Innocence Lost
In the early 1900’s, in the aftermath of WWI, New York City was the liveliest place in America. Wall Street 's booming opportunity is everywhere; people are looking for the good life. This world is captured perfectly in F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby”. Jay Gatsby is a man of good will who is caught up in the world around him. He acts as though he is invincible and this is what leads to his early demise. Jay is a romantic idealist and is blinded by his love for Daisy Buchanan, and cannot see past the dream he’s been chasing for so many years. Jay Gatsby is an innocent victim who is destroyed by his inability to accept the word around him.
The story follows the life of a man named Nick Caraway, who has moved to the great location of New York in search of the amazing opportunities that the city is said to hold. He buys a small home across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband Tom. He has come to …show more content…
" Daisy insist to Gatsby that she drive in order to calm her nerves. As they approach the Valley of Ashes Tom 's mistress, Myrtle, runs out into the middle of the road believing Tom is driving the car Gatsby and Daisy are occupying. Daisy hits the woman killing her instantly... Gatsby has already made the decision that he will take full responsibility for Myrtle 's death.. he is still blinded by his dream and unable to see that Daisy is not worth the sacrifice," (Huber). Gatsby then talks with Nick about the accident and explains how he and Daisy are going to run away in the morning. Nick tells Gatsby to leave now but he refuses this proposal. Nick then sees Tom and Daisy together and states," They weren 't happy, and neither of them touched the chicken or the ale- and yet, they weren 't unhappy either,"(Caraway) Nick knows that Gatsby 's dreams very well are just that, but hasn 't the heart to tell
In the early 1900’s, in the aftermath of WWI, New York City was the liveliest place in America. Wall Street 's booming opportunity is everywhere; people are looking for the good life. This world is captured perfectly in F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby”. Jay Gatsby is a man of good will who is caught up in the world around him. He acts as though he is invincible and this is what leads to his early demise. Jay is a romantic idealist and is blinded by his love for Daisy Buchanan, and cannot see past the dream he’s been chasing for so many years. Jay Gatsby is an innocent victim who is destroyed by his inability to accept the word around him.
The story follows the life of a man named Nick Caraway, who has moved to the great location of New York in search of the amazing opportunities that the city is said to hold. He buys a small home across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband Tom. He has come to …show more content…
" Daisy insist to Gatsby that she drive in order to calm her nerves. As they approach the Valley of Ashes Tom 's mistress, Myrtle, runs out into the middle of the road believing Tom is driving the car Gatsby and Daisy are occupying. Daisy hits the woman killing her instantly... Gatsby has already made the decision that he will take full responsibility for Myrtle 's death.. he is still blinded by his dream and unable to see that Daisy is not worth the sacrifice," (Huber). Gatsby then talks with Nick about the accident and explains how he and Daisy are going to run away in the morning. Nick tells Gatsby to leave now but he refuses this proposal. Nick then sees Tom and Daisy together and states," They weren 't happy, and neither of them touched the chicken or the ale- and yet, they weren 't unhappy either,"(Caraway) Nick knows that Gatsby 's dreams very well are just that, but hasn 't the heart to tell