Tragic Jay Gatsby Many characters in novels may be considered to be tragic. These characters are considered tragic because of one character trait they possess that leads to their eventual demise. Jay Gatsby is a tragic character in a unique way. That is‚ he has many negative traits‚ but only one of these traits leads to his eventual downfall. Of all the character traits that Jay Gatsby possessed‚ his excessiveness in everything he did was what led him to his ultimate downfall. Jay Gatsby
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In “The Great Gatsby”‚ one of the major characters that confronts a mystery is Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is a man who believes that his dreams will turn into reality and his biggest dream was to win back the love of his life Daisy. Gatsby is presented as a distant and mysterious host of luxurious parties thrown at his mansion every week. These parties were filled with a lot of people he did not know. The thing that makes Gatsby very mysterious is that no one knows anything about his past and the parties
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“Jay Gatsby: the Romantic Hero” Jack Gatz‚ better known as Jay Gatsby‚ is an idealistic dreamer who lives in the past‚ wishing for a relationship with the lovely Daisy Buchanan. He romanticizes the present‚ and cannot let go of events that occurred years ago. Though the world Gatsby is in moves rapidly around him‚ he is forever stuck in the haze of yesterday. He is a Romantic idealist living in the wrong time‚ and is therefore set up to fail due to forces he does not comprehend. Gatsby is a true
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The death of jay Gatsby confirms what we already knew. The American dream is nothing but the hope sustained for the hopeless. Jay Gatsby was never accepted by the east egg people because they were old money – meaning that they were more responsible for their wealth and did not throw it around‚ and he was the new money‚ meaning he was more eager to show off the fact that he was rich. Daisy and Tom and those type of people did not understand him because they did not work for their money‚ like he
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modernization‚ and change (history). "That Great Gatsby" written by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in 1925. Since then over 25 million copies have been sold throughout the world. The book overall is about the American Dream and it is explained through Gatsby. Gatsby was in love with Daisy and he left her because of money. His real name was James Gatz and he came from a poor family. He went to the military and he changed his name to Jay Gatsby. After five years he came back very rich but Daisy
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The story of The Great Gatsby has a man named Gatsby in it. He was a rich man who lived next door to Nick Carraway. Gatsby had parties every Friday that would last all weekend. Nick was in the bond business along with the rest of his family. They both lived in West Egg. Nick lived between two big houses. Daisy Buchanan was cousins with Nick. Daisy’s husband had bought ponies. Nick liked Daisy’s friend Jordan and she did not want to talk to Nick. Tom was cheating on Daisy with Myrtle Wilson
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Gatsby a man Daisy is in love with but then there’s her husband‚ Tom that she is scared to lose. Are Gatsby and Tom that much alike or is she just in it for the money? Daisy is all about money and she doesn’t care if it’s old or new she just wants it. Daisy had a whim when Gatsby came back because she wanted Gatsby even though she was married to Tom. Daisy only married Tom for his money but she was in love with Gatsby. Gatsby and Tom are alike in so many ways. Gatsby and Tom both have the idea
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terrible tragedy which led to the subsequent loss of a great man‚ Jay Gatsby. Jay‚ was not only my neighbour‚ but was a sophisticated and kind hearted man whom I have acquainted with throughout my time here‚ in West Egg. (Clears throat) But however I don’t think I’ve ever seen Jay’s house as empty as it is today. The life‚ fun‚ and excitement of Jay that have become characteristics of his beloved house seem to have vanished. Jay will always be remembered for his generosity and compassion. For he
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Jay Gatsby‚ also known as Gatsby‚ is one of the most important characters in the story and shows many different personality and character traits from anyone else. He was a flat character. Gatsby did not change much from the moment Nick met him till the day he fell over dead in his own pool. He was very wealthy and everyone in the story seems to know how he became so wealthy in a different way. Although Gatsby seems to be the one that would be around everyone all of the time he is remarkably shy.
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Tom and Gatsby are the same in the aspect of their values‚ but they differ in their life styles. Both Gatsby and Tom was adulteress because Gatsby wanted Daisy who was married and Tom was cheating on Daisy. But in contrast Tom was the big strong guy and Gatsby was smaller and not as well built. Tom and Gatsby were both rich and thought that money could buy anything and everything they wanted‚ both Gatsby and Tom used their money to impress people. Gatsby uses his for parties to get Daisy to come
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