Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an extremely wealthy man lives in a town called West Egg. Right next to Gatsby's town lies East Egg, where most of its people have inherited all their money and riches and are very arrogant. The story is told through Nick who judges people throughout the book but makes a good narrator due to the fact that he is more of an observing kind of person and usually doesn't let his anger get the better of him. Gatsby, like many people in West Egg, works for his money and is considered a great man. But realistically he really isn't due to the fact that he makes his money dishonestly and uses his greed and wealth to attract the woman of his dreams into living with him leaving behind her husband. When he dies it shows that he really doesn't have any friends other than Nick, most people used him for his extravagant parties or for money. He also lies greatly about his past telling many that he inherited it from his family. The title of the book is ironic because Gatsby is dishonest, lies and is not all that well liked. Gatsby lies all about his past to everyone he encounters. He claims that he inherited all his money when he actually had nothing to start with and worked his way towards his
Gatsby is not all that well liked by anyone at all. He is very well known but lacks any real friendship with the exception of Nick. Everyone goes to his parties and for the most part makes him really look popular and liked. The only thing is most of the people that go to the parties have never spoken a word to him or don't even know what he looks like. "We got up and she explained that we were going to find the host - I had never met him, she said, and it was making me uneasy. The undergraduate nodded in a cynical, melancholy way." (Fitzgerald, p. 49) A woman who has been to Gatsby's huge parties on more than one occasion has never even met him. This proves how people are towards him. They don't really have a personal friendship with him but use him for his parties. When Gatsby dies not many people come to attend his funeral at all. "Of course you'll be there yourself." "Well I'll certainly try. What I called is about-----" (Fitzgerald, p. 177) In a conversation that Nick had with a man, all he wanted was something he left at Gatsby's house back. He cared nothing about trying to make Gatsby's funeral to pay his last respects. Gatsby does not fall under being "great" as this book because he is not well liked something ne
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Approximate Word count = 827
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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