... the book is Daisy Buchanan. Daisy does what's best for her and doesn't care about what happens to anybody else. Daisy starts to see a man named Jay Gatsby behind her husband's back. Daisy and Gatsby encounter each other through an arranged meeting by Daisy's cousin Nick. Daisy and Gatsby knew each other previously ... not true. Daisy loves her husband, no matter how much fun she has denying it. On a hot summer day, Daisy, Gatsby, Nick, Tom, and a woman named Jordan; all go to a hotel in the city. Tom has somewhat caught onto Daisy and Gatsby's affair. Tom is very upset by this so he sta...

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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 ... returned from his service in the armed forces, he embarked on a journey to reclaim his lost sweetheart, Daisy. He found her living in East Egg, married to a man named Tom Buchanan. He, in his obsessive love for Daisy, bought a house in West Egg directly across from hers. He would make extravagant parties with food and liquor...

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... with his distant cousin Daisy Buchanan. There he meets her husband Tom and their lady friend Jordan Baker. During the visit, Nick learns that Tom has a mistress named Myrtle Wilson, who owns a gas station with her husband. Later that week, Nick is invited to one of Gatsby's famous parties where he than encounters Jordan ... 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, bu...

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... 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 throughout the entire story. The ... 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 here and there in it...

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... the time of their daughter's birth. But Daisy was not the innocent wife she made herself out to be either. Some of her misbehavior begins when she re-encounters a man named Jay Gatsby. His neighbor Nick, Daisy's cousin, introduces Jay to Daisy; the two of them had met before when Gatsby was poor, with no prospects. When they first met, it ... . This is when Tom realizes that Daisy is cheating on him with Jay. On the way home, Daisy is driving by Myrtle Wilson's home, and Myrtle runs out into the street thinking it is her lover, Tom, (Daisy's philandering husband) coming back for her. But...

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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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... but everything changed during the war. Gatsby became a poor man, which was not favoured during the 1900's. Gatsby's love, Daisy, ended up marrying a man named Tom Buchanan. As Gatsby becomes illegally rich at a young age, Nick begins to encounter what seems like the rekindling of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship. This renewed ... a hefty reason to why Gatsby died, Daisy's personality was also to blame. If Daisy had just told people the truth to what happened in the car on the night of Myrtle's death, Gatsby would not have been a target to George Wilson, Myrtle's husband. Although it was...

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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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... Carraway, a man from Minnesota moves to New York in 1922. He rents a house in West egg district of Long Island. Nick's neighbor is a man named Jay Gatsby who is very mysterious and lives in a huge gothic mansion. Every Saturday night he throws extravagant parties. Nick's cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her ... husband, Tom Buchanan, live in East Egg Long Island. Daisy and Tom introduce Nick to a friend of theirs named Jordan Baker. Tom and Daisy hint to Nick that they want him to start a relationship with her, which he does. Later on, Tom travels to the valley of ... to prove that Gatsby ca...

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... Baker, a woman that he begins a romantic relationship with. The first revelation of the movie comes when Jordan informs Nick that Tom is having an affair with a woman named Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle (and her husband) live in the valley of ashes, a dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. As both the story and the ... , Daisy chooses Tom and the weary group heads home. As Nick, Jordan, and Tom pass through the valley of ashes they discover that Gatsby's car has hit and killed Myrtle, Tom's lover. They rush back to Long Island, where Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the ... t...

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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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... in his late twenties residing on West Egg island in Long Island, New York living anormal? life. That is, until he meets his mysterious neighbor, a wealthy man named Jay Gatsby. He is a man of mystery, living in a mansion that is constantly full of people, music, and fun. Nick'snormal? life gets thrown topsy-turvy ... home from town after an argument amongst the group of friends when they passed the Wilson's gas station. Mrs. Wilson ran out to Gatsby's car, because they were driving Tom's car, and was hit. Mr. Wilson went positively crazy, and Nick felt torn by his mixed feelings towards ...

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... is a difference between old money and new money. The people with old money give no respect to the people with the new money. This is shown by Tom calling Gatsby's car a "circus wagon" (128). The social flaw of being new money imprisoned Gatsby on an emotional island. The novel uses a major literary theme to show hidden meaning. The technique of symbolism ... then telling the truth he told Wilson that Gatsby ran over his wife. Tom told Nick: "He ran over Myrtle like you"d run over a dog and never even stop the car" (187). This led to Gatsby's death and the end to his hope for a new life ...

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... those of his love life. The biggest inspiration for the writing of The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald's relationship with a woman named Zelda. Fitzgerald was sent off to war for an extended period of time and upon his arrival home he met a woman named Zelda, the woman he eventually married. Although Fitzgerald loved Zelda, marrying her proved to be a task that required more ... refuses to marry Gatsby due to his low financial and social status. This critical fact proved that Daisy's motives for marriage were not centered on love, but centered on her desire for excessive wealth and its accom...

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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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... Character in The Great Gatsby. He assumed to have no family, until we discover at the end he has a father, but he has a great deal of wealth. He loves a woman named Daisy whom is married to another man. Gatsby throws parties hoping she will attend, but to his dismay she never does. At the end of the story Gatsby is killed ... Jim. Jim is a runaway slave, which means that because of his social status, he could never be Huck's father. Gatsby is looking for love and finds it with a married woman named Daisy. He as well cannot be with her because she is married to Tom Buchanan. Both Huck an...

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"The Great Gatsby" By: F. Scott Fitzgerald In the "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, although the book is named for James Gatz, the main character is Nick Carraway, who also acts as the novel's narrator. The narrators of many novels are not significant to the plot and just serve ... Long Island. One weekend Nick gets together with his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, a rich man who lives in West Egg who is having an affair with a woman named Myrtle, the wife of George Wilson, a Gas Station owner. On this night Nick is introduced to Jordan Baker, a friend of Daisy's and an a...

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The American Dream in the back in the 1920's was originally about pursuing happiness, growth, and indivivualism, but the dream was corrupted by greed and the desire for pleasure. In the Great Gatsby, almost every character had a desire for something. The characters in the story were corrupted by greed. Jay Gatsby, the stories main character, is the first example of amorality. Coming from ... wealth and luxury. She is a careless person who hides behind her money. She allows Gatsby to take the blame for killing Myrtle Wilson, when she herself killed her with her car. Then she doesn't attend Ga...

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... of the American Dream. The rise of Jay Gatsby, born James Gatz, is shown through his past when he was a personal assistant for a yacht owner named Dan Cody whom introduced young James to power and wealth and his inheritance as the reason for his current success. However, there is speculation on how he ... of love for Daisy he also was attracted to her wealth because she was "the embodiment of wealth" (Bewley 100). His dream is reduced to a desire for material gain because she is unworthy of his power of dreaming which made him so great. After the green light essentially dims and then burn...

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... , the woman who claims Gatsby's love, is a socialite who is obsessed with wealth. As a young debutante in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Daisy falls in love with a young military officer named Jay Gatsby. When he goes off to war, she promises to wait for him. However, in 1919 Daisy breaks her promise and marries a young man ... named Tom Buchanan. Tom is from an aristocratic family. He promises her a wealthy life and the approval of her parents. When Gatsby returns he devotes his life to winning Daisy back. ... she is fickle and shallow. Daisy proves this when she chooses Tom ov...

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... For most Americans, the automobile was simply a means of transportation, but for the upper crust of society that wasn't concerned about commuting to a factory, the car was a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby both own extravagant cars in order to project their high class and wealthy image. It's ... very expensive. For the wealthy residents of Long Island, the automobile was used as a way to display how wealthy someone was. Gatsby's car was the nicest car that money could buy. The car is a frivolous possession for these people, and is seen much in the same way as...

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... . Everyone including Daisy realized that it could be just as quickly lost. Tom states "I found out what your drug-stores were. He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter" . Tom also said "That drug-store business was just small change but you've got something on now ... other hand, Daisy and Tom's elite position in society enabled them to "get away with murder". They were able to move away and start anew after hitting Myrtle in the car. Due to the wealth and power of Tom and Daisy, they were able to live with a...

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... the city. Tom then steps in and agrees with Daisy that it would be a good idea. Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby's car, and Daisy and Gatsby rides together in Tom's car. On the way there they stop for gas at Wilson's garage for some gas. They learn that Mr. Wilson found out that Myrtle is ... when they stopped for gas. Tom also assumes that Gatsby is the driver. Nick learns that Daisy was driving the car that struck Myrtle, but Gatsby wants to take the blame. Nick tells Gatsby that it would be best for him to leave Long Island and to forget ... seeks his wife's killer. He looks...

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... ? Do you know his name? A: I don't know his name. I saw him once when Tom and I were heading towards New York and stopped by his garage. He wanted to buy Tom's car I believe. Q: Who is Tom? A: Tom Buchanan. He is also a friend of mine. We went to the same college. Q: Could you give me his address? I would like to ask him some ... for killing Mr. Gatsby? A: Gatsby ran over his wife Myrtle yesterday. He probably wanted a revenge. Q: Could you please tell us more about his wife's death? A: Gatsby was returning in his car along with my wife from New York. He must have killed her on the way b...

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... the 1920's. This narrative, which reminds so many of their own hopes and dreams, uses a story filled with lavish characters and locations, all analyzed by a war-hardened, middle-class man named Nick Carraway. The insanity, which is narrated by Mr. Carraway, is illustrated by the Buchanans, Daisy and Tom, and by Mr. Jay Gatsby himself. And when reality finally shows the ... . Tom convinces Wilson that Gatsby killed his wife, and thus the book ends with Gatsby being shot by Wilson. Wilson killed Gatsby because he figured that whomever was driving the car, was also his wife's lover and, bei...

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