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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a very mysterious man who has an abundance of money ,but no one knows how he accumulated his vast amount of wealth. The wealthy people from both West and East Egg would come to his lavish parties to have the time of their lives and admire Gatsby’s house. Jay Gatsby is an interesting man with complex characteristics spanning from the self made man, the outcast, to the scapegoat. Jay Gatsby is a mystery for a while, we do not know much…

He believes he should have been born in a different time "when swords were bright and steeds were prancing." Miniver settles on his own destiny by living in his own pity and resorting to alcoholism. Jay Gatsby and Miniver Cheevy are both alike in the sense that they are both dreamers. They are both men who dwell on the past and chooses to intoxicate themselves with unrealistic dreams. They both live in the past, the only difference is that one only…

Scott Fitzgerald presents through the characters of Jay, Tom and Daisy the elusive phrase “The American dream” (Bewley, “Scott Fitzgerald’s criticism of America”). In it American people should ideally find happiness by wealth and materialistically satisfying their needs – a house, a car, and a family. In…

In the The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author uses symbolism to reveal the contrast between reality and illusion in the early stages of the storyline. Nick Carraway came from a comfortable family. He’s a writer joining the bonds business, moving back to the west after coming back from WWI. While establishing his life, Nick saw that “instead of being the warm centre of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe”(5). F. Scott Fitzgerald uses simile to…

Great Gatsby, there is a charming, yet malicious woman by the name of Daisy Buchanan. Daisy Buchanan’s dishonest and remorseless personality demolishes many of the people and things around her. Daisy kills and lies, but feels no guilt for her lover Jay Gatsby or the defenseless Myrtle Wilson. Daisy Buchanan is a self-absorbed, vacuous socialite whose decisions lead to the destruction of both…

twenties in a fictional area known as the West Egg in Long Island, New York. Nick met up with his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom who has a mistress named Myrtle, and Jordan Baker who wants to be with Nick who would later introduce him to Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby being the mystery he was, Nick was intrigued by the parties he would host which were extravagant…

reality and relationships with others. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway narrates the love story between ex-lovers Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s main focus is to win back Daisy, who is already married, through status and wealth. Their continued, yet unrealistic, love story inevitably ends with the tragic death of Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby’s life is based on his inability to escape his past with Daisy Buchanan, causing his life to be unsatisfying. The past…

why can people sometime use false representation to distort the truth? The Great Gatsby is an amazing novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald in which most of the main characters are all “illusionist”. Jay Gatsby, and Meyer Wolfshiem know very well how to use illusion to twist reality in order to reach their goal. Jay Gatsby throughout the novel does everything he can to persuade the world that he belongs to the upper class of the society. In the desire of convincing…

gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend. ….Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick, dark blood with the dust.” (Fitzgerald 144-145) We know later that Jay is covering up for Daisy because she is actually the one who hits Myrtle when driving back from New York City. Gatsby never stops to help Myrtle after she is hit because he is too obsessed with trying to make sure Daisy is okay. He is the…

loophole of mixed signals and confusion. In The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald creates extravagant parties hosted by Jay Gatsby, demonstrating his constant loneliness and need for attention. In Jay Gatsby’s quest for recognition, he not only damages his strong ego but his well-being. A glamorous party masks an overwhelming sentiment of seclusion/isolation. Jay Gatsby’s numerous parties represent the true meaning of being surrounded in a room full of people but still feeling…