Great Gatsby book report

Setting: Around the summer of 1921or 1922 in Long Island and New York City

The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway but he also implies that he is the author. Carraway narrates in both first and third person, just talking about what he observes. Nick gives his own interpretations of the story’s meaning. Fitzgerald uses literary devices such as motifs and symbols. The motifs are used in geography as well as in the weather. Throughout the novel, places and settings symbolize the different aspects of the 1920s American society that Fitzgerald depicts. The weather in The Great Gatsby dependably matches the emotional and narrative tone of the story. Some symbols are the green light, the valley of ashes, and the eyes of Doctor T.J. Ekleburg.

Nick Carraway: The novel’s narrator, Nick Carraway comes from a wealthy Minnesota family. He traveled to New York to learn the bond business; there he becomes involved with Gatsby and the Buchanans. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment, Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling sec

The resolution is that Gatsby ends up being murdered by Tom because he concluded that Gatsby must have been Myrtle’s lover. Nick organizes a small funeral for Gatsby, ends his relationship with Jordan, and he ends up moving back to the Midwest to get away from the people that surrounded Gatsby. Nick reflects that the American dream of happiness and uniqueness has disintegrated into the simple pursuit of wealth. Gatsby's power to transform his dreams into reality is what makes him "great," Nick reflects that the period of dreaming, both Gatsby's dream and the American dream is finally over. I think that what the resolution meant is that the American dream doesn’t always go the right way.

Nick drives out to East Egg one evening for dinner with his cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, a former classmate of Nick's at Yale. Daisy and Tom introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, who Nick begins a romantic relationship. Nick also learns a bit about Daisy and Tom's marriage: Jordan tells him that Tom has a lover, Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the valley of ashes, a gray industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. Not long after this revelation, Nick travels to New York City with Tom and Myrtle. At a vulgar, gaudy party in the apartment that Tom keeps for the affair, Myrtle begins to criticize Tom about Daisy, and Tom responds by breaking her nose. As the summer progresses, Nick eventually garners an invitation to one of Gatsby's legendary parties. He encounters Jordan Baker at the party, and they meet Gatsby himself. Gatsby asks to speak to Jordan alone and, through Jordan, Nick later learns more about his mysterious neighbor. Gatsby tells Jordan that he knew Daisy in Louisville in 1917 and is deeply in love with her. He spends many nights staring at the green light at the end of her dock, across the bay from his mansion. Gatsby's extravagant lifestyle and wild parties are simply an attempt to impress Daisy. Gatsby now wants Nick to arrange a reunion between himself and Daisy, but he is afraid that Daisy will refuse to see him if she knows that he still loves her. Nick invites Daisy to have tea at his house, without telling her that Gatsby will also be there. After an initially awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy reestablish their connection. Their love is born again and they begin an affair. After a short time, Tom grows increasingly suspicious of his wife's relationsh

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