Fake lives, being an outsider vs being an insider, emotions, and feelings, relationships between people, reality vs fantasy. These are all themes of the book The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book was originally published April 10, 1925, but has been adapted many times. It’s a historical drama, that shows life in the 1920s and how people acted around that time. One of the main characters and the narrator in the book is named Nick. In the beginning of the book, Nick talks about himself. He explains how he’s easy to talk to and how a lot of people do talk to him, probably because he doesn’t judge. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you've
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Their relationship is a main part of the book as well. Daisy is married to a man named Tom but Daisy and Gatsby are secretly in love. Gatsby and Daisy knew each other in the past and were reunited once again. “You must know Gatsby.” “Gatsby?” demanded Daisy. “What Gatsby?” (Page 11) This quote shows that Daisy remembered Gatsby from the past but was hiding it and she didn’t realize he lived near her. The relationship between Gatsby and Daisy plays a major role in the book and how fake lives are a theme in this book. These three main characters in The Great Gatsby are living fake lives. This particularly affects the main relationships between Daisy and Gatsby and Nick and …show more content…
“What I called up about was a pair of shoes I left there. I wonder if it’d be too much trouble to have the butler send them on. You see, they’re tennis shoes, and I’m sort of helpless without them. My address is care of B. F.-----” I didn’t hear the rest of the name because I hung up the receiver.” (Page 169) Nick asked if the guy wanted to come to Gatsby’s funeral, he laughed and just asked for him to send his tennis shoes to him. Nick had no time or patience to deal with people who didn’t actually care about Gatsby and that's why he hung up. Again he felt he owed Gatsby something and throwing him the funeral was it.
Nick cared for Gatsby and was one of the only people that did care for him. The only people to come to his funeral were a few servants, the minister of the service, the postman of West Egg, Gatsby’s father, Nick, and Owl Eyes. He most only had acquaintances that came to his parties. Daisy was the only person he cared about. The only reason he threw the parties every weekend was he hoped Daisy would eventually show up to one. Gatsby loved Daisy, always did. Daisy never loved him enough,
Their relationship is a main part of the book as well. Daisy is married to a man named Tom but Daisy and Gatsby are secretly in love. Gatsby and Daisy knew each other in the past and were reunited once again. “You must know Gatsby.” “Gatsby?” demanded Daisy. “What Gatsby?” (Page 11) This quote shows that Daisy remembered Gatsby from the past but was hiding it and she didn’t realize he lived near her. The relationship between Gatsby and Daisy plays a major role in the book and how fake lives are a theme in this book. These three main characters in The Great Gatsby are living fake lives. This particularly affects the main relationships between Daisy and Gatsby and Nick and …show more content…
“What I called up about was a pair of shoes I left there. I wonder if it’d be too much trouble to have the butler send them on. You see, they’re tennis shoes, and I’m sort of helpless without them. My address is care of B. F.-----” I didn’t hear the rest of the name because I hung up the receiver.” (Page 169) Nick asked if the guy wanted to come to Gatsby’s funeral, he laughed and just asked for him to send his tennis shoes to him. Nick had no time or patience to deal with people who didn’t actually care about Gatsby and that's why he hung up. Again he felt he owed Gatsby something and throwing him the funeral was it.
Nick cared for Gatsby and was one of the only people that did care for him. The only people to come to his funeral were a few servants, the minister of the service, the postman of West Egg, Gatsby’s father, Nick, and Owl Eyes. He most only had acquaintances that came to his parties. Daisy was the only person he cared about. The only reason he threw the parties every weekend was he hoped Daisy would eventually show up to one. Gatsby loved Daisy, always did. Daisy never loved him enough,