... eloquent novel filled with messages meant to spark romance. Jay Gatsby is a self-made millionaire who is in a desperate sought of the only love Daisy who is married to Tom. The other premise that is rather obvious but tricky to argue is that Nick could be gay. What can ... , closely reading one discovers that there is something unusual about this character as well as concerning his family. The profile portrays him as a gay young man having hailed from a famous Middle Western family. The 1920s period was culminated with prohibition and lack of morals as well as heightened desire for ... ...

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... present. Gatsby's ambiguous morality is undoubtedly present in his past and history, his dealing with business and finance, and his manipulated views on relationships and love. No doubt do these factors play a major role both in Gatsby's moral substance and the novel's main theme. Gatsby enters the novel as the mysterious ... deck for the reader is undeniably the question of where is Gatsby's money coming from? It seems as though Gatsby could not have come from a wealthy family, as he fought in World War I, a war not generally participated in by the rich. This is where the ambiguous mora...

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... success in terms of money. For five years Gatsby was trying to reunite with Daisy but he didn't get to marry her. Without any friends, family or Daisy, his life came to and end. Consequently Gatsby did not accomplish his American Dream. With determination and courage, Gatsby becomes a very wealthy ... man. Since Jay was born into a deprived and disadvantaged family he wasn't able to marry his love, Daisy who was from a wealthy family. Also, he didn't have the money and luxuries to keep Daisy happy. When he finally attains his wealth, it ... realize that his dream was not fulfilled. Ga...

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... 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 ... , rather than attending Gatsby's funeral, she and Tom move away. Nick remembers, " Daisy hadn't sent a message or a flower."(183) Daisy is in love with money and luxury. She is capable of affection but not of loyalty or care. She is ignoring of her own child. She never discusses her a...

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... that Huck lived with is now dead, and he is on his own. Jay Gatsby is the main 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 ... does have a father, but his father is as good as dead to him, while Gatsby is assumed to have no family. This leads to Huck's and Gatsby's search for love and family. Huck runs away to find a father figure. He finds that in Jim. Jim is a runaway slave, which means that because of his social status, he ... could never...

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... . Myrtle was given all the love in the world by her husband William, but she wanted what he couldn't give her: money. Daisy Buchanan was offered a life of satisfaction and love by Gatsby's standard. She came from a wealthy family and had enjoyed a very comfortable life. When she met the young military ... playboy, life was a big box of fun and they fell madly in love. After her beau left for the army, she married ... been a materialistic high-roller, but she had a husband and child to look after. They symbolized her ties to where she had come from, a family of old money that had a class...

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... have wealth and power. Gatsby had forgotten who he was and went against everything he believed in and where he had come from. He lied about his family in order to get his own way. He became caught up in the "modern society" The American Dream had always been based on the idea that each ... back at the past. He spends most of his adult life trying to get it back, and dies in this pursuit. In the past, Gatsby had a love affair with the attractive young Daisy. He knew that he could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves her to gain ... as her daughter. Th...

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... choices. Though heroic at times, Gatsby's flaw, foolishness, results in him making inappropriate choices about how he tries to achieve status and achieve love, ultimately resulting in his downfall. Gatsby makes inappropriate choices to achieve money and fame even though he is heroic at times. He fights ... his infantry. He is, therefore, awarded for his bravery which proves his heroic performance. Contrastingly, he changes his identity from James Gatz (his family name) to Jay Gatsby before he could start making money, "James Gatz that was really or at least legally his name. He had ... ...

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... (100). Gatsby was amazed by what he could achieve with lifestyle like Dan Cody. Gatsby tried achieving the American Dream by changing his name and forgetting his family and upbringing. However while docking in Boston, Dan Cody died. Cody left Gatsby, "a legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars. [Gatsby] didn't get it ... he started, poor. He went off to fight in the first World War before leaving Gatsby met the love of his life, Daisy Fay. Gatsby realized that he needed wealth to secure Daisy's love, representing Gatsby's American Dream. Daisy played a very important role in Gatsby's life...

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... where the main character treats his misfortunes differently. Jay Gatsby, protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," is a character who refuses to be destroyed his control. After losing the love of his life, Daisy, Gatsby toils endlessly to win back her affections. After much diligence and self-transformation, Gatsby accumulates plenty of fortune and an impressive mansion to grab Daisy ... 's attention once again. Gatsby's heartbreak doesn't fully affect his life. He chooses instead to channel his energy and never ending love to a life with Daisy. Gatsby could have simply ac...

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... wait for Gatsby after the war ended, but she didn't keep it. She ended up marrying a wealthy man named Tom Buchanan, who came from an aristocratic family. In some sense, Daisy has quite the ˜gold-digging' personality, due to the fact that she could not be with Gatsby because he soon became poor ... and lack of courage to tell the truth leads to George Wilson wrongfully killing Gatsby. Daisy is unable to stand by her own decisions, and is in love with the luxuries of life. In the most crucial moment while Gatsby and Tom are arguing over Daisy, she suddenly changes her perspective of Gatsb...

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... 116) Gatsby's main attempt was to get back everything that he had in the past and lost that he forgets that it's entirely impossible. Gatsby, in love with Daisy places her on this high pedestal of everything that he wants her to be. He gets so wrapped up in his desires and expectations that ... gossip that people spread about him. Being the nephew of the German leader, a spy, a murderer, and his own personal story, being from a deceased wealthy family and been educated at Oxford college, were all roles that he played in his life. He was so absorbed in the lies and the money that wrapped...

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... say that, "I don't like to read." However, I don't not like to read for the reasons that seem to be apparent. In fact, I love to read. I don't like to read because I love it so much. When I start a book, I can't put it down. This fact means that I have to keep reading until I finish the ... bigger role than I could have ever understood the first time I read it. Nick's observations of his neighbor and especially his distanced involvement in his love life and ways of the upper class left me astounded. After reading The Great Gatsby, I realized the role of an observational narrator is so c...

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... joined the army and later served as a commander during the war. While he was in the army, he fell in love with a young woman from a very wealthy family. To get to the same level as her, Gatsby worked hard to earn the fortune he had. He never mentioned how he earned the money though. Q: How would you describe ... . There was a mutual understanding between us. Even though he was massively rich, he was never arrogant as you would presume. He was a passionate man who would do anything for his love. He was helpful and never hesitated to ask me for help if he needed. He would share his though...

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... to celebrate and give thanks for the life of a truly remarkable man. Gatsby was born James Gatz in North Dakota. At 17, he had his family name changed from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby. I think he changed his name because of the war, he felt that when he got back from the ... many knew his true foundations or even bothered to ask, but as probably one of Gatsby's closest friends, I knew. He didn't come from such a wealthy family as many of you think. His parents were unsuccessful farm people and he was a young dreamer that fancied with what he one-day could have with money. Many ... he'd lov...

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... as she grew into a woman, her stunning looks and dazzling personality caused her many problems. These problems eventually led to the death of her best friend and the love of her life, Jay Gatsby. Throughout the whole book, Daisy is made out to be this perfect girl who gets caught between two men, both of whom ... made out to be. Once she becomes a woman, she turns into something other than the angel she once was as a young girl. Daisy came from a wealthy family. She was expected to marry a rich and prosperous man because of the class of lady that she was. If she were to marry anything b...

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... wealthy, handsome, charismatic and intriguing, he seemed to be able to offer everything a woman could want. All he wanted in return was Daisy's complete unconditional love. Tom, on the other hand could offer Daisy money, security and freedom. Ultimately Daisy chose the latter. The roaring 20's was an era of total decadence ... from old money. He was a Westerner who was renowned in college for both his football skills and his supremely decadent lifestyle. The narrator states "His family were enormously wealthy, even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach-but now he"d ...

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... unwillingness to move forward and neglect the past leads him to require that Daisy admit that she never loved Tom, as a prerequisite for the continuation of their new profound love. "I did love him once- but I loved you too." Daisy's heartbreaking announcement shatters Gatsby's hopes for obtaining the perfect life. Ultimately Gatsby's eloquence is destroyed when Tom surfaces Gatsby's ... true profession. "Certainly not for a common swindler who"d have to steal the ring he put on her finger." Daisy's family upbringing causes her to terminate her current relation ship with ... Gatsby, ge...

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... quite feminine even tho she participates in mens activities such as golf. Daisy and Myrtle are the more lady like of the three. Having been brought up in upper class family and expected wealth their whole lives. Some may think that the view or way that F. Scott Fitzgerald has written about the women in the book may be sexist or written ... at Toms house who is Daisy's wife. The main character of the book, Gatsby had grown up in a less fortunate family and had found his riches when he became involved in the bonds business. Gatsby had been in love with Daisy as had she been in love with h...

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... financial instability from her, but was later rejected because of it when marriage came into the picture. Gatsby was called off to war and lost his love to the hands of a very wealthy football star named Tom Buchanon. This event in Gatsby's past fuels his quest in once again obtaining Daisy for ... life and his own quest in the obtaining of his dream girl, Zelda. Fitzgerald, the son of a failure father and from a middle to low class family, was content on raising his own social status. Fitzgerald was also rejected in his first engagement due to his low financial status, which parallels ...

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... in the army, who only had his charm to get him by. During this time he met Daisy, a very rich girl, from a wealthy family. They fell in love unfortunately Daisy was from a different social status. Knowing he could not marry her because of their differences, he left her to amass wealth. Daisy too ... the man she loved. Tom Buchanan was a forceful man who maintained an air of proprietorship when interacting with people. He was born into a rich and developing family. Fabulously wealthy for someone his age, his wealth was passed onto him. Tom's qualities were less than admirable, a bigot, a...

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... differences of east and west. In the east business is the first priority. Business is put in front of family, love, and even oneself. In the west things are slower and more conventional. Marriage is made for love, not for sex and money. Nick is bothered by Tom's affair with Myrtle because Nick is not used ... to seeing that sort of behavior. But he is slightly less bothered by Gatsby's affaire because it is based on love. But as described by the novel everybody had a mistress of some sort. And it was not looked upon badly, at least not by the eyes of ... still clings on to the country be...

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... . "Despite her beauty and charm, Daisy is merely a selfish, shallow, and in fact, hurtful woman" (Maurer 73). Unlike Tom, Gatsby comes from a less fortunate family. At a young age, Jimmy Gatz decides that he doesn't want to live life as an average man. With the help of Dan Cody, he reinvents himself and becomes ... Jay Gatsby. Then, he falls in love with Daisy. (At this point in his life, he probably really does love Daisy.) After losing her, everything he does is for the sole purpose of getting her back. "Money was, essentially, ... all, be impressed, and want to be with him again. Fo...

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... and hosts huge parties. He is very wealthy. Gatsby portrayed himself to be a very wealthy man, with a false accent, that inherited his riches from his family but in fact he obtained his money illegally. Appeared to be kind but not afraid to be unscrupulous to get what he wanted. The money was his driving ... in hopes of being with Daisy again. He didn't care about having the money and being "someone" as much as he wanted Daisy to find and love him again. He becomes friends with Nick, the narrator but was it a fluke that Nick was related to Daisy? The truth comes out in the ... in East Eg...

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... is an explanation of why "Some dreams can hold on too long and require too high a price. " Gatsby grew up as a farm boy, with a relatively poor family coming from a relatively poor region. But, this was a man who had realized early on that he had aspirations and standards for his life, and he wouldn't bow ... into a woman by the name of Daisy, whom he quickly realized was the focal point of his entire dream. Unfortunately, although Gatsby knew he was in love with Daisy, he embarked for Europe in the military and left his dream behind. Unbeknownst to Gatsby at the time, leaving for Europ...

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