Great Gatsby Essay Q&A's
The Great Gatsby
1. Is Gatsby an admirable character? Why? In one sense, Gatsby's rags-to-riches success story makes him an embodiment of the American dream. He started life with little, as the son of farmers. While on his own, he had the opportunity to reinvent himself, and due solely to his own ingenuity, Jimmy Gatz evolved into Jay Gatsby. Moreover, life became much different (although he was missing one key ingredient: money). Then he fell in love with Daisy, an incident that changed the course of his life forever. After meeting Daisy, everything he did was for the singular purpose of winning her. Gatsby's drive and perseverance in obtaining his goal is, in many ways, commendable and admirable. He is a self-made man (in all respects) and I believe this is in part what makes Gatsby admirable. Gatsby is an admirable because of charm, dedication, romantic heart and the dedication he has for his goals, dreams and aspirations. I would say he is an ambitious character indeed. He does not give up on his goals, aspirations or dreams. He is a self-made man, in many ways, from his name and reputation to the money and life style he creates for himself. Gatsby seemed to be a hardworking man. He gave his overall that he did. In love, work, parties, goals and dreams, etc. He has that romantic at heart characteristic. Although Gatsby was criminal and deceived others
with his self-made name and worth, he was still an honest noble man at heart. The last lines of the novel suggest that Nick was impressed by Gatsby’s unwavering hope, 'Gatsby believed in the green light' pg.180 - symbolizing expectation, hope. Now, Gatsby does many illegal things. However, he stays true to his emotions and this; too, is an admirable trait.
Word Count: 297
2. Do you agree with Gatsby that the past can be repeated? Why?
This is a complex question. Do I believe that you can repeat the past? Yes. Nevertheless, Gatsby wants to repeat it to make it better, to go back as
1. Is Gatsby an admirable character? Why? In one sense, Gatsby's rags-to-riches success story makes him an embodiment of the American dream. He started life with little, as the son of farmers. While on his own, he had the opportunity to reinvent himself, and due solely to his own ingenuity, Jimmy Gatz evolved into Jay Gatsby. Moreover, life became much different (although he was missing one key ingredient: money). Then he fell in love with Daisy, an incident that changed the course of his life forever. After meeting Daisy, everything he did was for the singular purpose of winning her. Gatsby's drive and perseverance in obtaining his goal is, in many ways, commendable and admirable. He is a self-made man (in all respects) and I believe this is in part what makes Gatsby admirable. Gatsby is an admirable because of charm, dedication, romantic heart and the dedication he has for his goals, dreams and aspirations. I would say he is an ambitious character indeed. He does not give up on his goals, aspirations or dreams. He is a self-made man, in many ways, from his name and reputation to the money and life style he creates for himself. Gatsby seemed to be a hardworking man. He gave his overall that he did. In love, work, parties, goals and dreams, etc. He has that romantic at heart characteristic. Although Gatsby was criminal and deceived others
with his self-made name and worth, he was still an honest noble man at heart. The last lines of the novel suggest that Nick was impressed by Gatsby’s unwavering hope, 'Gatsby believed in the green light' pg.180 - symbolizing expectation, hope. Now, Gatsby does many illegal things. However, he stays true to his emotions and this; too, is an admirable trait.
Word Count: 297
2. Do you agree with Gatsby that the past can be repeated? Why?
This is a complex question. Do I believe that you can repeat the past? Yes. Nevertheless, Gatsby wants to repeat it to make it better, to go back as