Gatsby‚ is the wife of Tom Buchanan‚ the lover of Jay Gatsby‚ and the second cousin of Nick Carraway. She has a thrilling‚ magnetic voice which shows excitement and usually dresses in white clothing. She has dark‚ shining hair with bright eyes and a passionate mouth. She is from a wealthy family in Louisville‚ Kentucky where all the officers in war were in love with her due to her beauty and popularity. In 1917 she met and fell in love with Jay Gatsby where he was stationed at Camp Taylor. Zelda
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Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald shows how the American Dream is dead through immoral decisions and corruptness in Gatsby’s and Myrtle’s life. The first character that shows how the American dream is dead is Jay Gatsby. His life shows how the American Dream is dead by how he acquires his wealth illegally. Jay Gatsby didn’t acquire his money from inheritance‚ but from organized crime. He wanted people to think the inherited the money‚ but in reality he didn’t. Gatsby said "that’s my affair‚ I dabbled inn
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hero? Before we can judge if Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero‚ we should look at the exact definition of a tragic hero. According to the classic definition‚ a tragic hero is a «great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall‚ suffering‚ or defeat»1‚ and Oedipus‚ from the Greek Legends‚ is defined as the classic tragic hero. So‚ is Gatsby then a classic tragic hero‚ by definition? ! Even if the book itself is called «Great Gatsby»‚ is Jay really great? From the text‚ we
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Ms.Meyer English III 18 April 2013 Compare and Contrast: Daisy and Myrtle The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel features Jay Gatsby‚ George Wilson‚ Nick Carraway‚ Jordan Baker and Tom Buchanan along with many others to show the hopes‚ the struggles and the romance the characters went through each and every day. Due to the mixing of the two social classes: the rich and the poor‚ we learn about the causes and effects of what they face. In the book‚
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Throughout out the novels‚ The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman‚ characters display the theme of the American Dream. Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman both share similarities along with differences in their view of the American Dream. The American Dream not only influences these characters beliefs‚ but also their motives‚ choices‚ and behavior. Both characters in the novel were both motivated by the ones that around them that influenced their idea of the American Dream. Gatsby can be described
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living the "American dream". Because of this dream‚ he creates a false Identity‚ Jay Gatsby‚ "So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen year old boy would be likely to invent‚ and to this conception he was faithful to the end"(104). He wastes his life trying to impress other people with material success. Gatsby is the type of person to do anything to get happiness even if it is the false kind. Jay Gatsby is man who will have it all and believes Daisy‚ an image of money and happiness
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they want to be when they grow up as long as it makes lots of money. After all in an excessive American society success is largely based off positions of power and financial stability. For example‚ In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby had a dream to be with Daisy Buchanan. One barrier that Gatsby encounters is he has no
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toppled down a flight of stairs”(Fitzgerald 112). I believe that Jay Gatsby gazing at his possessions in a ‘dazed’ way shows that he realizes deep down that these possessions are not enough to keep him satisfied. Furthermore‚ use of the word ‘dazed’ also gives a sense that bfenvironment around him is dream-like as Gatsby is being fully engulfed in the American Dream.
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A man who had a dream of becoming reunited with his true love‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ Jay Gatsby was determined to make this dream a reality no matter the trials and tribulations. He achieved all of his goals through hard work and determination with his love for Daisy being the driving force behind his motivation. The title “The Great Gatsby” is very suitable because Gatsby’s power to make his dreams a reality is what makes him “great”. Gatsby began as James Gatz‚ a young seventeen year old boy from North
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