Next, during a party Tom and Myrtle begin to fight, and Tom ends up hitting her in the face, and breaking her nose. ... Next, we see how, at Jay Gatsby's party, Tom is walking around commenting about the other people at the party, and how they are not as good as him, because they are "New Money," and not "Old Money" like himself. ...
He begins dating Jordan and she becomes a distraction from his true quest. He begins to substitute his ideal of her for his ideal morality. ... In a similar way to Arthur's being led astray by Guinivere from his quest for the Grail, Nick begins to waver on his quest. ... Moreso, Nick shows his ability to live properly, by walking away from Jordan. ...
He begins dating Jordan and she becomes a distraction from his true quest. He begins to substitute his ideal of her for his ideal morality. ... In a similar way to Arthur's being led astray by Guinivere from his quest for the Grail, Nick begins to waver on his quest. ... Moreso, Nick shows his ability to live properly, by walking away from Jordan. ...
Great Gatsby is a difficult book to interpret, particularly because of the style in which it is written. Not only must the reader differentiate between the separate views of Nick as the narrator and Nick as the character, but he or she must also take into consideration at what time period, relative ...
Gatsby, the Player -----Character Building of Great Gatsby Gatsby's greatness lies not in his prospect of his future, but in his uncompromising insistence to "repeat the past"(116), when he irremediably fell in love with Daisy. The past life, to Gatsby, is the type that he can only conceiv...
"Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion," Javan. One of the biggest questions lying at the root of human curiosity is whether love is real or merely an illusion. In our day-to-day lives, it can be very difficult to draw the line between the two, because our mind alters everything we perceive. Some believe reality is that love conquers all, while others believe it brings nothing but destruction. ...
It shows that Nick's morals are high he can 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. ... "Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions, and next they'll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white. ...
