According to Nick Carraway, “You can’t repeat the past,” Gatsby astonishingly replies: “Can’t repeat the past? … Why of course you can!” To Gatsby time appears as submissive to his will as wealth or power. (Miller) All Gatsby wants is to turn back time to before he was well known and wealthy, he wants to be great. How does he achieve this “greatness” you may ask? Gatsby’s actions prove him to be a sincere and loyal person, even during a time of corrupt social values. From taking the blame of Myrtle's death, to having a different, more optimistic look towards life. Gatsby dreamt of being the son of god when he was a child. Gatsby went from being dirt poor to becoming one of the most well people in New York.But is he really “Great”? Gatsby’s
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Gatsby met Daisy five years ago in Louisville, he then got called into war, and was separated from Daisy. When Nick gets invited to one of Gatsby’s parties he encounters Jordan. During the end of the party Jordan releases why Gatsby does the things he does. ‘‘I’ve just heard the most amazing thing,’ she whispered.‘How long were we in there?’ … ‘It was—simply amazing,’ she repeated abstractedly. ‘But I swore I wouldn’t tell it and here I am tantalizing you.’’ (57-58 book) Jordan finds out that Gatsby does everything for Daisy. The only reason Gatsby moved to West Egg is so that he could live near Daisy. His house is right across the lake from Daisy’s. He wanted her to be near him at all times. Gatsby’s parties were also meat for Daisy. He only threw those big parties because he was hoping that Daisy would randomly wander into one of them. Even though Gatsby is a wealthy man, he is different from other wealthy people because of the fact that he shows different characteristics than others. His love for Daisy is what makes him great, knowing that he did all of these things for just one person he met five years …show more content…
Gatsby's “ greatness” is constructed in part on illegal activities that are never fully and clearly defined-bootlegging In a string of drug stores? The handling of bonds from governmental bribes? Big-time gambling and gangster warfare?(Miller) The activities that Gatsby was involved in made him very wealthy, very illegally. When Gatsby was a child he wanted change in his life, and change is what he got. As a child he ran from his home and got involved in mob activities, this made him very wealthy. This ultimately leads to his death. In the novel Tom Buchanan states “‘I found out what your ‘drug stores’ were.’ He turned to us and spoke rapidly. ‘He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him and I wasn’t far wrong.” (143) Gatsby, now realizing that Tom had found out about his bootlegging business, was in shock. He wasn't prepared for anyone to find out about it, so he nearly hits Tom in the scene. Gatsby’s attitude and actions are a factor that prove he is
Gatsby met Daisy five years ago in Louisville, he then got called into war, and was separated from Daisy. When Nick gets invited to one of Gatsby’s parties he encounters Jordan. During the end of the party Jordan releases why Gatsby does the things he does. ‘‘I’ve just heard the most amazing thing,’ she whispered.‘How long were we in there?’ … ‘It was—simply amazing,’ she repeated abstractedly. ‘But I swore I wouldn’t tell it and here I am tantalizing you.’’ (57-58 book) Jordan finds out that Gatsby does everything for Daisy. The only reason Gatsby moved to West Egg is so that he could live near Daisy. His house is right across the lake from Daisy’s. He wanted her to be near him at all times. Gatsby’s parties were also meat for Daisy. He only threw those big parties because he was hoping that Daisy would randomly wander into one of them. Even though Gatsby is a wealthy man, he is different from other wealthy people because of the fact that he shows different characteristics than others. His love for Daisy is what makes him great, knowing that he did all of these things for just one person he met five years …show more content…
Gatsby's “ greatness” is constructed in part on illegal activities that are never fully and clearly defined-bootlegging In a string of drug stores? The handling of bonds from governmental bribes? Big-time gambling and gangster warfare?(Miller) The activities that Gatsby was involved in made him very wealthy, very illegally. When Gatsby was a child he wanted change in his life, and change is what he got. As a child he ran from his home and got involved in mob activities, this made him very wealthy. This ultimately leads to his death. In the novel Tom Buchanan states “‘I found out what your ‘drug stores’ were.’ He turned to us and spoke rapidly. ‘He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him and I wasn’t far wrong.” (143) Gatsby, now realizing that Tom had found out about his bootlegging business, was in shock. He wasn't prepared for anyone to find out about it, so he nearly hits Tom in the scene. Gatsby’s attitude and actions are a factor that prove he is