The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 by an American author, F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel shadows a cast of characters living in West Egg and East Egg in Long Island. The story takes place in the summer of 1922. Although he is not the narrator The Great Gatsby follows the young, mysterious, millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession to rekindle his long lost flame with Daisy Buchanan. However, the character that is most affected is the narrator. The Great Gatsby explores many themes of love, society and class, past vs. present, and many more.
First off we meet the narrator Nick Carraway, he is Yale graduate and a World War I veteran. Carraway takes up a job in New York selling bonds, a business which …show more content…
The next Saturday, there is no party, Gatsby fired all his help and hired new people; people who would not gossip. Nick goes over to Tom and Daisy’s house, evidently it is one of the hottest days of the summer. When Nick arrives Daisy and Jordan are sitting in beautiful white dresses while Tom talks to his mistress. Shortly after Gatsby strolls in, the five of them sit in tension and heat whilst drinking. Despite the hot day Daisy says to Gatsby “You always look so cool.” Which for Daisy was saying ‘I love you’, Tom picks up on this immediately and is …show more content…
Wilson shows up at Gatsby’s while he is swimming. He shoots Gatsby. He then kills himself. Nick, along with the staff, found them. Nick tries to get in touch with Daisy but her and Tom have both fled. Nick tries to find family and friends to come to Gatsby’s funeral but nobody wants to attend, Gatsby only had one friend - Nick. He feels “shame” for Gatsby who was so generous to other people and only one person ever returned the favor. fortunately Nick does get in contact with Gatsby’s father, who comes to the funeral. The day of the funeral is rainy and gloomy, the only people at the wedding are Nick, Gatsby’s father, and the man with owl-eyed glasses. Nick thinks about how him, Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, and Jordan were all westerners who were not made for the east coast life. He has a vision of an El Greco painting – a drunk woman in white who is carried on a stretcher, no one knows or cares about her. The people carrying her bring her into the wrong
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 by an American author, F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel shadows a cast of characters living in West Egg and East Egg in Long Island. The story takes place in the summer of 1922. Although he is not the narrator The Great Gatsby follows the young, mysterious, millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession to rekindle his long lost flame with Daisy Buchanan. However, the character that is most affected is the narrator. The Great Gatsby explores many themes of love, society and class, past vs. present, and many more.
First off we meet the narrator Nick Carraway, he is Yale graduate and a World War I veteran. Carraway takes up a job in New York selling bonds, a business which …show more content…
The next Saturday, there is no party, Gatsby fired all his help and hired new people; people who would not gossip. Nick goes over to Tom and Daisy’s house, evidently it is one of the hottest days of the summer. When Nick arrives Daisy and Jordan are sitting in beautiful white dresses while Tom talks to his mistress. Shortly after Gatsby strolls in, the five of them sit in tension and heat whilst drinking. Despite the hot day Daisy says to Gatsby “You always look so cool.” Which for Daisy was saying ‘I love you’, Tom picks up on this immediately and is …show more content…
Wilson shows up at Gatsby’s while he is swimming. He shoots Gatsby. He then kills himself. Nick, along with the staff, found them. Nick tries to get in touch with Daisy but her and Tom have both fled. Nick tries to find family and friends to come to Gatsby’s funeral but nobody wants to attend, Gatsby only had one friend - Nick. He feels “shame” for Gatsby who was so generous to other people and only one person ever returned the favor. fortunately Nick does get in contact with Gatsby’s father, who comes to the funeral. The day of the funeral is rainy and gloomy, the only people at the wedding are Nick, Gatsby’s father, and the man with owl-eyed glasses. Nick thinks about how him, Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, and Jordan were all westerners who were not made for the east coast life. He has a vision of an El Greco painting – a drunk woman in white who is carried on a stretcher, no one knows or cares about her. The people carrying her bring her into the wrong