Great Gatsby & Divisadero Landscape

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In both of the books Great Gatsby and Divisadero, both of the authors Michael Ondaatje and F. Scott Fitzgerald they tend to show a Drama issue movie based. Where they both show real life situations and what they try to do and what we would typically would do if we were in there shoes. Fitzgerald shows the American Dream we all try to achieve throughout our life. Gatsby tries to show off to Daisy with all the power and money he gets in the book even though she is married he doesn't stop. Then in the book Divisadero, its same only difference that the orphan character, Cooper starts feelings for Anna. Just like in Gatsby situations which he is stuck with Daisy. So, with that all being told, both of the stories fall under how they happened and cynical order of time was around the same and taken around same idea of place with nearly same amount of sory for both. In Divisadero, Anna has sex at age sixteen with Cooper and when Anna's dad finds out he beats the heck out of Cooper. Furthermore, Cooper then moves to Las Vegas and starts to become a gambler.The books title “Divisadero” comes from the street Anna lives on in San Francisco. Later on, Cooper runs into a girl named Bridget who is a drug addict at a hotel in Santa Maria, then gets beaten by three guys very severely. Claire, Anna’s sister then rescues Cooper but, he doesn’t know her but sees a resemblance with Anna. That all being told same practically what happens in the Gatsby. Whereas in gatsby parties every weekend just so he can get daisy in his life and how shows they don’t care and drink and drive and crash moments away from leaving. I found it pretty exciting that they both have some sort of connection that was like a live TV show playing in my head while I was readin... ... middle of paper ... ...ere are a few, and each apply to the different main characters shown in the novel. I think the reason why the settings are each so complex is clearly reflected in the title of the novel. The title Divisadero it is also the name of the street Anna lived on in the beginning of the novel. The division not only refers to the location of her house, because her house is separated from the fields, and also because she becomes separated, or divided from Cooper. These settings all reflect the divisions, and separations that were shown in the beginning of the novel, and go on through the rest of the book. Although Anna and Cooper have been separated due to geographic locations, they are still connected in a way. The different settings Anna and Cooper are in show that although they may physically be divided from each other, they are still connected through Claire, Annas sister.

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