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After getting into the text of The Great Gatsby, my beginning to end impression of the characters has most definitely changed. In the beginning of the novel, I had first thought Daisy was a sweet and loving character. I had also picked up on her being materialistic. In the final chapters she had started showing her true colors. I had known she was materialistic and loved money, but I did not think she was so shallow and selfish to not attend Gatsby’s funeral and give anyone any idea of her whereabouts. However, I still think Daisy represents a beautiful woman, but only on the outside. I think on the inside she's truly empty and valueless. She has no substance to her and no values.
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We learn later on that the green light is at the end of Daisy’s dock at her home. Gatsby associates the light with Daisy. Everytime he sees it he is reminded of his love for her. Also, The Valley of Ashes plays a huge role in the book. It represents the social decline that results from the rich indulging themselves with no regard of anything else but themselves and their own pleasure.
The major conflict towards the end of the book is who killed Myrtle and who was she having an affair with. Tom deals with this by telling Wilson who’s car it was who hit her. Tom and Daisy then leave town without any word of where they were going. Gatsby in turn stands up for Daisy and making sure nobody knows it was her driving. Wilson is enraged and thinks it was Gatsby, and he deals with this by killing Gatsby and then himself.
A literary technique used in the book is flashback. The entire story is a flashback from Nick’s point of view. He often trails off and says in the book that he is including certain things in the story now, even though he did not find out those things until later on. Irony is also prevalent in the book. At Gatsby's funeral, hardly anybody was there, despite their being hundreds of people at his
After getting into the text of The Great Gatsby, my beginning to end impression of the characters has most definitely changed. In the beginning of the novel, I had first thought Daisy was a sweet and loving character. I had also picked up on her being materialistic. In the final chapters she had started showing her true colors. I had known she was materialistic and loved money, but I did not think she was so shallow and selfish to not attend Gatsby’s funeral and give anyone any idea of her whereabouts. However, I still think Daisy represents a beautiful woman, but only on the outside. I think on the inside she's truly empty and valueless. She has no substance to her and no values.
As the novel progresses, the characters …show more content…
We learn later on that the green light is at the end of Daisy’s dock at her home. Gatsby associates the light with Daisy. Everytime he sees it he is reminded of his love for her. Also, The Valley of Ashes plays a huge role in the book. It represents the social decline that results from the rich indulging themselves with no regard of anything else but themselves and their own pleasure.
The major conflict towards the end of the book is who killed Myrtle and who was she having an affair with. Tom deals with this by telling Wilson who’s car it was who hit her. Tom and Daisy then leave town without any word of where they were going. Gatsby in turn stands up for Daisy and making sure nobody knows it was her driving. Wilson is enraged and thinks it was Gatsby, and he deals with this by killing Gatsby and then himself.
A literary technique used in the book is flashback. The entire story is a flashback from Nick’s point of view. He often trails off and says in the book that he is including certain things in the story now, even though he did not find out those things until later on. Irony is also prevalent in the book. At Gatsby's funeral, hardly anybody was there, despite their being hundreds of people at his