...The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s use of Motif In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the motif of cheating to make his theme of lying and deceit become more evident to the reader. Throughout the novel, characters cheat on each other, cheat the laws of society, and cheat their way to wealth. Fitzgerald wanted this theme to be very evident to the reader because Fitzgerald wanted readers to see the consequences the characters had to face because of the choices they made. Fitzgerald utilizes the relationship between Myrtle and Tom in order to demonstrate the consequences of their affair. Tom’s wife, Daisy is extremely hurt that “Tom has some girl in New York” because she knows that as her husband his responsibility is to be...
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...them what they desire. For example, President Nixon in the Watergate Scandal of 1972 lied about his association with the burglars who were trying to get government information to help him win reelection. Here, he lies about his involvement in the case in order to save his chances to remain president. He tried to maintain his high status through lying; however, this dishonesty backfired and forced him to resign and lose his title as president. This is similar to characters in The Great Gatsby who lie to gain or keep a high social status. Social dishonesty in The Great Gatsby, by F....
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...Gatsby Essay: Tom and Gatsby Elegant parties, endless supply of alcohol and food, numerous people, huge mansion, and loud music are all examples of common occurrences at the Gatsby mansion. All of this was to lure in one beautiful girl. That girl was Daisy. However, Daisy was occupied by her own rich husband, Tom. This only left Gatsby wishing he could have Daisy. Soon, Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom all cross paths. Although different in many ways, it turns out that Tom and Gatsby share many of the same traits. Over the course of events in The Great Gatsby, Tom and Gatsby show many traits that are similar and many traits that are different. In the end, Gatsby learns his lesson about the emptiness of pursuing happiness through wealth. Throughout The Great Gatsby, there are lies, secrets and indiscretion. Tom and Gatsby both share these traits. Both men lie, hold onto secrets and have indiscretion about their lives and what they do for work. “Tom’s got some woman in New York” (15). Tom shows his indiscretion through his secrets and lies about his affair. The other characters are aware of Tom’s affair, but he still manages to lie to them and go behind Daisy’s back to see his mistress. Tom also says “We’re getting off, I want you to meet my girl” (24). Tom’s “girl”, as referred to in this quote, is actually his mistress. This example again shows Tom’s indiscretion, secrets, and lies. Gatsby is also secretive. Gatsby’s secrets are mostly about his work. “I found out what your ‘drug-stores’...
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...Gatsby Essay F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “The two basic stories of all times are Cinderella and Jack the Giant Killer-the charm of women and the courage of men”, which is challenged in his novel, The Great Gatsby. The charm of women is determined from more than their poise, such as their actions. Daisy Buchanan, a woman of the high class in 1920s New York, fakes love to obtain wealth. She is dependent on her husband to maintain the lifestyle she desires. Although, as the novel continues, it becomes clear to the reader Daisy is not satisfied with her husband, Tom because he is a cheater. Daisy is reunited with her young love, Jay Gatsby, which distracts her from all the cruel, selfless actions of her spouse. However, Mr. Gatsby is not the perfect, innocent man Daisy thinks of him to be. Gatsby’s illegal actions are not commonly discussed among characters, but is obvious through the novel how he earned his wealth. Men such as Tom and Mr. Gatsby get away with poor choices and foul play, while Daisy feels the need to pretend to reach societies standards. Fitzgerald contradicts his message about charm and courage by creating materialistic women and dishonest men. In the tale of Cinderella, a young girl finds...
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...The women of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby are alike in several ways. First of all, all of the females in the novel were shown as weak and shallow characters. They were all motivated by money, power and good looks. None of the women in this novel demonstrated any true core values or positive character traits. They were only concerned with having material things, or having the attentions of a wealthy man. This becomes known to the reader through the comments and actions of the women make throughout the story. For example, Daisy says, “I am glad that it is a girl and I hope she’ll be a fool- that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool” (pg.17). This shows that she believes that women have...
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...Nick-An Honest Man In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, at the end of chapter 3 the speaker Nick states “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” In this chapter Nick attends his first party at the Gatsby residence and this is when he actually meets Gatsby face to face. Almost right off the bat there were rumors flying about Gatsby and weather he had killed a man or not. The interaction in the library with Nick, Jordan and the library man was very interesting. The skepticism of weather the books were real or not, made it seem like there was something suspicious going on. At one point in the party Gatsby and Jordan go off alone for about an hour. The car wreck in the ditch after Nick was leaving also had an air of mystery. Nick tells the story about Jordan and her lying about her tennis tournament a while back. All of these events lead up to nick claiming that he is one of the few honest people he has ever known. I agree with him, I believe up to this point he is one of the most honest people in the book. Everyone up to this point seems to present themselves as being attractive and having all the qualities of a good human being, but they all seem to also have an underlying air of fishiness and mystery to them. For Gatsby there are the questions of his past and how he really attained his wealth. There are the questions of Jordan and how honest she could really be if she lied about the tennis tournament. Tom and Daisy alike are both extremely dishonest...
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...they achieve their American Dream, they will have a feeling of complete happiness and fulfillment. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan’s dreams bring them pain because they are never satisfied with what they already have. Jay Gatsby is an exceptional example of the American Dream failing. At first, the novel makes Gatsby appear very snobby and glamorous. But then we realize he’s just a simple man who’s in love with a very unattainable girl. He bases all of his dreams and his whole life off of one person. He only pursued his career to win back Daisy’s love. Gatsby moves into a house in the West Egg across from Daisy’s House in the East Egg. Only so he can gaze at the green light of Daisy’s dock and imagine being with her. In a way, the green light symbolizes Gatsby’s hope of achieving his American Dream. Which is to be wealthy, live in an extremely nice home, and have Daisy for himself. He goes through so much just to be with her again, changing his whole life and even lying for her. Daisy was the one who ran over Myrtle but Gatsby took the blame because his love for Daisy was so strong and all he wanted was his American Dream. So he would do whatever was possible to attain it. This dream failed because you can’t control others emotions. Especially the emotions of a person who is very shallow, egocentric, and weak. Gatsby should have settled with what he had. He waited around for five years, working hard and trying to be the perfect man...
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...How are women portrayed in Chapter Seven of The Great Gatsby? In Chapter Seven of The Great Gatsby women were portrayed as very significant role. Men worked to earn money to be wealthy for the maintenance of the women. In Chapter Seven, the women that play the important roles are; Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson. Each of the characters are portrayed as ignorant and oblivious to what’s going on around them. For example, Daisy acts foolish around Tom, her husband, as if she thinks that what he wants her to be like. She pretends like she isn’t aware of Tom’s affair with one of the other main characters whom name is Myrtle. Even though she calls him on the telephone when they’re at dinner. Daisy says in Chapter One “I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” This quotation demonstrates that all men look for foolish women. This quotation is also directed at Daisy’s daughter, she says this to her daughter because Daisy wants to make sure being a fool also has an impact on her life. Throughout the novel, women are not described in depth. The author’s presentation of them is unflattering and unsympathetic. Fitzgerald appeals to their voice, “she had a voice full of money”, the way they behaved, “They’re such beautiful shirts she sobbed”, rather than feelings or emotions. The character Daisy Buchannan is described constantly as someone who is happy when things are being given to her. This has all came to...
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...and makes them believe what is not true. Sometimes even makes them do things and say things they shouldn’t because they are too blind from the love. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby believed that the women he loved left him for someone with much more money that he had when he was in the war and Tom knows that Daisy would never leave him for some other man. In the musical Chicago Amos feels the need to do anything to make Roxie happy so she can love him and not ignore him and furthermore in the musical Billy know that he can control the women that he fights for because that's why he wins all his cases. “ There are all kinds of love in the world, but never the same love twice” (Fitzgerald). In both The Great Gatsby and...
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...“Dreams are renewable no matter what our age or condition, they are still untapped possibilities within us and now beauty waiting to be born.” -anonymous This quote is portrayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. The novel begins when the main character Nick Caraway moves to a town in long island call west egg. He lives in modest home amongst extravagant mansions. His neighbor, Jay Gatsby, throws lavish parties almost every night. His cousin Daisy, and her husband tom, also lives in the west egg community. Once nick get an invite to one of Gatsby’s parties he become thirsted into the wealthy lifestyle of the people around him. In his novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald used the colors of white and cream, the color yellow, and the green light to illustrate the theme that desire facilitates moral decay and is therefore a destructive emotion. The colors white and cream capture the characters external innocence and purity, but since it is false beyond the skin, it is just a disguise covering the desire and moral decay. The white room shows how Daisy and Jordan can appear pure and lovely from the outside. When nick arrives at Daisy and Tom’s home he notices, “ The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house,”(8). At the start of the book we are introduced to Daisy and Jordan, the author used the white color of the room to illustrate how pure the characters appear from Nick’s first...
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...of the main text that highlight the American Dream as a whole are The Crucible, The Great Gatsby, and Of Mice and Men. These stories although very different still have a similar message from the author who wrote it. The time frame for each story is different to express how the American Dream has always been there and will always be something that Americans can thrive for. These stories show how they had religious freedom, personal freedom, and material aspirations. All the characters in these stories all wanted something even if they were poor or rich. They pursued happiness and wanted to achieve the pronounced “American Dream”....
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...novel, “The Great Gatsby”, by F.Scott Fitzgerald there is plenty of unending hope to go around. For example, Myrtles unending hope to be with Tom isn't as interesting as Gatsby's unending hope for Daisy. Gatsby goes over the top just to get Daisy's attention, first he buys a Mansion just to throw parties for her, he also gets to know Nick just to use him to get to Daisy, and lastly he forces Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him. Gatsby had already planned every single step in his head that he never realized how bizarre his unending hope for Daisy actually was. “There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among whispering and champagne and the stars....
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...The Great Gatsby Essay Karema Williams December 12, 2013 The Great Gatsby based in the 1920’s written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A Victorian story centered on wealth and power. During the 1920’s many people were born into wealth, money that’s been in the family for generations. Although, some inherited their wealth others were forced to work extremely hard for minimum pay, start a business or engage in illegal activities in order to secure wealth. The social stigma in the 1920’s was predicated on wealth. If you weren’t privileged to be born with wealth you weren’t socially accepted. Those who became wealthy by working or illegal activity still weren’t allowed to shake hands with high society; leaving the privileged in a league of their own. This novel remains a timeless piece do to the human behaviors in the 1920’s that can be seen almost 100 years later. For example social drinking, smoking, partying, infidelity, a division amongst economic backgrounds, lies, love, betrayal and death (Fitzgerald, 1925.) During the 1920’s which has been referred to as the jazz years, during an era when women were encouraged to marry men of power and wealth. Many became obsessed with money, material processions and the glamorous lifestyle in hopes to maintain a spot in high society. High socially partied and socially gathered with the likes of their own, invitation only affairs. Throwing expensive parties and dressing to impress; catering the best food possible, serving illegal alcohol throughout...
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...reckless things, stupid things they might later regret, though the point of it all is in not regretting. For the idea of the party's youth”. In the 1920s women’s roles change drastically. Not only were women given the right to vote, but job opportunities increased. During the film, Chicago and the novel, The Great Gatsby, two women, Daisy Buchanan and Roxie Hart, faced many obstacles when it came to gender roles because women were seen as less dominant compared to men. Daisy was this beautiful woman who was solely dependent on her husband, Tom Buchanan, who remotely cheated on her, on a number of occasions. Roxie was this average, dream chaser...
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...The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald talks about selfishness of others and judgment of God. Gatsby, also known as our protagonist, is a guy who sets his life around one desire. The thing that he desires the most is to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, a women he feel in love with many years ago. Although this might seem romantic, unfortunately Daisy has a husband, Tom Buchanan, known as our antagonist. Tom is wealthy, yet a very despicable man. The Main conflict is really Tom and his actions. Tom has a conflict with everyone in the book because he is such a cynical and aggressive man. His biggest conflict is with Gatsby. Tom is very selfish and does not have the desire to change his self or his attitude. Along with Tom's selfishness is...
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