The Great Gatsby!

In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the American dream is portrayed by Gatsby. Jay Gatsby falls in love with Daisy Buchanan but Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan. Tom has an affair with Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle is married to George Wilson. The story of The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway who is fond of Jordan Baker. The American dream is portrayed by Gatsby because the amount of money he had and how he liked to throw parties when ever he wants. Affairs happening a lot with Gatsby. He seemed like this perfect person, who always threw parties that people went to from different places far away. Tom is an alcoholic and abuses his mistress, Myrtle. Daisy married the wrong person, and she loves someone else now. The Great Gatsby is not the American dream.

In the second chapter of the book there was a dinner party that Tom, Myrtle, Nick, Catherine, Jordan, and Mr. McKee are in at Catherine’s apartment. First it starts out well and everything is going fine. Until things turn violent and they started to drink. Myrtle started to yell Daisy’s name many times; Tom reacted to this by slapping her face and broke her nose. This party started as an ideal American party and it is perfect in everyway. But soon afterwards the party is not a good party because of the over drinking and violence. This does not portray the American dream because no one would want to go to a party where people fought and there was violence.

Gatsby is the ideal idol for the American Dream because he is perfect in everyway. Gatsby has a lot of money and and always had huge parties that everyone in town goes to. In the beginning of the book Gatsby starts out as a mysterious and questionable person. But as you get deeper in to the book you start doubting him. Everything Gatsby does is fake; his entire identity was created when he turned the age of 18. He starts out by changing his name from Jimmy Gatz to Jay Gatsby and lied about where his family was from. Gatsby was was said to be known as a bootlegger. In the end they find out that he was really a bootlegger.

Gatsby as you know has a lot of money and is popular. But the reason why Gatsby did this was to impress Daisy. He throws a lot of wild parties just for Daisy. Gatsby has a big obsession over Daisy. He spennt most of his nights looking at the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock which is just across the bay from his mansion. Gatsby wants Nick to arrange a reunion between him and Daisy; so that Gatsby can be with Daisy. Daisy went to Nick's house where Gatsby is also there. Not long after Gatsby and Daisy’s love redeemed itself they begin an affair with one another. Gatsby takes the blame for the car that killed Myrtle. He thought that he wouldn't get in trouble for it. But George put everything together and figured it all out. Gatsby was swimming in the pool at his mansion when George finds him and shoots him. Gatsby’s dream of Daisy was corrupted because he was not honest to anyone and because of his money. The American dream of happiness was deminished and ruined for The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby started off as a book that everything and everybody is person and Gatsby has a lot of money. He has a lot of elaborate parties to try and get Daisy back. Tom is violent and breaks myrtles nose. Gatsby is fake ad has lied about this entire identity Gatsby tryes to woe daisy and get her back so that he can be happy with her again. The Great Gatsby does not represent the american dream and can never reach it.

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Beginning The Great Gatsby

1. Who is the narrator? Describe his perspective, biases, character traits, etc.

- Nick Carraway is the narrator of the story. He seems on the shy side of things and his biases are against Tom because he talks about him like he's some sort of player mean type of dude who's really cocky and rich.

2. What do you think F. Scott Fitzgerald accomplishes by choosing this specific narrator versus another choice, such as a different character or 3rd person?

- I feel like he chooses someone who isn't directly involved in the situations, but someone who is always there overlooking/ or observing these things and then has there own opinion on those things too. He's sort of using a 3rd person view and a 1st person view all in one.