The Great Gatsby A love story full of affairs, parties, and drama. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald is set in the 1920s in a fictional town called West Egg which is right off of Long Island Sound, New York. Nick, The main character, moves next door to a man named Gatsby which happens to be his second cousin three times removed, Daisy’s, long lost love. Daisy is married to a man named Tom who is having an affair with a woman named Myrtle who lives in New York, New York. Once he finds out how much Daisy loves Gatsby he gets a little over-protective over Daisy. Two different literary elements that are used in the book are going to be mentioned. These two literary elements are the conflict and the mood of the story and how those elements
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Affairs between Tom and Myrtle and the lies Gatsby had told Daisy before he went off to war in 1917. Gatsby was not a wealthy man when he first met Daisy however he instantly fell in love her with and wanted to convince her he was good enough for her, so he lied about his life and thought he would eventually make that lie become the truth. Another conflict in the story that does not play as big as a roll of the lies Gatsby told Daisy is when Daisy describes life as boring. She believes in her era, people do not value intelligence in woman. Daisy herself does not says this word for word, however, she does say about her own daughter, “ I hope she’ll be a fool- that is the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”(21). As you can tell Daisy does not like the fact that people do not value intelligence in woman, however she has no logical reasoning on why she does not try to do something about it. As mentioned earlier Tom was having an affair with a woman named Myrtle who lived in the city. When Tom discovered Daisy was starting to see Gatsby again, he got very jealous and over-protective. When Daisy tried talking to Tom about how his relationship with Myrtle and Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby were no different from each other, Tom immediately disagreed and told Daisy how there is a ginormous difference between his relationship with Myrtle and her relationship with Gatsby. Those are just some of the many conflicts in the book. However the overall main conflict in The Great Gatsby has to do with the lie Gatsby told Daisy. Gatsby tried to give himself an education and wealth so the lie he told Daisy when they first met about him being a very wealthy man would be true when he would go and find Daisy again. Eventually Gatsby got to the point where he was willing to do anything to win back the beautiful Daisy Buchanan,
Affairs between Tom and Myrtle and the lies Gatsby had told Daisy before he went off to war in 1917. Gatsby was not a wealthy man when he first met Daisy however he instantly fell in love her with and wanted to convince her he was good enough for her, so he lied about his life and thought he would eventually make that lie become the truth. Another conflict in the story that does not play as big as a roll of the lies Gatsby told Daisy is when Daisy describes life as boring. She believes in her era, people do not value intelligence in woman. Daisy herself does not says this word for word, however, she does say about her own daughter, “ I hope she’ll be a fool- that is the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”(21). As you can tell Daisy does not like the fact that people do not value intelligence in woman, however she has no logical reasoning on why she does not try to do something about it. As mentioned earlier Tom was having an affair with a woman named Myrtle who lived in the city. When Tom discovered Daisy was starting to see Gatsby again, he got very jealous and over-protective. When Daisy tried talking to Tom about how his relationship with Myrtle and Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby were no different from each other, Tom immediately disagreed and told Daisy how there is a ginormous difference between his relationship with Myrtle and her relationship with Gatsby. Those are just some of the many conflicts in the book. However the overall main conflict in The Great Gatsby has to do with the lie Gatsby told Daisy. Gatsby tried to give himself an education and wealth so the lie he told Daisy when they first met about him being a very wealthy man would be true when he would go and find Daisy again. Eventually Gatsby got to the point where he was willing to do anything to win back the beautiful Daisy Buchanan,