... no pleasure or satisfaction from his belongings. It was also made clear throughout the novel that Gatsby's house was placed strategically across the bay from Daisy's house. One night, Fox 3 Gatsby was looking at Daisy's house and he told her "'If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay....You ... always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." (94). This explains how at times things get in the way of Gatsby getting what he wanted to fulfill the American ... the last on in the quest for the American Dream. Gatsby has this one memory of him an...

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... dream leads him to West Egg Island. He purchased a mansion across the bay from Daisy's home. There is a green light at the end of Daisy's dock that is visible at night from the windows and lawn of Gatsby's house. This green light is one of the central symbols of the novel. In chapter one, Nick observes Gatsby in the dark as ... of the windows in his mansion. "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." "Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he...

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... don't get the full advantages of being an adult. * The Effects of Wealth: Either way whether you are born into wealth or you hit the lotto and become and over-night millionaire, rich people usually act like they are so much better than the "Average Joe". If you are born into wealth you tend to be a little bit more snobby than ... the over-night millionaire. If you hit the lotto and you are a really down to earth person you probably wont get all snobby and think you are better than everyone else just because ... begins to fall for her anyway. I think that the Buchanan's guests were supe...

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... and their fast paced lifestyle. Nick's dream goes according to plan until he befriends his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Despite Gatsby's mysterious background, Nick finds himself at Gatsby's extravagant parties night after night. Nick's dream is destroyed because his involvement with Gatsby and the other rich people allows him to see their corruptness. At the beginning of the story Nick says he is ... . Some examples of how Gatsby goes about accomplishing this goal include buying an impressive mansion in West Egg, directly across the sound from Daisy's house, and throwing lavish parties every n...

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... in the valley of the ashes. Myrtle is an independent woman who is desperately trying to get ahead in life. In the same night, Nick gains knowledge about his infamous neighbor, Jay Gatsby, who hosts wild parties every Saturday night. Some time after the dinner party, Nick finds himself in New York City with Tom and his lover, Myrtle. During his visit ... would then suspect Daisy of knowing about his affair. As Gatsby waits for Daisy, Gatsby learns that he has been rejected since she never comes out of the house that night to speak to him. The next day, George heads off with his revolver ...

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... York City is a mixture of all three previously mentioned locations. F. Scott Fitzgerald blends color, weather, and seasons into The Great Gatsby. The Green light that Gatsby catches a glimpse of every night from Daisy's dock represents his future with her. " Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of ... the dock"(Fitzgerald 21). Every night Gatsby grasps for the green light in hopes that his longed for dreams will finally come evident. The barely visible green light also represent the fain...

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... not his last. In July 1918, while stationed in Montgomery, Alabama with the military, Scott met a gracious, soft-voiced girl named Zelda Sayre at a country club dance. Scott recalled that night that, "she let her long hair hang down loose and wore a frilly dress that made her look younger than eighteen. She came from a prominent though not wealthy family and had ... ) where Tom and Daisy lived, and the generally more simple West Egg (based on Great Neck) where Nick lived in a cottage on Gatsby's estate. "Even today, if you stand at night on King's Point on the tip of Great Neck peninsula...

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... working up enough money and material goods in order to win her back. Once he accumulates enough, he moves to West Egg, across from the Buchanan's house, and stares night after night at the green light emitting from their dock, longing for his lost love. Gatsby hosts lavish parties filled with high-class guests, hoping somehow to lure Daisy to him, but ... ...

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... having an affair. While one would be inclined to believe that such a thing would create an unbearable situation for a man of moral character, Nick carries on the rest of the night without saying a word about it to Daisy, and then further condones it. "I said lightly that I had heard nothing at all," Nick says in reply to having knowledge of the affair ... willing to make exceptions in order to befriend Gatsby, accepting that wealth and notoriety go hand in hand. "I began to like New York, the racy, adventurous feel of it at night- (Pg. 57) It's funny though; it is around this same time ...

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... Fay, the name itself has a hidden meaning to it. Daisy, also globally known as a delicate white flower; and Fay, also known as an elf such as those in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream who hide from reality and put-on an affectation as airheads; which is what Daisy's character is. This is evident when she says, "I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope ... ...

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... happen to her. It is ironic because Gatsby does not realize that Daisy does not feel the same way that he feels for her. Gatsby then takes Daisy home one night and waits outside with Nick until she goes to sleep. Gatsby states, "I want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed. Goodnight, old sport." Nick observes "He ... ...

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... funeral appears to take on an even colder, lonely and desolate shape. Referring to the aftermath of the death, Nick also says, "remember the rest of that day and that night and the next day"" (Fitzgerald, 210). This lamentation of time through the repeated use of the word emphasizes his aimlessness and alludes time to something of a prison, a never-ending cycle ... ...

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... . Gatsby looks at situations differently when they include Daisy. Gatsby usually never appears at his costly parties. However, when Gatsby invites Tom and Daisy, he is by Daisy's side all night long. He has a way of seeing Daisy for who she once was and not for whom she is now. If he captures reality he would not love her as he ... ...

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... Egg. Though Daisy proved Gatsby wrong by admitting that she had loved Tom, he was still hopeful that they would be together. One sees Gatsby's unwavering hope after his all night vigil at the Buchanan's house, when Nick says, "He wouldn't consider it. He couldn't possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to. He was clutching at some ... ...

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... it. He did not know it was already behind him somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night." (Fitzgerald 189) But money can't buy everything, and Gatsby's downfall comes ultimately because he refuses to compromise his dream....

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... were involved in hit and run accidents like Daisy and others committed murder like Wilson. Amazingly, after all of this, the people of the 1920s were able to sleep at night. They were able to go to church in the morning and say they lived happy, honest lives though we all know that this was not the case. In this novel ... ...

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... , she claims to be terribly sophisticated. Also at the Buchanans' home is Jordan Baker, a professional golfer and close friend of Daisy. After visiting Tom and Daisy, Nick goes home that night, where he sees Gatsby watching a green light across the bay. He stretches his arms out toward it, as if to grasp the green light. Tom Buchanan takes Nick into New ... ...

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... 's white mansion at the beginning of chapter five. Which symbolize Gatsby's dream of being with Daisy. While the dark colors represent all the realities of Gatsby's life. It is a dark night when Gatsby has his house lit. He is trying to put light into the dim situations that he is living in. Clothes can also cause memories and thoughts into ones ... ...

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... 's death. "Was Daisy driving?" "Yes...but of course I'll say I was." (151) He also watches and protects Daisy as she returns home. "How long are you going to wait?" "All night if necessary." (152) Gatsby cannot accept that the past is gone and done with. Gatsby is sure that he can capture his dream with wealth and influence. He believes that ... ...

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... by her parents to begin a new life with Tom. Even though she still tried to cling on to hope of Gatsby's return, she reluctantly agreed to become Mrs. Buchanan. The night before the wedding, Daisy had one last cry. She had a tantrum about Gatsby's letters he wrote and how she wanted to be with him and not Tom. She held on ... ...

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... in five years, he tells her: "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that ... ...

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... many expensive parties in the hope that Daisy might show up at one of them. Jordan said, "I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night, but she never did."(Fitzgerald 84) His daily life was also controlled by the dream. Jordan said, "he says he's read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of ... ...

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... . He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night." Gatsby felt that he was so close to his dream, but the true happiness in Jay was already somewhere in his past. It also describes that the need to move ... ...

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... is not about love. It is about that rotting effect that the money has on the society. Fitzgerald depicts the society as a faceless, drunk, and demoralized mass: I see it as a night scene by El Greco: a hundred houses, at once conventional, overhanging sky and lusterless moon. In the foreground four solemn men in dress suits are walking along the sidewalk with a stretcher ... ...

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... . Gatsby knows that Daisy is married, but yet he still tells her about his dream and how he stares at the green light at the end of her dock every night. Nick says something in this chapter that is real important to the whole novel. He says, "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his ... ...

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