Jay

The American dream was real, many people have achieved it. But is the American dream still real and can just any one achieve it? Many things happen throughout time things changed and life became harder and harder, prices of items and taxes become higher, payment become lower… “the dream” become a myth in many peoples mind. Is the American dream still real or is it just a dream after all? The American dream was real and it was achieved by many people back in the 19s. For example in the book The…

How could the “great” Gatsby really be that great when his name is not actually Gatsby? Throughout the novel, James Gatz, better known as Jay Gatsby, tells a series of lies and deceits. At times, he even seems to have himself convinced of his own false identity. Several factors play part in the role of his want to be someone he is not. To begin, Gatsby is embarrassed of his very own family. His parents were poor farmers from North Dakota, yet this is not what he told Nick. Instead, he says…

1. Introduction In 1990s, Jay Van Andel and Rich Decos started as founders of a family business named Amway in Ada, Michigan, USA. Amway stands for American way. The first original home product offered by Amway -Liquid Organic Cleaner (L.O.C.) has evolved into a worldwide business opportunity and become the pioneer of the multilevel marketing. The world headquarters located in Ada, Michigan, USA, stretches one mile from east to west and is comprised of 80 buildings and 3.5 million square feet…

past; the morals and the way he went about his life in Chicago did not permit him to achieve the American dream and make himself into the stereotypical wealthy man of the East. Carraway finally concludes this after the murder of his closest friend, Jay Gatsby. Following his death, Nick decides to move back west. “After Gatsby’s death the East was haunted for me like that, distorted beyond my eyes’ power of correction. So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the…

throw morality to the side if it is in their benefit of to obtain something he or she wants. This message is very evident in The Great Gatsby, so I am going to show how each of the characters, events, food, or settings represents this message Jay Gatsby- Jay Gatsby was infatuated on getting Daisy to fall back in love with him and gain wealth. To do this he threw away his ethics and committed some crimes to get wealth. Not to mention the affair he was having. Myrtle- Myrtle also has an affair…

had that kind of money, lived day to day, no ambition or real goals. Since society said money equaled success, she and everyone else did not have to do anything beyond just having money because they were already at the top of the pyramid. Lastly, how Jay Gatsby devoted his life to…

and nature, and white is correlated with purity. Red is assimilated with love but also danger. There are many colors that relate to the characters in this story, but the most interesting and complex is the story’s tragic hero, Jay Gatsby. Green is the color of money, and Jay Gatsby is undoubtedly a very wealthy man, but it represents more than that in the case of Gatsby. Green can be used to represent Gatsby’s desperate hope of being with Daisy, which his is undying dream and what he puts all…

Scott Fitzgerald, who wrote the book to capture the triumph and tragedy in the American Society in the 1920’s. The protagonist, Nick Carraway is telling the story of Jay Gatsby, a newly rich man. Jay was born to some poor farmers and as a young boy aspired to grow into a rich and successful man. This dream of him rekindled when he met Daisy, the love of his life. He felt as though he could give everything to Daisy that she could ever…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway moves to West Egg and meets Jay Gatsby, a multi-millionaire with a mysterious past. Through a few extravagant parties hosted by Gatsby himself, Nick learns that Gatsby is in love with his married cousin, Daisy. Nick notices that Jay longingly stares at a green light across the bay at night--and realizes that he is staring directly into Daisy’s dock. The symbolism of the green light reflects Gatsby’s unattainable desires that is focused on…

Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the titular character Jay Gatsby is haunted by the ghosts of his past for never being able to get together with Daisy Buchanon. Since Gatsby was never able to get together with Daisy, he does everything humanly possible to her back, such as, obtain a lot of money and throwing extravagent parties hopeing that Daisy would show up to one of them by accident. Gatsby is a man who is driven by the memories of his past and is doing…