Gatsby was the main character in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel was mainly about the effort he put to rewrite his life to become higher class person, and the love of Gatsby to Daisy. They did love each other before, but they can’t be together. He did not get any payback from her when they met after a long period. She played around with his love, and even when he dead, she still not cares much about him. Some people may have thought that he was so weak and insane when doing all of that, but in my opinion, Gatsby was a person who willing to strive higher and be positive in life. My judgment about Gatsby was clearly proved by his background, his positive life attitude, and his love for Daisy. Gatsby’s background was one of a good point of proving his strive. Gatsby’s real name was James Gatsby always keep a positive attitude with him throughout his life. For example, he did not step back when he faced with any problem. When Mr. Cody, his boss died, he did not get much of Cody’s money. Also, he did loss all of that money once, but he did bring a lot of money back to replace it even it was illegal money. Another proving point is when he said to Daisy “"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” (page 92).” Through this quote, Gatsby knew exactly what his goal and dream was, and it was Daisy, the green light. The quote showing that he knew what he was doing. And no matter what prevent him from reaching his goal, when he could go through it he will reach his goal. ““Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!” (page 110)” could also be another proving point of his positive attitude too. He thought that he can repeat the past, rewrite what he did not happy with just as same as how he became so wealthy
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby many characters are not as they seem. The one character that intrigues me the most is James Gatsby. In the story Gatsby is always thought of as rich, confident, and very popular. However, when I paint a picture of him in my mind I see someone very different. In fact, I see the opposite of what everyone portrays him to be. I see someone who has very little confidence and who tries to fit in the best he can. There are several scenes in which this observation is very obvious to me. It is clear that Gatsby is not the man that everyone claims he is.
The thrill of the chase, the excitement in the dream, the sadness of the reality is all represented in the green light that encompasses Jay Gatsby’s attention in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The meaning contained in the green light consumed Gatsby in ways that demonstrated an unhealthy obsession in which five years of his life was spent attempting to get Daisy. The moment that dream became attainable to him, she fell right into his reach only to crush his heart. Five years were wasted on a dream that he really could not see. His life was spent changing himself to achieve “the dream.” Everyone needs to be able to say they lived their life to the fullest and have no regrets when it becomes their time. Do not waste it on an unrealistic
Gatsby was always moving forward improving and building his skills; he had a particular schedule which he followed to stay on task and he had a list of things he needed improvement on. Only a few individuals with big dreams are working day-night improving their skills. Corruption and his value of love headed him in the wrong direction. His only best friend was money, which only provided short-term happiness.
The Great Gatsby is a parody of itself. While Fitzgerald tries hard not to make Gatsby and especially Daisy laughable personalities, this is where he ultimately fails. There's not enough ironic distance to his characters. As Gatsby, at least in the eyes of many critics, should represent the idea of the American Dream, the presentation of his character puts the whole concept in question again, without being intended as criticism. This is mainly the fault of another weak character in the novel, Nick Carraway.
In the novel “The great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a character by the name of Jay Gatsby spends half his life longing after his love daisy Buchanan and is set on doing whatever possible to get her. Similar to Fitzgerald, Gatsby was in love with a women he couldn’t have; so he did everything in his power to rise in money and fame to get her. Fitzgerald and Gatsby are also similar because they were both in the United States Army. Therefore the character in the novel “The Great Gatsby” who most reflects the real life of the author, F. Scott. Fitzgerald is Jay Gatsby.
Great literary characters are immortalized and perpetually discussed not because they are individually so grand and majestic, but because they exist as more than themselves. A great literary character truly exists in the external and symbolic associations that the author and audience apply. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals social and emotional elements of his character Daisy Buchanan through the symbols of white dresses and a pearl necklaces in order to convey a message concerning detrimental class values, a theme that can be better understood by comparing Daisy to a diamond.
The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a book of love and tragedy that all leads back to dreams and ideas, but never reality. Gatsby is a man of great wealth and is truly rich. Or is he? The Great Gatsby has many disguises that play a major role in several characters' lives, but mostly Gatsby's'. Gatsby believes that he will be very successful and get what he wants, including Daisy, if he is rich. He succeeded in getting money and living a life of luxury, but is never truly rich. He is always so set on the future and what things could be if this, or if that happens, that he never lives in the present. Because Gatsby never lives in the present, he ends up doing that permanently, and by the end of the book, he lives no more. When Gatsby was alive, he seemed never to be happy, because he was never satisfied with himself; Gatsby tried to change himself. He always tried to reach for his vision, which is represented by the green light, but never seemed to achieve it because he didn't ever live in the life he had; Gatsby lived in the life he wanted. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses green light to represent the unreachable dream in the future that is always being sought after and wanted by Gatsby, but never obtained.
Gatsby dreams of having Daisy. The first mention of his dream was as he stared at the green light that came from her house. The novel references the greenlight a lot, which represents Daisy, “Involuntarily I glanced seaward — and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.” He tries many different ways to impress her in the hope that she would come back to him. He buys a mansion across the bay from her, throws outrageous parties, invites her over to his house, and expresses his love for her.
Gatsby is not so great because he is a liar. From the very start Gatsby is said to be an alumnus from Oxford, who fought in WWI, hunted big game, and had parents from the Midwest. He even justifies himself when Nicks asks and Gatsby pulls out a picture of him at Oxford and a WWI medal that he carried around in his pocket. He even changed his name, James Gatz to Jay Gatsby, but why? “James Gatz – that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career” (6). Gatsby is mysterious and mystifying, known for his large parties yet no one knows why he has them. Keep in mind this is the prohibition era, but at Gatsby’s parties there is always plenty of alcohol to go around and no one knows where it comes from or how he acquires so much, one of the many mysteries. In attendance at these parties there are people like Meyer Wolfshiem “the man who really did fix the 1919 World Series” (118), to the mayors and governors. More questions arise in this company as to how Gatsby is associated with gangsters and why they attend these large parties. It is completely ironic how so many attend these parties but none ...
...ces throughout the novel demonstrate how he is not as innocent or quiet as readers think. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as not being a Romantic hero due to Gatsby`s attempts in faking his identity, his selfish acts and desperation for Daisy`s love and his fixation with wealth, proving that love is nothing like obsession. Gatsby does not understand love; instead he views Daisy as another goal in his life because he is obsessed with her and is willing to do anything to buy her love. Obsession and love are two different things: love is something that sticks with a person till his or her death, while obsession can cause a person to change his or her mind after reaching their goals. Thus Gatsby`s story teaches people that a true relationship can only be attained when there is pure love between both people, untainted by materialism and superficiality.
“He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it; he did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in the vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night.” (Fitzgerald, 180). This novel, The Great Gatsby, was written by an insightfully amorous man names F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story was, loosely, based off of his life of love, trouble, parties, and death. The Great Gatsby is a story about an observant unbiased man named Nick Carraway who helps out young proscribed love. But he fails to perceive the foreshadowed future of the two estranged couple that is Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. Throughout the entire novel, all the way till the end, Gatsby never gives up on his hope to win Daisy over from Tom. Whenever Gatsby feels that he has won, something happens that brings everyone, including him, disappointment.
the green light at the end of Daisy's dock..and his dream. must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere. back in that vast obscurity beyond the city. The main point in this quotation is that Gatsby could not get over his dream. I am a dreamer.
The word visually stunning could be used to describe the 2013 Baz Luhrman directed adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless novel The Great Gatsby. Speaking of the director, I enjoyed his portrayal of the lavish lifestyle and carefree party like attitude in such a beautiful visual experience. The way in which the party scenes were filmed in the movie made perfect sense compared to the source material and were something I have never seen done by any other directors in a live action film. Another positive for me about this film was the soundtrack. When I first started watching the film I expected to hear old time music prevalent in the 20s. I however was pleasantly surprised when I learned the soundtrack was compiled by Jay-Z and featured many tracks I enjoyed featuring him either alone or accompanied by another musical guest. While Jay-Z is not exactly an accurate representation of the music of the 20s, the soundtrack adds a modern flavour over the previously mentioned beautiful backgrounds and architecture. The story however is where the movie at times falls flat. When stripped down to basics it is nothing more than a generic love story with a few twists added in for extra kick. The characters in the same vain can be very bland and not make you care much for them due to their backstories not being deeply explored. The only character that I found to be interesting was Jay Gatsby because of the mystical aura that surrounds his character at the beginning of the movie that leads you to want to uncover more of this ever mysterious man. All in all the visuals clearly outpace
Gatsby is a very loving and caring character in the book. This is shown by his love for Daisy. The love Gatsby shows is young love. Gatsby is stuck in the past where he loved Daisy without doubts or worries. Gatsby thinks since the love he remembers is in the past, he thinks you can repeat the past.
Jay Gatsby’s real name is James Gatz. Jay Gatsby is an illusion, while James Gatz is the reality he must face. Gatsby tells people of his well upbringing and his wealth growing up. The reality of this is that James Gatz was a poor western boy who did not grow up wealthy at all. Gatsby also did not become wealthy by working hard and making his money honestly, rather than, he bootlegged and did illegal things to get his wealth. Gatsby’s parties are another example, he threw huge parties every weekend, lasting a very long time. His idea was that if he threw these parties, daisy would come to one of them. He barely knew the people at his party and that was an illusion in