Book Report The Great Gatsby

Setting: This story takes place in the early 1920’s, an era known as “ The Roaring Twenties.” The location of the story is the cities of Long Island and New York City, in New York. Long Island is divided into two parts, the “East Egg” and the “West Egg.” Jay Gatsby’s mansion is located on the edge of the West Egg, which is the “less fashionable” of the two eggs. Nick Caraway also lives in the West Egg, in a small, quaint cottage by Gatsby’s mansion. Daisy and Tom Buchanan live in an elaborate Georgian Colonial mansion on the bay of the East Egg, directly across from Gatsby’s mansion in the West Egg. Some parts of the story take place in New York City, in a little apartment owned by Tom and in an exclusive club for the wealthy deep within …show more content…
He attended Yale University in hopes of being a writer, but pursues a career on wall street. He’s a gentle man with good morals. He is very introspective, and tries his best to reserve judgment on people. Through out the story he shows great empathy towards everyone he meets. At the end of it all, he develops a certain bitterness for the injustices of the world. Jay Gatsby is a hopeful and enthusiastic man. He seems to be a bit of a compulsive liar. It’s almost as if he is a bit oblivious to the way the world works. He seems to choose to see things for how he wants them to be as opposed to how they actually are. He became arrogant in his wealth and success. He’s not much of a realistic character because the story of his life isn 't realistic. Despite being a bit selfish, although for Daisy he becomes selfless, like when he takes the blame for the car accident to save her. Daisy Buchanan is presented as a bright and welcoming person. She’s extremely charming and beautiful, but underneath her sunshiny exterior she’s selfish and shallow. She proves to be more concerned with her image and with her wealthy lifestyle than those she cares about. She puts her wants and needs before anyone else in her effort of self preservation. She often hides her emotions in efforts not to hurt people, but ends up only delaying the pain she chooses to cause. Tom Buchanan is also a selfish person. He’s very entitled and isn’t concerned with the wants and needs …show more content…
Gatsby has hope all through his life that he will be rich. He has hope he will find Daisy, and he has hope Daisy is sure to call and they will have a perfect life together. He so clearly sees what he wants out of life and how he will get it. This hopefulness helped him succeed. Another theme could be Love. Gatsby loves Daisy so much that he waited five years for Daisy, and he takes the blame for a hit-and-run for her. He truly put her before himself. Another tone could be that money can’t buy you everything. Not one of Gatsby’s many party guests cared enough to attended his funeral, nor did