... that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay"" (83). Gatsby goes to the extremes to be near his love Daisy. The other character we come across with is Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle is having an affair with Tom Buchanan. Myrtle is married to George Wilson who owns a garage. Since Wilson's business is not very successful, he unable to afford the finer things in life for ... . " her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick, dark blood with the dust" (145). Due to this tragedy, Myrtle's dream is not fulfilled. Tragically, the hopes and dreams of the characters of...

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... Daisy was driving the car, but that he plans to take the blame. The next day, Tom tells Myrtle's husband that Gatsby was the driver of the car. Mr. Wilson, who assumes that the driver of the car that killed Myrtle was her lover, finds Gatsby lounging in the pool at his house and kills him before turning the gun on himself. Nick arranges a small ... Daisy's suggestion that they should all go to New York together. Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby's car, and Gatsby and Daisy ride together in Tom's car. While stopping for gas at Wilson's garage, Nick, Tom, and Jordan learn that Geor...

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... habits. Tom insists that Nick meet his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. Nick joins Tom and Myrtle at their private New York apartment. The climax of the party occurs when Tom breaks Myrtle's nose for daring to mention Daisy's name. Caught up in the bitterness of the Buchanans" turmoil, Nick finds himself immediately trapped as well in Gatsby's turbulent life. Gatsby's is a lavish world of weekend parties attended ... the five set out for New York, Daisy insists on riding with Gatsby in the Buchanans" car while Tom and the others follow in Gatsby's. Tom encourages Gatsby to use his own car to dr...

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... shop ten miles from here. What happened to him? Q: He apparently killed Jay Gatsby then killed himself. Q: Do you know if George Wilson had any motives 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 ... after the accident. I thanked her for her time and wished her strength. From these interrogations, I have deduced the following: Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan were in a car on 11 August 1922 evening when...

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... into the book though, things, such as Nick's morality, start to come into question. With people he believes to be less than him, he is still less charitable. He meets Myrtle Wilson, Tom's mistress and thought to himself, "there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smoldering." (Fitzgerald 25) Nick carefully ... Jordan as the big showdown between Tom and Gatsby comes to light and Daisy tells Tom she's leaving him. (Fitzgerald 133) Afterwards, Nick and Jordan get into the car with Tom and head for the city. They happen upon the sc...

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... 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 ... of ashes, a gray industrial dumping ground between West Egg and New York City. He goes there to visit his lover Myrtle Wilson. Tom takes Nick there with him to a party to meet Myrtle. At the party were many vulgar people and Nick did not have fun. As the summer progresses Nick finall...

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... Jordan, something Tom allows to prove to Gatsby Daisy's faithfulness in her marriage. During the drive home, Tom stops to investigate a commotion at Wilson's garage. Mr. Wilson is Tom's mistress' husband, and thus he is rather well acquainted with Tom. This commotion, Tom finds out, happens because Daisy killed Tom's mistress Myrtle in a hit-and-run. When Wilson regains his senses from his grief, ... he confronts Tom with a gun at Tom's home. Tom convinces Wilson that Gatsby killed his wife, and thus the book ends with Gatsby being shot by Wilson. Wilson ... killed Gatsby because he fig...

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... Jordan, something Tom allows to prove to Gatsby Daisy's faithfulness in her marriage. During the drive home, Tom stops to investigate a commotion at Wilson's garage. Mr. Wilson is Tom's mistress' husband, and thus he is rather well acquainted with Tom. This commotion, Tom finds out, happens because Daisy killed Tom's mistress Myrtle in a hit-and-run. When Wilson regains his senses from his grief, ... he confronts Tom with a gun at Tom's home. Tom convinces Wilson that Gatsby killed his wife, and thus the book ends with Gatsby being shot by Wilson. Wilson ... killed Gatsby because he fig...

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... 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 acquaintance of Gatsby Nick's neighbor in West Egg, who lives in a gigantic mansion and throws extravagant parties ... old life and one from the new life she is living. Nick continues to abide by his many morals, however, shuns them when in contact with Gatsby and the rest of the gang. He quickly realizes his faults and returns to his original morals of honesty, responsibility, and com...

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... of death. This location, which once represented parties full of life and glamour, now haunted Nick. The reason for this was not only getting involved with Gatsby, but Tom and Daisy's carelessness and money. As Nick wrote, "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures ... they had made" (Fitzgerald 179). This is exactly what they did to Nick because he was vulnerable to their negative influence. The Film, The Great Gatsby, is a great source to see the symbols of locations and how it affects people, especially because of the visual effects. In the movie,...

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... I, Nick moves from Minnesota to New York in 1922 to learn about the bond business. He moves next door to the mysterious Jay Gatsby who is in love with Nick's married cousin, Daisy Buchanan. After becoming friends with Gatsby, Nick helps him reunite with his long lost love. Nick possesses a very high tolerance level, he is a good listener, and he can keep ... the story, Tom immediately shows as a harasser and bully for his racist options and lack of moral standing; he has an affair with Myrtle Wilson and treats her badly by physically hitting her and he treats her innocent husband, Georg...

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In Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald illustrates the theme, "Outward appearances can be deceiving." This theme is shown in a few parts of the book. These outward appearances are not only found ... is that of Daisy. At first, we are lead to believe that she is a very happy person, as Gatsby's love. But she is not, she is a rather tragic and selfish person. We see this when she uses Gatsby as a way to go to parties and look popular, while she is really more attracted to Tom. And in ... leave a trace to where they are going. There is a big irony in this. We see that Gatsby is pursu...

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... . Tom is very arrogant and hypocritical. When Tom discovers that Daisy and Gatsby may be having an affair, he wants to kill Gatsby. This is very hypocritical because at the same time Tom is having an affair with a woman, Myrtle, from the valley of ashes, an industrial wasteland situated between West Egg ... and New York. There are many symbols that F. Scott Fitzgerald uses in "The Great Gatsby". The green light at the end of Daisy's dock, the giant eyes ... us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch our arms out farther ." (189). This shows that G...

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... as opposed to the protagonist's version. This allows readers to gain a deeper understanding and arouse curiosity towards the protagonist, so that when he is finally introduced, readers would enjoy Gatsby despite his behaviours. Audiences are expected to trust the narrator as he says, "I"m inclined to reserve all judgements" at the very beginning of the novel. Nick always presents a ... pieced together. In each episode there is a lot of action, creating a dramatic effect. Scenes are often juxtaposed e.g. Myrtle's party compared to Gatsby's party in which readers are shown the difference ...

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... unhappy relationships , love affairs and self-centered irresponsible people. Tom and Daisy are married , yet both have affairs behind each other's backs ; Tom with Mytrle , Daisy with Gatsby . They try to find happiness with their lovers , but does not committ to them because they are scared of the risks of changing their lifestyle. It brings up the ... materialism.It shows that money does not necessarily buy happiness . Tom and Daisy believed they could get away with anything , because they had money. Tom uses Wilson to tell Mytrle to go to New York " "I want to see you ," said Tom int...

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... very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a . . . "character- leaking sawdust at every pore- (70). It takes Gatsby numerous attempts before he finally tells Nick the truth. Another example of the differences in the moralities of these two characters is in the way they maintained these morals ... . . [he] was in the oil business- and that he had also inherited large amounts of his money, but it is arguable that Gatsby made most of his money through illegal bootlegging. This can be supported by the multiple rumors in the story that suggest this, his conn...

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... he moved to New York. Throughout the book, Nick learns a lot about the people around him, and especially his neighbor Jay Gatsby. But most importantly he learns a lot about himself. The Great Gatsby is filled with symbols and themes. Some of the major themes of the book include hope, money and success, ignorance, judgement ... green light at the end of Daisy's dock. Jay hopes that one day his love with Daisy can get back to the way it was before. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter- tomorrow...

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... he moved to New York. Throughout the book, Nick learns a lot about the people around him, and especially his neighbor Jay Gatsby. But most importantly he learns a lot about himself. The Great Gatsby is filled with symbols and themes. Some of the major themes of the book include hope, money and success, ignorance, judgement ... green light at the end of Daisy's dock. Jay hopes that one day his love with Daisy can get back to the way it was before. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter- tomorrow...

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... characters that comes to trust Nick and treat him as a confidant. The only genuine affection in the novel is probably shown by Nick towards Gatsby. Gatsby is a true believer of the American Dream (the belief that every man can rise to success no matter what his beginnings). Nick admires his ... faith in the American Dream, his honor, and above all his optimism. At the beginning of the novel, Nick says about Gatsby, "He has an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I ... shall ever find again." The only ...

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... area of Long Island called West Egg, directly beside a more fashionable area of Long Island called West Egg. Across from him lived a rich man named Jay Gatsby who also was a World War I vet. Not far away lived a married couple Daisy and Tom Buchanan which he knew relatively well. It was at ... Jordan Baker, who was to become his good friend and later his girl friend. Carraway soon became a good friend with his rich neighbour next door, Gatsby, and soon was exposed to many rumours about this man which caused him to question his relationship with him. A rumour that explained why he was so ...

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... show, at least in their public lives, that they have a much better all around character than those people in the lower classes. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald we are shown that there is a place where all social classes are much more similar than they are different. We become aware ... the parties that took place at Tom and Daisy's house and this party. We are told yet another story of someone who is miserable when Myrtle starts talking about the situation she has with her husband, and there is also constant gossip. More importantly there is gossip being told not only ... ar...

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... man elevated to wealth by himself in the crime business, who has followed his dreams only to find that he is unworthy of them. Jay Gatsby is a man in his thirties who has risen to the wealthy social class of New York by mean of organized crime. The reader finds out ... in the novel is used by the author in order to present the reader with a contrast of appearance vs. reality. At first, the reader is introduced to Gatsby as just the talk of the crowd. He is but a fantastically wealthy host of wild parties who is rumored to be a bootlegger, and has possibly killed ... a man, among many oth...

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... to be extremely wealthy and generally happy with his place in life, and this is how he appears to Nick at the beginning of the novel. Gatsby threw big parties and people were not invited; they just showed up, as explained by Nick on page 45: "I was one of the few guests ... It has consumed his life so much that he spent five years leading an illegal life just because of her. The final thing the reader learns abou! t Gatsby is that no one really cared about him. He had alienated himself so much from the rest of the world because of his love for Daisy, he never ... made friends. In fact...

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... him until his return. She later breaks that promise when she marries Tom Buchanon. On hearing the news and upon his return home, Gatsby rededicated his life with even more fervor towards attaining wealth and social status that will recapture the heart of Daisy. Forever enthralled by the power of wealth ... ready to make those sacrifices. However, he had no idea what the ramifications of his dream will entail to its end. As we read in chapter III Gatsby attains the wealth that he so desired. "At least ounce a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and...

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... ; it starts with a flashing black and white Warner Bros Advertisement. I think that this is very effective, because it is introducing us the time setting of "The Great Gatsby" which was set in New York 1922.The constant flashing is very affective as it is mimicking the technology of movie filming during that time era. Technology was not ... 't as effective. Mr. Caraway then goes on about how he first came to New York he was disgusted with everything and everyone in New York except for Gatsby. Then the camera shows the doctor writing Gatsby down on the file. I think this is really clever ...

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