Jelica Jane P.

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Numerous books make the claim to be the best love story ever written. Only in
the context of this particular work can that used to be applied and proven to be
accurate. The book is set in America in the 20s, and Nick Carr away, a guy from a
wealthy family who recently returned from serving in the war and is eager to sell bonds,
serves as the narrator. He relocates to East Egg, which is next to Gatsby's estate and is
a little less opulent than West Egg. Gatsby is extremely wealthy and hosts lavish parties
every weekend that the entire community attends. The host, however, is never seen at
these gatherings and is never fully recognized by any one person. Gatsby has a sinister
secret about his origins and how he rose to such greatness, a dark secret that will
ultimately bring him down.
Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby share many similarities, but The Great
Gatsby is, in my opinion, much more than just a love story. It also reflects on the
meaninglessness of a leisurely life. Both stories are preoccupied with managing time:
Gatsby wants to make a lovely future by fixing the past, while Juliet wants to prolong her
present because her future with Romeo is dark. This is what prompts Gatsby to utter his
most well-known phrase. Why, of course you can. This is something I can really identify
to because there have been numerous times when I've wanted, I could go back in time
and stay put because it was a better time.
The descriptions are so jarringly, wonderfully beautiful that it almost made my
heart cry, similar to Romeo and Juliet, that Fitzgerald's writing almost reads like a work
of poetry, with waves of literary brilliance generating a deep and lush rhythm that you
can practically tap your foot to.The characters of The Great Gatsby, in contrast to
Romeo and Juliet, are inherently exceedingly flawed and difficult to empathize with. But
that is part of the book's charm. You obviously detest Daisy Buchanan! You despise
Tom, of course! You even start to resent Gatsby a little bit because he demands that
Daisy admit that she never loved her husband Tom during their five years of marriage
rather than just saying that she loved him. However, I still think Gatsby is great all the
way through this book.further enrages the reader about the cruelty and the injustice of
the world. The rich are allowed to continue to be careless, for that is the dream, is it
not? To live a carefree life?

Yet Fitzgerald highlights the horrors of being a careless person: "They smashed
up things and creature is ironic that only the idle rich survive this novel, and Fitzgerald
through this s and then retreated back into their money and vast carelessness." What's
amazing in this line is that Tom and Daisy aren't careless to be malicious - that is just
their nature And that is a very sad situation all by itself. They don't even care for each
other or their daughter, Myrtle, Gatsby, or even themselves. The Great Gatsby stands in
stark contrast to Romeo and Juliet, where the lovers are sacrificed and Verona is
healed, because of their lack of empathy. Nothing is made complete in Fitzgerald's
masterpiece by this catastrophe. because people who dream ultimately do not realize
their objectives, The Great Gatsby is viewed by many as being melancholy. Fitzgerald
wants us to understand that chasing an unworthy goal will result in tragedy rather than
that dreaming will lead to sorrow.Because people who dream ultimately do not realize
their objectives, The Great Gatsby is viewed by many as being melancholy. Fitzgerald
wants us to understand that chasing an unworthy goal will result in tragedy rather than
that dreaming will lead to sorrow.
The promise of wealth and prosperity made by the American Dream serves as the
model for every character in The Great Gatsby. Meanwhile, the book itself challenges
the idea of the American Dream. The American Dream may not seem reachable at all to
readers after finishing the book. Many high school students are expected to read this
famous American book, and teenagers can surely enjoy and understand it on some
levels. However, adult readers who can examine literature and exercise critical thought
are best equipped to appreciate Fitzgerald's use of language and symbolism. The third
book written by American author F. published in 1925 by Scott Fitzgerald. It chronicles
the tragic tale of self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a
wealthy young woman he once loved, in Jazz Age New York.
 Every high school student should read it before graduation because it teaches
lessons of disillusion, class, and major deception. Every single theme ties back to our
current society is some way shape or form and that's what beautiful about the Great
Gatsby and that's what makes it a timeless work of literature.
The inequality between the rich and the poor is poignantly addressed in The Great
Gatsby. We enjoy it because it reminds us of how little our modern era has advanced
from the excess of the Roaring Twenties. Of course, Gatsby and Daisy are the central
couple in The Great Gatsby, and their tragic love for (or obsession with) Daisy is what
propels the story's action.
Gatsby, the book's protagonist and title character, is a young man of incredible
wealth who resides in a Gothic home in West Egg. He is well-known for the extravagant
parties he throws every Saturday night, but no one is aware of his background,
occupation, or method of wealth accumulation. Gatsby is exposed at the conclusion of
The Great Gatsby to have been a bootlegger; Daisy leaves him, Tom shoots him, and
his funeral is not well attended. Nick considers the conclusion of the novel, noting that
Gatsby amassed all of his fortune and power in an effort to reunite with Daisy, his long-
lost love.
The American Dream is ultimately out of reach, according to The Great Gatsby's lesson.
As a socialite, Jay Gatsby had amassed enormous riches and fame, but his desire was
to spend the rest of his life with Daisy, his true love.

The American Dream is unreal, according to The Great Gatsby's lesson. Gatsby's
dream was to be with Daisy, but even after he attained her lifestyle, he was unable to be
with her. Meanwhile, the people that had money, like Daisy and Tom, could not achieve
happiness either. it's short enough to enthrall students without them getting bored
quickly, and it provides insight about idealism, social classes and wealth that still remain
relevant today. Reading the novel [also] provides a great way to start conversation
about the 'American Dream.
 Daisy may have once been in love with Gatsby, but she no longer values her
relationship with Tom's wealth, prestige, and independence more than she does.
In a sorrowful conversation with Nick, Gatsby recalls dating Daisy in 1917 in Louisville.
He claims that in addition to idolizing her social standing, riches, and celebrity, he
adored her for her freshness and vigor. Gatsby eventually won Daisy over, and they had
a romantic relationship before he enlisted in the army. Daisy made a commitment to
hold off on marrying Gatsby until 1919, but she ultimately decided to wed Tom
Buchanan, a young man from a respectable, aristocratic family who could guarantee her
a comfortable lifestyle and who had the backing of her parents. Gatsby, the timid young
billionaire who came from modest beginnings in the American Midwest to a position of
prominence among the Long Island elite, is the archetype of the "self-made man." He is
ambitious and idealistic. George Wilson, the proprietor of a gas station, shoots Jay
Gatsby to death in the mansion's swimming pool because he thinks Gatsby is the hit-
and-run motorist who killed his wife, Myrtle.

Life Lessons From 'The Great Gatsby'

Optimism is a noble, if futile trait. Money can't buy you love or friends. Unbridled
passion isn't always a good thing. It's not easy to leave your past behind you. Don't
critique others. Physical beauty is fickle and fleeting. You know what they say about
assuming. Among the best American books, F. The last line of The Great Gatsby by
Scott Fitzgerald is particularly well-known: "And so we beat on, boats against the
current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. But this is what we believe is happening:
Nick sees that striving for a goal in the future just traps us in the present. All of our
fantasies are founded on visions of our former selves, just like Gatsby did in The Great
Gatsby, who formerly held the American myth of the self-made man and believed he
would marry Daisy.
 The Great Gatsby, which was published in the middle of the 1920s, is frequently
compared to F. The time, aspirations, and dreams of Scott Fitzgerald. The protagonist
of the book is the extravagant Jay Gatsby, whose main ambition is to see his first love,
Daisy Buchanan, again. Love, and how it may ruin and ruin someone's life, and how you
can never be totally pleased by love, is a recurring theme in The Great Gatsby. Gatsby
and Daisy's relationship is full of ups and downs where they repeatedly lie to one
another and are never content.

We see this happening today when people try to use their wealth to take
advantage of others and fit in. Gatsby tries to manipulate people with his wealth, and it
works. The book explains how money controls individuals and the world, and we may
still observe examples of this now. In many locations today, money also divides people.
Daisy might also come to the realization that Gatsby's love is just as phony as his name,
which is, of course, part of the novel's purpose. In the end, she is left with two men: one
who values her too highly and the other who does not. Since she falls short of the
former, she opts for the latter. She entirely took him out of her life, which was a betrayal.
By keeping from telling Tom that she was the one who struck Myrtle with the car, Daisy
also deceived Gatsby. The result of this transgression was that Gatsby was solely
responsible.

Nick overhears Jordan telling Nick about Daisy's wedding day, when Daisy became
inebriated and informed Jordan that she did not want to wed Tom. But since she
ultimately marries Tom for his wealth and status, her choice to return the pearls turns
out to be entirely symbolic. Daisy decided to wed Tom rather than Gatsby because Tom
was more affluent and influential. Gatsby was never wealthy, unlike Tom, and grew up
in poverty. Daisy assured Gatsby that she would wait for him while he was to war, but
she was aware that her mother would never permit her to wed a poor man. Gatsby
divulges information about their lengthy romance. Her affluence, her spacious home,
and the thought of men adoring her all captured his attention.
 He claimed to be Daisy's socioeconomic equal in order to be with her. He thought
they were married after they slept together one night. Tom's involvement with Myrtle is a
result of his boredom, and their liaison provides him with an exciting diversion from his
regular existence. He finds harboring a secret appealing. He has a responsibility to
conduct himself with decorum and moderation as a member of the upper class. Despite
the fact that she has never loved Tom, Daisy does care about her image and does not
want to be seen attending Gatsby's burial. She consequently decides to refrain out of
fear that she will harm both her relationship with Tom and her reputation in the public.
His unwillingness to awaken from his dream of the past and accept reality is Gatsby's
terrible fault. He is driven to a life of crime and dishonesty by his fixation with getting
back together with Daisy in the past. He adopts a false name, works with a gangster,
and becomes into a bootlegger. Although Gatsby has always desired wealth, his
primary driving force in accumulating it was his love for Daisy Buchanan, whom he had
first met in Louisville as a young military officer before departing to fight in World War I
in 1917.

The Great Gatsby's narrator, Nick Carraway, isn't the protagonist or major
character. Given that we read the entire book through Nick's perspective, this makes
Nick himself a little challenging to notice. The fact that Gatsby plays out a part that he
created for himself when he was seventeen is one of the key elements of his persona.
His smile appears to be both an integral part of the character and the product of the
special blend of optimism and imagination that gives him the ability to portray it so well.
Nick looks up to Gatsby because of his optimism, his ability to create his own life, and
his unwavering faith in his dream despite the harsh reality of 1920s America.

To evoke feelings of both nostalgia and melancholy, The Great Gatsby is written in
a poetic and elegiac manner. Gatsby waits for Daisy to call in both the novel and the
movie, but Nick calls in the movie, and Gatsby exits the pool as soon as he hears the
phone ring. After being shot, he believes that Daisy was going to leave Tom and follow
him. Gatsby was never wealthy; instead, he became wealthy by selling alcohol illegally
because it was forbidden in the 1920s. Having booze at his events symbolized his
social standing and money. Gatsby was selling bogus bonds in addition to bootlegging
to raise money. Mr. Wilson goes to Gatsby's home with the intention of exacting
revenge and shoots him. Although George Wilson was clearly responsible for Jay
Gatsby's fate, Tom and Daisy led him astray. Due to the Buchanan's moral negligence,
Gatsby was killed.
What about Gatsby's passing is ironic? The irony of Gatsby's passing is that he is still
waiting for Daisy to phone him so they can get together, but he is unaware that she and
her husband have already made up.

The author of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald exploits the outcomes of
moral evolution to demonstrate a joyful conclusion. Despite failing to achieve his life
objective, Gatsby is able to break himself from his obsession with Daisy.
Nick ran into Tom after the burial. Tom claimed that he informed Wilson, the person
responsible for Gatsby's death, that Myrtle, Wilson's wife, was struck by Gatsby's
vehicle. Nick made the decision to leave the metropolis and relocate back to the West
because he no longer like living in the East. This will be a commentary on The Great
Gatsby's famous final phrase, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back
ceaselessly into the past." Since Nick was Gatsby's sole close friend and the only
person who truly cared about him, he took care of his funeral. After Gatsby passed
away, no one else expressed any interest in him.

The love triangle between Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy is the main source of strife in
The Great Gatsby. The two individuals with whom they are having affairs will be killed
by Tom and Daisy, either directly or indirectly.
Gatsby's story is just as important today as it was when it was written, even if it is a
commentary on a different time and set of characters. because it covers topics that are
universal, such as human foibles, the futility of societal structures, and man's fight with
time and fate. Chapter 4 reveals Gatsby's objective, which is to get Daisy back. Daisy is
the pinnacle of prestige for Gatsby despite everything he has, including enormous
wealth and a lavish residence. Gatsby's American Dream was never realized because
he and Daisy did not end up together. Nick learns throughout the novel that Gatsby's
interpretation of the American Dream might not be worthwhile.
The American Dream's Decline in Hope. The Wealthy's Emptiness. Moral
Dissonance in the American Dream. The effects of materialism and money. In his third
book, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, which Charles Scribner's Sons released in
1925. The novel, which is set in Jazz Age New York, chronicles the tragic tale of self-
made millionaire Jay Gatsby and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young
woman who he once loved. Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Of course, Gatsby and
Daisy are the central couple in The Great Gatsby; more particularly, Gatsby's tragic love
for (or obsession with) Daisy is the central love story in the book. Justice, power, greed,
betrayal, the American ideal, and other topics are all addressed by Fitzgerald in The
Great Gatsby. Perhaps none of the concepts is explored as thoroughly as social
stratification.
The characters in The Great Gatsby reflect the wealthiest people in 1920s New York
society. They are not represented as being very ambitious despite their wealth, though.
Instead, the wastefulness, hedonism, and irresponsibility of the wealthy folks are
exposed.

Fitzgerald was in fact motivated to pen the book by the lavish gatherings he
frequented on wealthy Long Island, where he had a first-hand look at the wealthy,
affluent class of the 1920s—a lifestyle he yearned to embrace but was unable to do so.
The setting for The Great Gatsby is New York City in the 1920s, a time known as the
"Roaring Twenties" for the thrilling pace generated by the quickly changing society and
technology.
Daisy is loved by Gatsby because she embodies the kind of refined, beautiful life he
aspires to have. He doesn't actually know her, as the book makes clear. He cannot
comprehend her aspirations or hopes. Her anxieties, vulnerabilities, or prior experiences
are not subjects of his attention.
 Nick tries to organize a large funeral for Gatsby because he believes that he
wouldn't want to experience death alone. However, all of Gatsby's former friends and
acquaintances have either vanished (Tom and Daisy, for example, move away without
leaving a forwarding address) or have decided not to attend, such as Meyer Wolfsheim
and Klipspringer. Daisy Buchannan is used to illustrate the lack of morality and ethics
that pervaded society in the 1920s. Even though she remains the center of Gatsby's
universe until his passing, she is consistently revealed in the book to be callous and
erratic.
The antagonist in The Great Gatsby is Daisy "Fay" Buchanan. She was partly
influenced by Fitzgerald's wife Zelda Fitzgerald and stands for the immoral East Egg
aristocracy.
She is frequently criticized for her pursuit of fortune and her abandoning of Jay Gatsby
as being cold, spoiled, and ruthless. It's possible that this is an unjust assessment and
that she is simply a victim of her circumstances and the materialistic society in which
she lives.

Daisy may have once been in love with Gatsby, but she no longer values her
relationship with Tom's wealth, prestige, and independence more than she does.
Daisy came from a wealthy family and married into another wealthy family, therefore
Daisy felt at ease in this situation even if she stopped loving Tom after a while. Daisy
wanted protection and stability to leave her unhappy marriage to Tom Buchanan, but
Gatsby's love was unable to provide it for her. Gatsby eventually won Daisy over, and
they had a romantic relationship before he enlisted in the army. Daisy made a
commitment to hold off on marrying Gatsby until 1919, but she ultimately decided to
wed Tom Buchanan, a young man from a respectable, aristocratic family who could
guarantee her a comfortable lifestyle and who had the backing of her parents.

The assumption here is that Daisy was familiar with sexual relationships and most
definitely not a virgin, which is further corroborated by the absence of any mention of
losing one's virginity when Gatsby "took her." Daisy fell pregnant soon after the
wedding, and Tom began having extramarital encounters. Jordan informs Nick that
Gatsby has requested an invitation to his home during an occasion when Daisy will also
be there.
Gatsby understands as they are about to kiss that "when he kissed this girl, and forever
wedded his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp
again like the mind of God." He is contemplating the possibility of falling in love with
Daisy.