The Great Gatsby
In this story by F. Scott Fitzgerland the characters are Jay, Nick, Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, George Wilson, Catherine, Henry C. Gatz, Dan Cody, Ewing Kilpspringer,
Jordan, Michaelis & Meyer Wolfshien. The setting in this story is taken within the 1920 's in Washington Peninsulas and New York city.
Nick graduated from New Haven in 1905, he participated in the great war. Jay decided to go east and learn the bond business. He then rented a home in New York, he was lonely then one day helped a man find West Egg Village. Nick lived near Mr. Gatsby 's mansion, he then drove out to have dinner with Tom Buchanan, and Daisy in Chicago. Nick then spent time with Daisy, Tom, and Miss Baker. Daisy talked to Nick about the
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Gatsby had gone on a trip later with his yacht. Then he was with Nick and Tom they had dinner. Gatsby had invited Daisy and Tom to a party they went to his party. The party ended and Gatsby was depressed as he talked to Nick, he told him that Daisy should tall Tom that she’s never loved him. Gatsby said she used to understand. One hot summer day Gatsby and Nick were at the Buchanan’s house, Daisy went up to Gatsby and kissed him on the mouth and told him she loved him. Tom came back into the house with ice for the drinks, Daisy wanted to go to town then she looked to Gatsby and they both starred into each others eyes, Tom then looked at Gatsby and broke in quickly insisting to go to town. Tom got into Gatsby’s car and drove off to town, he stopped at a gas station to fill up he saw Wilson sick and Wilson talked about wanting money. Tom gave Wilson his car. They went off to a Plaza Hotel in the city. Tom asked Gatsby when he had gone to Oxford, Gatsby answered in 1919. Tom got angry and put Gatsby down as he knew that Gatsby and Daisy were flirting with each other. Gatsby stood up and told Tom that Daisy never …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald, his characters are well drawn, and the plot of the story is engaged and fast paced. Jay Gatsby always throws party’s at his mansion in Long Island, New York. Gatsby intention in the book was to be with Daisy as he threw party’s and he wanted to impress her by his Luxury house and car. Mrs. Wilson then was killed and Mr. Wilson thinks Tom knows who did it and threatens his to say what he know, Tom tells him that Gatsby hit her with his car and Gatsby later is found dead in his pool, Mr. Wilson is seen at his home and the one held responsible is
Tom begins his confrontation with Gatsby by mocking his habit and the fact that he claimed he went to Oxford. Tom asks Gatsby about his intentions with Daisy, and Gatsby replies that Daisy loves him, not Tom. Tom claims that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could not possibly understand. He then accuses Gatsby of running a bootlegging operation. Daisy, who began the afternoon in love with Gatsby, feels herself moving closer and closer to Tom as she watches the confrontation. Tom realizes he has won, and sends Daisy back to Long Island with Gatsby to prove Gatsby's inability to hurt him. As the confrontation ends, Nick realizes that today is his thirtieth birthday.
Tom Buchanan was the wealthy husband of Daisy Buchanan. Tom figuratively loaded the gun that shot Jay Gatsby. After Tom found out about the affair that Jay Gatsby was having with his wife Daisy, he furiously looked for a way to seek revenge on Gatsby. He told Wilson that Gatsby was driving the car that hit and killed Myrtle, Wilson's wife. As if killing Wilsons true love Myrtle was not enough Tom Buchanan accused Ga...
She is feeling low and wants to drive to get her mind off things, not surprisingly Gatsby let her charm him once again. On the way back to The Buchanan’s, a woman runs in the middle of the road and Daisy doesn’t slow down. Daisy hits her and kills her, but the most tragic part was that she didn’t stop. Tom sees all the commotion on the way back and stops by. Tom discovers it is his mistress who Daisy hit; he begins to talk to Mr. Wilson her grieving husband. Mr. Wilson describes the car and Tom tells him it was Gatsby. Gatsby let everyone believe that knows what happened, what Tom said is true, and Daisy’s selfish ways doesn’t stop him. A few days later, Mr. Wilson hunts down Gatsby and shoots him, and right after shoots himself. Daisy never spoke the truth, and her and Tom leaves town immediately. Daisy’s selfishness and pride make her directly responsible for Myrtle Wilson’s death; and indirectly responsible for George Wilson’s and Gatsby’s. Neither Daisy nor Tom goes to Gatsby’s funeral because ‘they were careless people who smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back to their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they
As well as being a climatic point in the plot, the murder of Gatsby concludes the prevalent theme of the decline of the American Dream. George Wilson's role, however small it may be, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is nonetheless clearly one of consequence and importance. Through Fitzgerald's use of Wilson, major characters, prevalent themes, and points in the plot are developed further. And, ultimately, through these characters that at first seem superficial to the story, Fitzgerald is able to weave a complex and charismatic novel.
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.
Scott Fitzgerald, two characters, Myrtle Wilson and Jay Gatsby suffered although different in social class appearance and gender, suffer from the inability to differentiate between illusions and reality, causing their downfalls. Myrtle and Gatsby have similar goals, but different ambitions. Gatsby wants to achieve wealth for the sole purpose of regaining his previous love interest, Daisy, where as Myrtle wants to obtain wealth for her selfish desire of status and integration into the upper class. However, they both begin their journeys to downfall when they sacrifice all morality for this wealth. Gatsby becomes a criminal, and seduces a married woman and ultimately break up her family for his own selfish goal of winning his old love back. While, Myrtle begins an affair with Tom Buchanan, a wealthy upper class man, who abuses her emotionally and physically, although her husband Wilson honestly loves and respects, solely because she falls in love with the idea of status and riches which Tom could give her. It is their incapability to separate their desired illusions from reality, which leads them to their
At the hotel gathering, Gatsby struggles to persuade Daisy to confront her husband and she responds with “Oh, you want too much! . . . I did love him once--but I loved you too” (Fitzgerald 132). Daisy desperately tries to satisfy Gatsby but his imagination blocks his mind to such a degree that it eliminates his chances of learning how to comprehend reality. After Myrtle’s murder, Nick advises Gatsby to leave town but instead he realizes that “[Gatsby] wouldn’t consider it. He couldn’t possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do. He was clutching at some last hope and I couldn’t bear to shake him free” (Fitzgerald 148). No matter how hard Nick attempts to help him make the better choice, Gatsby continues to skew his priorities like a juvenile. Unfortunately for Gatsby, Daisy stays with Tom, a more secure and experienced adult, leaving Gatsby alone. As Gatsby’s life loses his vitality, he obviously needs learn how to act like an adult and survive in the world; but unable to accomplish this, Wilson kills him soon
Gatsby doesn 't want people asking questions about who his new lady is so he decides to fire all of his staff; “My Finn informed me that Gatsby had dismissed every servant in his house a week ago and replaced them with half a dozen others, who never went into West Egg Village to be bribed by the tradesmen…(Fitzgerald 114).” The lights were turned off and Gatsby didn 't throw anymore parties. For a while Daisy goes over to Gatsby 's house and the two of them would stay in all day. Gatsby just knew that Daisy loved him and had never stopped loving him, and was beyond ready to have a life with her. When Gatsby, Nick, Jordan, Daisy, and Tom go into town, Gatsby wants Daisy to tell her husband Tom that she had never loved him. When Daisy refuses, Gatsby tells Tom, “Your wife doesn 't love you,” said Gatsby “she 's never loved you. She loves me. (Fitzgerald 130).” Gatsby wants Daisy to admit she had always loved him and when she wont he is
Scott Fitzgerald also explores a moral issue, but regarding a different facet of life. The Great Gatsby tells of Jay Gatsby 's desperate efforts to reunite himself with the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. The obstacle comes in when it is learned that Daisy is already married to another man. Despite this fact, Gatsby goes to great lengths to win the heart of Daisy. Jay came from a very poor and humble background while Daisy came from the complete opposite. After the war that separated the two lovers was over, Gatsby made a fortune from an illegal source, which is assumed to be bootlegging, to try to capture the attention of Daisy. Fitzgerald explores a moral issue through Gatsby in that to some, the act of committing a crime to obtain a desired outcome is wrong. Fitzgerald, however does not write the novel to foment that mentality. The novel is written in a way that Gatsby is seen through a bright light and that his actions could be justified due to his somewhat noble ambitions. This brings on the matter if anything incorrect could ever be justified or accepted due to the hope of a noble outcome. Fitzgerald brought this concept into question with the entire creation of the Jay Gatsby 's
In the 1925 novel written by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, some of the characters seem indirectly portrayed by the readers and Fitzgerald himself. Included in these indirect characterizations are the characters, Nick Carraway, Daisy Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby. For example, Nick Carraway portrayed by Fitzgerald, as a man who cares deeply about moral justice. In addition, there is the character of Daisy Buchanan, who is a social woman. Lastly, Jay Gatsby throws parties which he invites everybody to then they crowd into his house and join in on the leisure. Throughout the book, these indirect characterizations of each of these characters change due to Fitzgerald himself.
In chapter five of the Great Gatsby, Daisy and Gatsby finally reconnect. Their encounter appears to be the epitome of a disaster. Gatsby begins to come undone in Daisy’s presence, ultimately revealing a more vulnerable side to himself. Gatsby’s facade is exposed when he is forced to be present in a social situation; Gatsby’s routined behavior of disappearing at social gatherings such as his famous and grandeur parties allows him to maintain his mysterious demeanor. Gatsby’s susceptibility, however, involuntarily forces himself to reveal this alternate personality when Daisy is in his presence.
Daisy invites Nick over when he gets moved in, at Daisy's house he meets a girl named Jordan Baker who is a famous golfer but cheats at the game. Jordan asks Nick if he knows a man named Gatsby, Daisy frantically asks what Gatsby, for she knew him. Later on in the book Gatsby invites Nick to a party, he is the first person to ever receive an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties, everyone just went. When he gets to his party he starts asking for Gatsby, well to his disadvantage has ever seen Gatsby except for Jordan who finds nick at the party. Jordan takes nick to find Gatsby and Gatsby wishes to talk to Jordan alone. He explains everything to her, why he has the parties, why he is rich, how he knows Daisy and what he wants. The next day he asks Nick to invite Daisy to tea while Gatsby was over. When Nick agreed, Gatsby had his staff go to Nick's house and cut his grass to make it look better and to just say thank you to Nick. The evening Gatsby shows up for tea and Daisy does not show up till around four o'clock. When Nick sees how things are going, he decides to leave for a little while and let them catch up. Gatsby invites Nick and Daisy to his house to show off what he has to Daisy. Tom has a
Nick is observing Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion, after being separated for nearly five years. Nick highlights the awkwardness of the situation, as well as how nervous Gatsby is and how flustered Daisy is. After Gatsby mutters to Daisy that
At the onset of this book, the reader is introduced to the narrator, Nick Carraway, who relates the past happenings that construct the story of Jay Gatsby and Nick during the summer of 1922. After fighting in World War I, or the Great War as Nick called it, Nick left his prominent family in the West of America for the North where he intended to learn the bond business. Nick was originally supposed to share a house in West Egg near New York City with an associate of his, but the man backed out and so Nick lived with only a Finnish cook. Right next door, Gatsby lived in a glorious mansion with expansive gardens and a marble swimming pool, among other luxuries. Yet Nick did not even hear about Gatsby until he went to visit his distant family at East Egg next to West Egg.
While in a New York City hotel room one evening late in the summer with Nick, Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby, there is a massive confrontation during which Tom exposes Gatsby's corrupt business dealings. Jay and Daisy leave to drive back to Long Island together with her driving Gatsby's car "to calm her down" when she accidentally hits and kills Tom's mistress. The car doesn't stop after the accident and speeds on towards Long Island. Gatsby's charm has faded with his exposed corruption. While Nick goes off to work in New York City the next day, the dead woman's vengeful husband, told that it had been Gatsby's car that killed his wife by a vengeful Tom Buchanan, shoots Gatsby to death in his own swimming pool and then kills himself.