntered about, chatting with whomever he knew.” (Fitzgerald 24). Tom not only has a mistress, he does not try very hard at all to keep her secret, even to Daisy. Daisy knows what kind of man Tom is; she knows he is aggressive, egotistic, and that he does not care about hurting her. “We all looked- the knuckle was black and blue. ‘You did it, Tom,’ she said accusingly. “I know you didn’t mean to, but you did do it. That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great, big, hulking physical specimen of a-’ ‘I hate that word hulking,’ objected tom crossly, ‘even in kidding.’” (Fitzgerald 12). From the quote you can tell Daisy is quite upset about a small wound Tom gave her, and Tom simply ignores her cries. It is unlikely such strong confrontation would come from such an insignificant wound, suggesting what Daisy is really upset about, is Tom’s bigger betrayals. But treachery big or small, Tom is insensitive to Daisy’s grief. Daisy still chooses to not leave Tom, and she never will, because Tom provides her with the financial
Betrayal is defined as being disloyal and breaking one’s trust. The sources used for evidence are
He created an illusion that he had achieved the American Dream. With his great parties and wealth, Gatsby was a famous man, almost making the news. When Tom, Daisy's husband, pressed Gatsby on his intentions with Daisy, Gatsby admitted that he was in love with Daisy and that she would say she did not love Tom. Unfortunately for Gatsby, Daisy refused to say so, even though it was true. Nevertheless, he continued to say that Daisy would leave Tom to join himself. Daisy declined, because she preferred Tom's power and wealth over Gatsby's love. Eventually, Gatsby is murdered by Tom's friend, who then kills himself. Nick is appalled by the fact that everyone forgot about Gatsby after his death. No one went to his funeral except for his father and Nick. A man that was so mighty in his climb to wealth, fell so fast, it was shocking only to the people that cared about
Ben Stein’s quote: “The first step to getting the things you want in life is this; Decide what you want.” The quote is the key element of the The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, such as the point where different individuals are after something and are even willing to give their own life over it even if it seems like a small goal in our eyes.Through Gatsby’s and Myrtle’s goals, Fitzgerald illustrates his agreement with Ben Stein’s quote: “The first step to getting the things you want in life is this; Decide what you want.”
Throughout the novel, one of Tom 's biggest careless acts was when he cheated on Daisy. Tom is a cocky, confident man shown many times throughout the novel like when Nick arrived at his house and "Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch" (Fitzgerald 6). His stance showed his arrogance, and how highly he thought of himself because of his wealth. Tom was a man who often acted without thinking things through, like having an affair with Myrtle. Despite both Tom and Myrtle being married, they both had affairs. Tom doesn 't hide his affair from Nick and introduces him to his mistress Myrtle at Wilson 's garage. Tom doesn 't seem to care if anyone finds out because he feels as though nothing would change due to his wealth. While at Myrtle 's husbands garage, Tom tells Myrtle to meet him at the train station. They end up going to their apartment in New York City that they keep for their affair. While at the Morningside Height 's apartment Myrtle starts to talk about Tom 's wife Daisy, ""Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!" shouted Mrs. Wilson. "I 'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai-"" (Fitzgerald 37). Tom didn 't like Myrtle overstepping her boundaries and to show
As Nick and Gatsby become more acquainted, Nick is invited to dine with Gatsby for lunch. They arrive at the restaurant, and eat while engaging with one of Gatsby’s business partners. After the three enjoy their lunch, Nick bumps into Tom Buchanan, the husband of Nick’s cousin, Daisy. Attempting to introduce Gatsby to Tom, an “…unfamiliar look of embarrassment came over Gatsby face… I turned towards Mr. Gatsby, but he was no longer there” (74). The reason for his disappearance is unknown, thus adding to the ambiguity of Gatsby.
Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle were all unfaithful to their spouses. Their love for themselves far outweighed their love for each other. Tom and Myrtle have a notorious affair throughout the novel while Daisy becomes very close to her ex- beloved, Jay Gatsby. Even with their new lovers, none of them displayed true love. Each wanted something from the other.
Gatsby's funeral has few in attendance aside from Carraway and Gatsby's father. Finally, tired of this gross scene of wealth and pettiness, Nick moves back home to the Midwest. His fond memories of the East remain only of Gatsby, and it is for him that this story is told.