“Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don’t” By Brett Butler. Brett Butler is an American actress, writer and stand-up comedian. The quote means that when you’ve been thinking about something for a long time, and it finally happens but it’s not what you expected it to be. When you’ve been hyped for something that you even imagined it in your head, and when it happens it’s disappointing because it didn’t turn out how you imagined it in your head. This quote relates to The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald because in the book there is a character named Gatsby who has two dreams. One of his dreams was to be rich, and the other was to have a future with Daisy, who he loves. Through the choices of Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald illustrates
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Gatsby choses to want to have a future with Daisy, he has high expectations that Daisy will be with him because he puts her first. After the incident, Gatsby was hiding behind a bush, because he felt like he was protecting Daisy from Tom. Nick saw Gatsby and went to speak with him: “ ‘Was Daisy driving?’ ‘yes,’ he said after a moment, but of course i’ll say I was “ (Fitzgerald 143) Gatsby thinks by taking the blame for Daisy, he is protecting her and thinks that she will leave Tom to be with him. Gatsby does not know her well enough, she obviously isn’t going to leave Tom for him. After Nick was calling people to come to Gatsby’s funeral. A phone call from Slagle came through and started talking about wires, he thought he was talking to Gatsby: “ ‘Hello!’ I interrupted breathlessly ‘look here this isn’t Mr. Gatsby. Mr. Gatsby is dead’ “ (Fitzgerald 166) After taking the blame for running over Myrtle, Gatsby get’s shot. The day of the funeral came and Daisy didn’t bother to come to his funeral. Jordan Baker went to check up on Daisy before her wedding day, She saw Daisy drunk and was crying non-stop and Daisy had a letter in her hand: “ She wouldn’t let go of the letter “ (FItzgerald 76) Gatsby sent her the letter when he was at war. He never thought that Daisy would marry someone else because his love was true to her and the reason why Daisy was marrying someone else because she couldn’t wait for Gatsby any longer. It’s …show more content…
He doesn’t care how he gets his money as long as he’s getting it, he’s fine. Gatsby took Nick to dinner, Wolfsheim who is Gatsby’s close friend came to dinner as well. Wolfsheim left early and Nick wanted to know more about him: “ ‘He’s the man who fixed the world series in 1919’ “ (Fitzgerald 73) Gatsby wanted to be rich and in order that to happen he surrounded himself with bad people like Wolfsheim. Wolfsheim is in a gang, he will influence Gatsby into things he shouldn’t be doing. In the argument between Daisy, Tom and Gatsby. Tom was talking about Gatsby’s life: “ ‘I found out what your ‘drug store’ were’ “ (Fitzgerald 133) because Gatsby surrounded himself with bad people he started selling drugs and alcohol. The reader is being told about Gatsby's life before all the big parties, before the money, and before the fame: “ His imagination had never accepted them as his parents at all “ (Fitzgerald 98) Gatsby is embarrassed of his parents because they own a farm. It’s like he wished he had different parents or that his parents were successful. Gatsby wanted to be something he didn’t want to end up like his
Gatsby choses to want to have a future with Daisy, he has high expectations that Daisy will be with him because he puts her first. After the incident, Gatsby was hiding behind a bush, because he felt like he was protecting Daisy from Tom. Nick saw Gatsby and went to speak with him: “ ‘Was Daisy driving?’ ‘yes,’ he said after a moment, but of course i’ll say I was “ (Fitzgerald 143) Gatsby thinks by taking the blame for Daisy, he is protecting her and thinks that she will leave Tom to be with him. Gatsby does not know her well enough, she obviously isn’t going to leave Tom for him. After Nick was calling people to come to Gatsby’s funeral. A phone call from Slagle came through and started talking about wires, he thought he was talking to Gatsby: “ ‘Hello!’ I interrupted breathlessly ‘look here this isn’t Mr. Gatsby. Mr. Gatsby is dead’ “ (Fitzgerald 166) After taking the blame for running over Myrtle, Gatsby get’s shot. The day of the funeral came and Daisy didn’t bother to come to his funeral. Jordan Baker went to check up on Daisy before her wedding day, She saw Daisy drunk and was crying non-stop and Daisy had a letter in her hand: “ She wouldn’t let go of the letter “ (FItzgerald 76) Gatsby sent her the letter when he was at war. He never thought that Daisy would marry someone else because his love was true to her and the reason why Daisy was marrying someone else because she couldn’t wait for Gatsby any longer. It’s …show more content…
He doesn’t care how he gets his money as long as he’s getting it, he’s fine. Gatsby took Nick to dinner, Wolfsheim who is Gatsby’s close friend came to dinner as well. Wolfsheim left early and Nick wanted to know more about him: “ ‘He’s the man who fixed the world series in 1919’ “ (Fitzgerald 73) Gatsby wanted to be rich and in order that to happen he surrounded himself with bad people like Wolfsheim. Wolfsheim is in a gang, he will influence Gatsby into things he shouldn’t be doing. In the argument between Daisy, Tom and Gatsby. Tom was talking about Gatsby’s life: “ ‘I found out what your ‘drug store’ were’ “ (Fitzgerald 133) because Gatsby surrounded himself with bad people he started selling drugs and alcohol. The reader is being told about Gatsby's life before all the big parties, before the money, and before the fame: “ His imagination had never accepted them as his parents at all “ (Fitzgerald 98) Gatsby is embarrassed of his parents because they own a farm. It’s like he wished he had different parents or that his parents were successful. Gatsby wanted to be something he didn’t want to end up like his