... is there. They look over the situation, objectively, but offer a kind of judgment on the characters and their actions. They are placed near Wilson's because that is where some of the most selfish acts take place, like Myrtle's death and Tom's affair. All of these crimes go unpunished. So they eyes look on and remind the characters of the guilt that they ... I Tom was using his wealth to sweep Daisy off her feet. Tom is a yuppy and clearly in the way of Gatsby's love for Daisy. He is having an affair, which he makes no attempt to keep secret, with Myrtle Wilson while stringing along Myrt...

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... Island in the 1920's. Jay Gatsby depicts the young man desperate to win the acceptance of the old money, elitist class, and in particular the love of his former partner, Daisy Buchanan. As the story unfolds, it becomes easily apparent that Fitzgerald portrays women in a negative fashion. In particular, Fitzgerald uses Daisy, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson to illustrate the disapproving qualities of ... carelessness, selfishness, dishonesty and hypocrisy. Over the years, Gatsby imagines Daisy as the perfect girl that he once knew before the war. Upon his first meeting with her in five yea...

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... Tom Buchanan. Tom and Daisy Buchanan also possess great wealth, but they inherited it and it has been in their family for years, where as Gatsby earned all his money. During the course of these affairs, many things go wrong as the people involved in this love triangle go through tribulations and ... problems. Many symbols appear during the novel, including the ever-watchful eyes of Dr. Eckleburg, and Daisy's green dock light, that Gatsby has stared at many nights. Dr. Eckleburg's eyes watch over the Valley of Ashes. The valley of ashes is " a fantastic farm where ashes grow ... When To...

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... clean up the mess they had made." . Tom and Daisy let Gatsby take the fall for all their mistakes. Daisy lets Gatsby take the fall for driving the car that murders Myrtle, and later when Wilson comes to the conclusion that whoever had killed Myrtle had also been her lover, Tom points him towards Gatsby, even though Tom was really the man that was having the ... affair with Myrtle. Jordan is also careless, as Nick discovers when she says ... himself in is not morally right, and yet he justifies it because it brings him money that furthers him towards his American Dream of being with Dai...

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... is saying in his statement is that men no longer have stability over what they used to control. That idea, is indirectly portrayed throughout the Great Gatsby through the symbolic character of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg. In this paper, I will be analyzing the purpose behind the character of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg ... and the symbolism behind him. Fitzgerald often uses the word careless in describing the characters and events in the Great Gatsby. There seems to be no fear of consequence or judgment on the part of the characters. This setting begs the question of who is doing ... the situation, o...

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... all this before he feels confident enough to try to win Daisy with his materials "Gatsby stands for a deeper malaise in the culture- he thinks that riches can obliterate the past and capture hearts of their dream girls.""(Donaldson 9) Myrtle Wilson is a woman from the middle class; she is Tom's mistress. She wants to ... be wealthy so she sleeps with Tom just to get a sense or taste of it, this materialistic vogue is what leads to the downfall of the American dream when it leads to George killing Gatsby after Daisy runs over Myrtle in Gatsby's ... play a large roll in the final corrupt...

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... twenties, and is about the American Dream, and the uprise and downfall of those who attempt to reach its goals. Fizgerald keenly shows us how Jay Gatsby is one of these people. Jay Gatsby, Tom, and Wilson are all characters in the novel that through their controlling ways, strive to define what the "typical" man's American dream was during the 1920's; the notion ... possessions. For example, Tom seems to view the women in his life as mere possessions, a sign of his success and wealth. His attitude and interactions with Daisy, his wife, and Myrtle, his mistress, demonstrate this. Through...

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... Carraway. When Nick tells Gatsby that one cannot repeat the past, Gatsby incredulously replies "Why of course you can!- (Fitzgerald). As the novel nears its conclusion, a series of events takes place which leads to Gatsby's demise: Gatsby and Tom get into an argument over Daisy; Daisy, distraught, unintentionally runs down Myrtle while driving, then flees the scene; Wilson, Myrtle's crazed and vengeful husband ... tracks down Gatsby at his estate in West Egg; and eventually shoots and kills Gatsby before shooting himself. From this sequence of events we ... can conclude that Gatsby's tr...

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... child. However, Daisy falls short of Gatsby's ideals. She may be beautiful, charming and wealthy, but behind her beautiful face she is fickle and shallow. Daisy proves this when she chooses Tom over Gatsby and blames him for the killing of Myrtle Wilson even though she herself was driving the ... car. Finally, rather than attending Gatsby's funeral, she and Tom move away. Nick remembers, " Daisy hadn't sent a message ... moral standard he demands from those around him. He has no regrets about his own affair with Myrtle, but when he suspects Daisy and Gatsby are having an affair, he bec...

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... often considered to be very feminine and have no part in any mens business. This is displayed with the characters of Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson. Although jordan was considered to be quite masculine in the context of the book she still remains quite feminine even tho she participates in mens activities such ... their hands all the women like to attend a lot of social events whether its one of Gatsby's party's or just lazing with one another 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...

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... . First, you find out that Tom has a mistress, and that it is pretty much looked upon as being acceptable. Next, during a party Tom and Myrtle begin to fight, and Tom ends up hitting her in the face, and breaking her nose. But nobody at the party really looks surprised, almost as if ... it was normal for women to be treated in this fashion. Finally, when Daisy runs over Myrtle, kills her, and doesn't even stop, Jay is more concerned bout how Daisy is feeling then about the person they ran over. Also he doesn't ... not as good as him, because they are "New Money," and not "Old Money" lik...

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... Wilson serves the role of the lower class blue collar worker. He spends his days working while his wife dates a rich upper class man. Some things just don't change; this story could be a common occurrence today. In my eyes Nick embodies the middle class with a white collar job and a decent house in West Egg. Gatsby ... middle class neighborhood. But is that really much different than a drug dealer living in a middle class area today? When it comes down to it, Gatsby is nothing more than a drug deal after all. He spends money on huge parties where the booze flows like water. This is not v...

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... strong theme depicted in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Tom and Daisy Buchanan are an example of the American Dream that are not happy. It is seen that Tom was not happy with Daisy because he was having an affair with another woman, Myrtle Wilson. He married Daisy only because she was the ... prettiest girl in Montgomery and he had the money that could win her heart. Daisy, on the other hand, was having an affair with Gatsby. They are shallow, selfish, arrogant people with plenty of ... them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." This is seen when Tom ...

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... that once he achieved his financial goal it would lead to a better life. In America the car is one of the greatest status symbols. Gatsby's gorgeous machine is one of the most majestic cars created. Nick's comments on the vehicle describe its luster, "...and there in its monstrous length ... be destructive. This was the fatal car which kills Myrtle Wilson and indirectly leads to Gatsby's death. Appearance is another important factor toward Gatsby's dream. In his quest to win Daisy's heart Gatsby chooses to wear his best outfit. "...the front door opened nervously and Gatsby in a white f...

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... , being around Tom and knowing that he didn't approve of his and Daisy's affair caused him to end up dead. Tom admits to having a hand in telling Wilson that Myrtle ran off with Gatsby. With Gatsby dying it shows that one must be completely honest with one's self, not pursue a hopeless cause, and hang around the right kind of people. The biggest reason that ... the "American Dream- is dying is because Daisy no longer loves Gatsby. All of Gatsby's life he has been trying to relive the past to bring back his feeling of ... had made ."" (p.187). Without Daisy, America's Dream is long gone....

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... everything except what he most desires, Daisy. Appearance is another important factor in the American dream. In his quest to win Daisy's heart Gatsby chooses to wear his best outfit. Gatsby is so proud of his clothes that when Daisy visits his mansion, "He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them, ... Nick and Daisy the grand tour of his house, showing off all of his "worldly" possessions. Room after room, everything was shown and mentioned. Gatsby's ideals were parallel to the typical American dream. He wants to claim Daisy by the use of his assets. He thinks that his money wil...

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... Dream's idea of equality. The upper class or 'old money' group consider themselves to be superior to the other groups in society. When Daisy attends Gatsby's party, she looks down upon the people and the place, simply because she believes being born into money makes her better. "She was appalled by ... others had to work hard every day just to provide for the family. The dream's failure is established through the use of conflict. Conflict arises because Myrtle is cheating on her husband. "She changed her dress." The change of costume when she leaves with Tom is symbolic of her double li...

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... , yet it is also the only characteristic which he cannot change with determination, nor with money. To satisfy Daisy's desires for money and status, Gatsby willingly commits to bootlegging so he can quickly rise up to power. Tom Buchanan on the other hand, is "a national figure, one of those ... all about the moral values of having an extramarital with Myrtle, yet when Gatsby tries to win Daisy back from Tom, he "aggressively" defends his title as Daisy's husband. When his mistress, Myrtle, has a car accident, he puts the blame on Gatsby and simply "retreated back into their money and le...

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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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... writers of the twentieth century. He is also the main representative of The Jazz Age, a term made up by him. His novel The Great Gatsby is one of the most popular works in American literature, even though it was a critical and commercial failure at first. The novel received acclaim and ... , despite Daisy being married. As the novel progresses Nick is the beholder of the devastating chain of events that occur since the beginning of Gatsby's and Daisy's relationship, with some of them affecting even his life. During the writing process Fitzgerald was inspired by his own life and ... rich,...

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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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... the other hand, exemplifies Americans unfortunate disposition toward women and carelessness in their daily life. Daisy's affliction from Tom's affair and Gatsby's obsessive yet kind personality help Fitzgerald depict an avaricious society striving on selfish motives and forgetting the social grace and reachable dreams Americans once ... of them had touched the chicken or ale-and yet they weren't unhappy either." (Pg153) Tom and Daisy lived contently with their pretentious lifestyle. Gatsby's desire for Daisy's love blinded him from realizing that Daisy was already married to Tom, and cou...

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... of the Dream. I am going to show how effective Fitzgerald is at portraying the materialism in the American society throughout his novel "The great Gatsby". Fitzgerald illustrates the corruption of the dream through his portrayal of the characters lives and relationships with each other. The main characters in Fitzgerald's novel ... the American Dream and how they climb towards their goals. One the Dream is reached, the corruption of the dream is most apparent. The Great Gatsby was set in the 1920s "The Jazz Age", in the very rich areas of West and East Egg- these two adjacent egg shaped l...

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... can be tainted as well. Yellow illustrates the downfall of moral standards of the people of West Egg. Green, the most dominant color in the book, symbolizes wealth and Gatsby's impossible dream. To Gatsby, Daisy represents innocence and purity; however, Fitzgerald uses different shades of white to hide her corruption. Daisy is described as "dressed in white", she powders her face white ... win Daisy back with his money - thus he is described as wearing a "caramel-colored suit" when he lies about his past to Nick. The most important symbol, however, is Gatsby's car. The car becomes the m...

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... difference in their social status, he leaves her to get wealth to reach her high standards. Once he gains this wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay," (Fitzgerald 83), and throws wonderful parties, hoping that she would show up at one of ... set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over, "(Fitzgerald 83). Gatsby's dream symbolizes the larger American Dream where they all have the opportunity to get what they want. Those who try to attain the American Dream...

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