... careless about what he says; he does not care if he hurts someone. At one time, he was very rude when paying only ten dollars to a dog seller on the street. " Is it a boy or a girl?' she asked delicately, that dog. That dog's a boy. (Dog-seller) It's a bitch, said Tom decisively. Here's ... not hurt an old man who had just lost his son; whereas Tom's morals are so low, that he hurts a poor stranger walking down the street, who is trying to make a living. The carefulness of speaking shows the theme of morality because it reflects respect for humanity. With the realization that the ... e...

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... in suing Hurstwood for his properties also expressed a theme on the importance of money and property in a consumer society and how it continually drives the desire and appetite of the consumer to absolute dissatisfaction. In the last scenes of Sister Carrie we witness more of a reoccurrence of the depersonalizing and dehumanizing nature ... had always occupied Gatsby's life. On the drive back to Long Island to their Egg residences, Nick and Tom and Jordan who were in the same car, discovered a frightening site of someone killed on the road. A Greek man who runs the restaurant next to the...

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... novel. It was written by an impressionist, for impressionists. It seems that, in order to enjoy the novel, you must have a tendency, or at least a desire to see the world the way Fitzgerald does. I do not; and so, for me, the book was a failure: was, in fact, an agonizing and tedious, ... escaped by retreating underground (where, we assume, Mr. Wolfshiem spends most of his time). Carraway goes on to say "Blinking away the brightness of the street outside my eyes picked him [Gatsby] out obscurely in the anteroom, talking to another man."" (73) Again, we are given the feeling of retreating...

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... Great Gatsby "I"m going to fix everything just the way it was before . She"ll see" (117). This statement by Jay Gatsby optimizes his drive and desire to recapture the love of his dream girl. After 5 years away from his darling Daisy Fay, a stunning, privileged woman, Gatsby is brought back to her ... Cody's lady friend. His lesson in culture was complete and he next looked to making money. Reaching Chicago, Gatsby was found by Meyer Wolfshiem. Meyer was a street smart, organized crime member who had a hand in rigging the 1919 World Series. He saw something in Gatsby that sparked his inter...

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... ) that owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Tom treats her as a simple object of his desire. Myrtle is incredibly jealous of Daisy. After with a fight with her husband, she runs out into the street and is hit and killed by Gatsby's car. George Wilson: Myrtle's husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the ... her back to East Egg with Gatsby, attempting to prove that Gatsby cannot hurt him. When Nick, Jordan, and Tom drive through the valley of ashes, they discover that Gatsby's car has struck and killed Myrtle, Tom's lover. They rush back to...

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... him to live up to a certain moral code in which he obviously can not. For instance, Tom simply treats Myrtle as an object of his desire. Tom's social attitude could be attributed to the incident in which Myrtle and Tom begin to argue about Daisy. Tom demands that Myrtle refrain from saying ... and Daisy drive in Tom's coupe, while Tom, Nick, and Jordan go in Gatsby's car. As Tom drives along, he is constantly looking over his shoulder to make sure Gatsby has not turned down a side street taking Daisy out of his life forever, but they all arrive in the city together where ... their marr...

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... says that she loves Tom as well, and has an obligation to her family. Tom is pleased with him self, and easily sends Daisy and Gatsby in the car together, as he knows that Gatsby has lost. Things do not get any better, Daisy decides to drive home to cool herself off, but hits Myrtle Wilson ... Tom's mistress on the way, killing her instantly. Daisy in a panic does not stop the car. George Wilson, Myrtle's husband is devastated, and when Tom arrives on the scene, George keeps saying he knows who did it, and that someone saw the ... and to teach a lesson. We definitely observe the differen...

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... Mr. James Gats to be realistic and gloomy. The outcome of this novel can be compared to princess Diana's death in the sense of car accidents, money, and a person speeding away from a car crash. "The Great Gatsby" is a man who threw great parties and lived in a mansion. Gatsby although rich, loved Daisy Buchanan, which ... with illegal liquor and security in his childhood. This created a whole new look to Gatsby's identity. "He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter".-Tom Jay Gatsby's character relates to m...

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... commonplace traditional American values as in this steadfast hope. In fact, through the experiences of characters in The Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Great Gatsby, a steadfast hope ultimately results in an inevitable death. In the first piece, The Death of a Salesman, there is ... prosperous American, but rather an exposition of the realistic downside to the unwavering and irrational hope associated with Americans. Similarly, A Streetcar Named Desire exemplifies the shortcomings and demise of the staunchly hopeful American through the experiences of Blanche. In...

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In today's society, it is very easy to look around and see many people who live in their past. Walking down a street, one can still watch cars pass by with peace signs and equal rights slogans or hear blasting disco music from the 70's. However, although the people in these cars enjoy ... West Egg directly across from hers. He would make extravagant parties with food and liquor, even though he did not drink, just hoping that one day the object of his desire would show up. He just wanted to regain that feeling that emotion that he had for Daisy. The one that he discovered back when he sat wit...

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... they are in love, but she denies it. So Tom, who is feeling victorious, insists that Daisy and Gatsby return to Long Island together in his yellow car, to say their final goodbyes, as Daisy will not be seeing him anymore. On their return, with Daisy at the wheel, they pass the gas station. Myrtle ... , who has been locked up by her husband, recognizes Gatsby's yellow car, as the one Tom was driving earlier, She rushes out onto the road and is killed. Daisy and Gatsby continue on, but Tom stops when he sees a ... mysterious women lying on the road. After he comes to the realization of wh...

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... and love that comes from the newly rich. However, such prosperity brings with it the complex, altered side of the "American Dream". Corruption, desire and despair penetrate through the idealism of this new society. Jay Gatsby, the protagonist, depicts a man fulfilling that American dream. With a questionable background, he ... on one hand reminds the reader of hope, lust and wealth, but on the other side, shows that of greed and envy. Gatsby emphasizes his desire and wish to win Daisy over. After achieving everything he could in life of wealth and power, he now aims to reach for Daisy's h...

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... . While they"re on their way home, a woman named Myrtle Wilson runs into the middle of the street. They hit and kill her. Instead of getting out of the car like decent people, they just keep on driving. Daisy was behind the wheel of the car. Because Gatsby is in love with Daisy, he decides to let people think he was driving the ... car. Instead of thanking Gatsby for taking the blame, Daisy leaves town with her husband without giving Gatsby so much as a phone call. Before Tom and Daisy leave town, Tom ... tells Wilson, Myrtles husband, that Gatsby was the one driving the Car that killed...

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... talked at once, unobtrusively and with a bantering inconsequence that was never quite chatter, that was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire" (16-17). Throughout the rest of the novel,. Fitzgerald continues to portray Daisy's innocence using the color white. At Gatsby's mansion, she "admired the gardens" and "the sparkling odor of ... flaunts his wealth to his guests by having them gawk at his Rolls-Royce. Just as Gatsby's guests want to be around Gatsby's wealth, they want to be around his car as well. Nick states, "On week-ends his Roll...

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... and upper class people in the novel. He represents the 1920s as an age of decayed social and virtuous values, by showing sarcasm, greediness, and bare search of desire. In this novel, Fitzgerald produces many literary devices. One of the device he used is characterization. The main characters of this novel are Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, ... the Plaza Hotel. Tom accused Gatsby of being a criminal. After a little discuss there, they head back to East Egg where Daisy and Gatsby are in same car. On the way, Daisy hits Myrtle on purpose and leaves her like that on the road. Later Tom, Nick an...

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... Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. She cannot stand being married to a poor man, and resents being tied ... she says: " he isn't fit to lick my shoe." (Pg. 37) She dreams being a part of the elite group of the idle rich, a desire she satisfies through an affair with Tom Buchanan, a married man who is extremely wealthy. Around Tom, Myrtle pretends to be just as rich, constantl...

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... Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. She cannot stand being married to a poor man, and resents being tied ... she says: " he isn't fit to lick my shoe." (Pg. 37) She dreams being a part of the elite group of the idle rich, a desire she satisfies through an affair with Tom Buchanan, a married man who is extremely wealthy. Around Tom, Myrtle pretends to be just as rich, constantl...

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... Gatsby is the obvious embodiment of this theme, it is also illustrated through the author's other characters, namely Myrtle, George, Tom and Daisy. Myrtle Wilson's desire for upper class status rivals that of all other characters in The Great Gatsby. She cannot stand being married to a poor man, and resents being tied ... she says: " he isn't fit to lick my shoe." (Pg. 37) She dreams being a part of the elite group of the idle rich, a desire she satisfies through an affair with Tom Buchanan, a married man who is extremely wealthy. Around Tom, Myrtle pretends to be just as rich, constantl...

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... riche, Tom Buchanan as the old money, and Jordan Baker as the reckless, detached modern woman. The hero, Jay Gatsby, is a Midwesterner-turned-Easterner, whose ambition is fueled by the desire to be reunited with his long lost love. His quest for the American dream leads him from poverty to wealth; he is a self-made millionaire, a nouveau riche. When we first ... Myrtle, to kill Gatsby. Tom responds by saying "I told him the truth." This is ironic because not only was Tom wrong when he told Wilson that Gatsby was driving the car, but also because it sums up the destruction of truth that ...

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... of his wife. However, when he hears of his wife's affair with Gatsby, he fights to keep her with him. He even tells Myrtle's husband that Gatsby was driving the car that killed Myrtle, which leads to Gatsby's murder. Tom doesn't care who loses what or who gets hurt as long as it isn't him. But the self-centeredness does not ... that he has come to Jay's funeral. Mr. Gatz shows Nick a list that illustrates Jay's constant desire to be a better person. When the funeral day finally arrives, only three cars enter the cemetery; the hearse, the limo, and a car with a few servants and the postm...

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... an extent still is, with the simplest of possessions. All is explained however when Fitzgerald informs the reader that across the sound is Daisy's house. The desire to be near to her has driven him to build this extravagant palace (not dissimilar to the "white palace" Daisy, the "Golden girl" is ... sworn he was trembling" Here Gatsby stretches his arms out towards Daisy as he stands beside his great house and the intensity of his dream, his desire to be with her, makes him "tremble", the "enormity of the illusion" he lives overcomes him and it is with these points that Fitzgerald ... ...

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... named Nick Carraway. The story follows a man named Jay Gatsby, who is Nick's neighbour; he is a man who has wrapped his life within the past five years around his sole desire to be with a woman named Daisy Buchanan. The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy, love and rich vs. poor. In this novel, the American Dream is a concept that is consistent ... anything to obtain/maintain the American Dream. Another motif used was cars. In Chapter 4, Gatsby drives over to Nick's house to take him out for lunch, and Nick encounters Gatsby's car: "It was a rich cream colour, bright with nickel, swollen...

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... hope and faith for the future. It deals with the wishes and dreams of a person and it tends to be a story of rags to riches. The American dream relates to a desire for inner and material improvement. The Great Gatsby describes the decay of a proper American dream and how the want for money and power is overtaking the spiritual and inner happiness ... symbols of great status in the 1920's was the automobile. In the novel we are told that Gatsby has five cars. He gives a car to Nick and one kills Myrtle Wilson later in the book. Gatsby's favorite yellow car was describes by Nick as, . . ....

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... the American Dream in the novel. Both Tom and Gatsby's dreams have been clouded due to the manner in which they tried to achieve them. Which resulted from the unrestrained desire for money and pleasure overtaking more wholesome goals. On the surface the men seem to be total opposites. Tom, a "hulking brute of a man- (16), looks more intimidating compared to the ... the men. When questioned by Nick about the incident all Tom could think about was himself, " He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn't told him who owned the car... that fellow [Gatsby] had it coming to him."" (187) Tom was ...

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... making it have a deep influence on me. The main themes of the novel are materialism, corruption and The American Dream. The American Dream started out as more than just materialistic desire, it also had foundations in spirituality in relation to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". This spiritual aspect of the Dream was soon ditched for the more attainable and ... few inhabitants are poor and without hope in the wastes. They desperately grasp at any chance of wealth and their dreams. Mr Wilson being hesitant when questioning when Mr Gatsby's car will be up for sale shows this G...

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