Even though Gatsby has worked hard‚ he makes his money by bootlegging. His purpose is in attaining the love of Daisy‚ a girl whom he had a relationship before the war. The multiple people who attend Gatsby’s parties show the greedy want for wealth. As Nick explains in Chapter 9‚ the American Dream was originally about discovery‚ the pursuit of happiness‚ and individualism. However‚ in the novel‚ easy money and relaxed social values have corrupted this dream. The main plot shows how Gatsby’s dream of
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out as showing signs of corruption brought on by wealth‚ it would be Tom Buchanan. Throughout the novel nick defines tom as an arrogant character by putting emphasis on his demeaning manor and his inability to respect anyone but himself. Some may argue that Tom ’s football days and his physical size may add to the arrogant nature associated with Tom. However in the comments made about him by Nick and by the comments made himself it is made clear that the power of money has blocked his sight of everything
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from anxiety or to not pay attention to what one does. There are several characters throughout the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald that could be labeled as careless. Nick Carraway witnesses these careless people and the choices they make while he is living in New York. It is because of these people that Nick ultimately realizes that he is one of the most honest people that he knows. Careless characters in The Great Gatsby make the decisions they do because they are blinded from reality
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You may fool me‚ but you can’t fool God! Standing behind him‚ Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg.”(152) George relates the eyes to the eyes of god‚ however if this is the representation of the eyes of God watching over them‚ then George has a sad and faded relation to what God is. These eyes are just sitting watching everyone‚ and are not helping the characters throughout the novel. The eyes of T.J. Eckleburg can also symbolize the way Nick looks at
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Discuss the Ways in Which Fitzgerald Develops the Theme of Image vs. Reality in the Great Gatsby One of the main ways in which this conflict between what is real and what is simply a facade is presented is in the form of James Gatz‚ or Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald emphasizes the theatrical quality of Gatsby’s life‚ which is an important part of his personality and one of his major character traits. Gatsby has literally recreated himself‚ even changing his name to one of his own invention. It is never
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faster‚ stretch out our arms farther. And one fine morning [...] So we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past.”(172). Nick is the narrator of the novel and analyzes how each character struggles to achieve the American Dream. Gatsby living in the less fashionable side of town moves to the best side of town. Nick and Gatsby just came out of the World War I and are trying to build a better life for themselves. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald
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himself as an oculist‚ a clever idea. Nick describes to us and notes that the eyes keep a perpetual vigil. “That locality was always vaguely disquieting‚ even in the broad glare of afternoon‚ and now I turned my head as though I had been warned of something behind. Over the ashheaps the giant eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg kept their vigil but I perceived‚ after a moment‚ that other eyes were regarding us with peculiar intensity from less than twenty feet away.” (132). Nick personifies the set of eyes as one
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trustworthiness‚ and the importance of social classes illustrated through Nick Carraway’s views and experiences. The narrator of The Great Gatsby who is also the author is Nick Carraway. It could be sensed that Fitzgerald’s goal is to show something sophisticated and to describe The American Dream which arose during the Nineteenth century; a dream that was embodied in the ideal of the self-made man and is able to use the simplicity‚ of Nick Carraway’s first person viewpoint. By narrating the book in first
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with intricate symbolism. Nick Carroway‚ the protagonist‚ has recently moved from the Midwest to get his career started in New York. He lives on the island of West Egg the poorer side of town‚ across from East Egg the wealthier side of town. In East Egg are where his pompous and snobbish friends Tom and Daisy live. They gossip and party a lot‚ all while Tom is cheating on Daisy with a lady named Myrtle Wilson. Everyone knows except for Daisy and Mr. Wilson. Meanwhile‚ Nick lives next door to a mysterious
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Character Analysis- The Great Gatbsy‚ Chapter 1 Nick Carraway serves as the novels narrator and tells us in chapter one that he is tolerant‚ open-minded‚ and quiet and a good listener‚ which makes others; want to confide their secrets in him. Nick is repulsed by the phony nature of the socialites and his moral sense sets him apart from the other characters in the novel. “ Unjustly accused of being a politician”. He seems to be a biased narrator‚ and possibly unreliable as he seems to contradict
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