The Great Gatsby Characters and their houses
The Great Gatsby
The setting and location of one’s house can convey a great deal about a person because it represents the characteristics of their dwellers. In “The Great Gatsby” F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characters’ houses as a way to describe characters themselves and create a symbolic effect and advance the plot of the story. In this novel, each of the major characters’ lives in a house that reflects their personality and place in society.
Nick Carraway acts as an observer and narrator in the story. He was in the bond business in the Midwest but, moved to West Egg for a while. He is a cousin to Daisy and a neighbor to Jay Gatsby. He lives next to Jay Gatsby in a “weather beaten bungalow” house that costs him 80 dollars a month, unlike his neighbors that are paying 15 thousand dollars a month living in colossal mansions. Even though his house is a lot smaller, it still blends in like his personality. People tend to trust him because he is honest. But sometimes he is curious about the people around him. The story is told on the way he sees things. Everything revolves around him without actually involving him.
Daisy and Tom Buchanan lives in a fairly large Georgian colonial mansion that is situated on east egg. The house is spacious, like their marriage. They are not truly in love with each other anymore, and they lack communication on certain things. Daisy grew up wealthy that she never had to work. So she had to marry Tom, who is a rich man, but later on Daisy found out that he is having an affair with another woman in New York. Now, her marriage is falling apart. Tom was hated by people because of his “supercilious personality”, meaning he is an arrogant bully. Tom cares about no one but himself, he wants people to follow his command and sometimes violent. Daisy on the other hand, is very pretty and delicate but very flirtatious and superficial. She is also illusional that she seems to do everything for show. Neither of them really care
The setting and location of one’s house can convey a great deal about a person because it represents the characteristics of their dwellers. In “The Great Gatsby” F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characters’ houses as a way to describe characters themselves and create a symbolic effect and advance the plot of the story. In this novel, each of the major characters’ lives in a house that reflects their personality and place in society.
Nick Carraway acts as an observer and narrator in the story. He was in the bond business in the Midwest but, moved to West Egg for a while. He is a cousin to Daisy and a neighbor to Jay Gatsby. He lives next to Jay Gatsby in a “weather beaten bungalow” house that costs him 80 dollars a month, unlike his neighbors that are paying 15 thousand dollars a month living in colossal mansions. Even though his house is a lot smaller, it still blends in like his personality. People tend to trust him because he is honest. But sometimes he is curious about the people around him. The story is told on the way he sees things. Everything revolves around him without actually involving him.
Daisy and Tom Buchanan lives in a fairly large Georgian colonial mansion that is situated on east egg. The house is spacious, like their marriage. They are not truly in love with each other anymore, and they lack communication on certain things. Daisy grew up wealthy that she never had to work. So she had to marry Tom, who is a rich man, but later on Daisy found out that he is having an affair with another woman in New York. Now, her marriage is falling apart. Tom was hated by people because of his “supercilious personality”, meaning he is an arrogant bully. Tom cares about no one but himself, he wants people to follow his command and sometimes violent. Daisy on the other hand, is very pretty and delicate but very flirtatious and superficial. She is also illusional that she seems to do everything for show. Neither of them really care