The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzergald challenges the American dream by showing that if you have glamourous dreams of wealth and fame, yet if you aren't born into riches, there's only one way to get there, and that's by cheating. Though, you end up in a bad place anyways if cheat to that dream. Gender has nothing whatsoever to do with where you are if you're rich. Also, women's rights were emerging in this era, so women had more freedom and could get jobs if they wanted to. Wilson is born into poverty, and stays in poverty, and his wife steps all over him. He earns his money in an honest way, but where he lives is a terrible place to live, so he doesn't get any business. Why he lives there is because he can't buy a better place. Wilson is weak, and anemic because he doesn't much food with the money he's earning. In the end, Wilson killed himself after he shot Gatsby, who he thought ran over his wife, Myrtle, because Tom told him so. It was a chain reaction one might say, because it started with Myrtle's greed which killed her by Gatsby, who was killed by Wilson, and then Wilson ki...
The thought of having an immense sum of money or wealth bring certain people to believe that money can buy almost anything, even happiness, however in reality, it will only lead to lost and false hope. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald writes a story about a man named Gatsby who is a victim of this so called 'false hope' and 'lost.' Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald clearly demonstrates and elaborates on the relationship between having money, wealth, and one's ethics or integrity by acknowledging the idea that the amount of money or wealth one has attained does affect the relationship between one's wealth and one's ethics whether or not in a pleasant manner. Although money and wealth may not be able to buy a person happiness, it surely can buy a person's mind and action given that a wealthy person has a great deal of power. Fitzgerald analyzes the notion that even though many people dream of being both rich and ethical, it is not possible, and therefore, being poor and ethical is much better than trying to be rich and ethical.
There was a sense of sadness in Tom’s eyes as he said those words. Although Myrtle was killed, Tom was still very concerned about Daisy and Gatsby’s affair. “Daisy, do you want to tell me what has been going on with you and Gatsby all this time?” Tom asked her. Daisy suddenly turned sharply at Tom, “speak for yourself Tom.
Jay Gatsby is a mysterious businessman from the nineteen twenties that is an ideal example of the American Dream. He falls in love with a young and vibrant woman by the name of Daisy Buchannan. Their admiration for each other enforces a luminous spark of determination upon themselves. This subsidizes their relationship under struggling circumstances, and changed their lives for the better. Daisy and Gatsby are the only two that truly prospered from their “American Dream” in this novel.
There were many reasons why Daisy would want to kill Myrtle. There were many nights that Myrtle would call the house to talk to Tom, “
Wilson was killed and Daisy and Gatsby are the ones to blame. They cannot hide
In life, we ask ourselves the question what we are? In addition, we also ask ourselves how our perspectives allow us to see this world? These questions are an opening idea’s, which requires the person answering it, to be fully aware of his or her life, and then have the ability to judge it without any personal bias. This is why, in the book that was and is in a sense is still talked about in class, The Great Gatsby, which is a book that follows a plethora of charters all being narrated by, Nick Caraway, a character of the book The Great Gatsby. Nick Caraway is the character in the book which judges and describes his and other character’s actions and virtues. Now we speak of a character whose name is Jay Gatsby or other whys known as James Gatz, which is one of the characters that Mr. Caraway, seems to be infatuated with from the start of the book. This character Jay Gatsby develops a perspective, which in his view seems to justify his actions by the way that he saw the world that he was living in. In this essay, I will explain why the ambitions of a person, can lead them to do things that are beyond there normal character.
...seemed cracked up to be. Myrtle Wilson is like Gatsby in a way that she is trying to rise above everybody else. Myrtle has never liked the classified class that she had been in since she was born. She demanded that she united below her, and she attempted to lecture about the "lower orders" as if she is not one: "I told that boy about the ice" (Gatsby 35). Myrtle lifted her eyebrows in anguish at the heaviness of the orders at the bottom. "These people! You have to keep after them all the time" (Gatsby 35). Myrtle Wilson in the eyes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a stupid fool. There is another character that is materialistic, Jordan Baker.
This man let her get killed though. How dare he be upset. He didn’t love her… not like me. He did not provide for her. Not like I did. She was unhappy. Wilson was bound to know that. I mean, she was having an affair- with me. He knew she was having one. Then he let her slip from his fingers- irresponsibly.
this flashback, Jordan explains to Nick how she first met Gatsby. She explains to Nick
Everyone wants to know. One of them is directly involved. Wilson was the one who
...are shown that Gatsby is prepared to do everything in his power to acquire Daisy’s adoration again, even let her get away with murder and will blindly go to jail for her. This however only leads him to his ultimate doom, as he is killed by Myrtle’s husband, Wilson. He may be a liar, but readers empathize with him as his only fault for being dishonest is his love for Daisy and being so blind to see that she is not worthy of that adoration.
...atsby. In addition, Gatsby also takes the blame of Myrtle’s death in order to protect Daisy, which results in Gatsby’s death. Similarly, Myrtle loses both her self-respect and life because of her greediness. At first, she starts a relationship with Tom to be rich and her overconfidence that Tom loves her more than Daisy leads Tom to hit her. Further, she also tries to run away from her husband, which causes her death revealing how thoughtless she is. Lastly, Gatsby’s wealth leads him to lose Daisy when Daisy comes to realize that Gatsby possesses illegal money. Gatsby wealth also leads him to his death. Gatsby uses his money to throw parties, hoping that he will attract Daisy. Tom realizes this and does revenge on Gatsby by telling George that Gatsby Killed his wife. This concludes and clearly shows how Fitzgerald uses flaws in his novel, The Great Gatsby.
Throughout the novel, one of Tom 's biggest careless acts was when he cheated on Daisy. Tom is a cocky, confident man shown many times throughout the novel like when Nick arrived at his house and "Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch" (Fitzgerald 6). His stance showed his arrogance, and how highly he thought of himself because of his wealth. Tom was a man who often acted without thinking things through, like having an affair with Myrtle. Despite both Tom and Myrtle being married, they both had affairs. Tom doesn 't hide his affair from Nick and introduces him to his mistress Myrtle at Wilson 's garage. Tom doesn 't seem to care if anyone finds out because he feels as though nothing would change due to his wealth. While at Myrtle 's husbands garage, Tom tells Myrtle to meet him at the train station. They end up going to their apartment in New York City that they keep for their affair. While at the Morningside Height 's apartment Myrtle starts to talk about Tom 's wife Daisy, ""Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!" shouted Mrs. Wilson. "I 'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai-"" (Fitzgerald 37). Tom didn 't like Myrtle overstepping her boundaries and to show
Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle were all unfaithful to their spouses. Their love for themselves far outweighed their love for each other. Tom and Myrtle have a notorious affair throughout the novel while Daisy becomes very close to her ex- beloved, Jay Gatsby. Even with their new lovers, none of them displayed true love. Each wanted something from the other.
Myrtle, Gatsby, and Daisy were all affected by this. Myrtle is a married woman, but is not satisfied with her life as Wilson’s wife. Wilson does not provide to her standards which is to have the luxurious life Myrtle desires. Myrtle’s materialism is well known, and nothing will stop her from having it all. Myrtle has high hopes to gain a wealthy and famous life. She knows all the city’s gossip and will do almost anything to learn what’s new. The aspiration to have a luxurious life is what causes Myrtle to have an affair with Tom. The movie foreshadows the affair when Myrtle calls Tom during dinner with his family. As this affair continued, everyone in the city (including Daisy) knew about it, yet no one said a word Daisy simply described herself as a fool. Though Myrtle got her way, it was ironic how Daisy was the person who accidently killed Myrtle due to their history and her affair with