The Mysterious Life of Jay Gatsby

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The story occurs some time during the twenties, in a little rich branch off Long Island, New York in two neighborhoods called East and West Egg. People often travel to and from the city by following an old motor road in a place called the Valley of ashes, a swamp filled with garbage and other rubbish where the poor and less fortunate live. It is unlike East and West Egg because the city is surrounded by old and new wealth. These wealthy people like to throw large extravagant parties showing off their great fortune. For some this would be considered the American Dream, and although during this period most of the public would list materialistic items as their dreams, there are always those who will give it all up for a special love or happiness. However those that try for something that can never be, are bound to end up in destruction. In F. Scott. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, his wealthy and mysterious character Jay Gatsby leads himself to his death with his obsessive illusions and enduring hope.

Jay Gatsby is wealthy and is accustomed to getting what he wants. In this book he assumes his love, Daisy, will wait for him while he is at war. To his surprise he finds that she is ma

All was going well until Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, Nick, and Daisy's friend, Jordan, go for a ride into the city to get their mind off the sweltering heat. They end up in a hotel and from there things begin to heat up. Gatsby, being the narcissistic man he is, comes out and tells Tom what he believes Daisy wants. "'She never loved you, do you here?' he cried. 'She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me!'" (P. 137) Gatsby not allowing Daisy to speak in her favor, persists to rile up the conversation "'Going on for five years-and you didn't know...we couldn't meet. But both of us loved each other all that time, old sport, and you didn't know.'" (P. 138) Daisy finally speaks upon her behalf and tells everyone what she thinks of all of this. "'I never loved him,' she said, with perceptible reluctance. 'Not at Kapiolani?' Demanded Tom suddenly. 'No.'" (P. 139) Daisy says what she has to say and then they leave.

Gatsby at last realized that he would never reunite with Daisy. He began to become comfortable with his life and with his future. George, continuing to grieve the loss of Myrtle, kills Gatsby and then himself. It is a tragic ending to Gatsby's mysterious life. It turns out Jay Gatsby wasn't even his real name. It was James Gatz, he changed it when he was 17, and from that day forward he began living his exciting new life as a lie, and it ended in destruction. However, Jay Gatsby will not be remembered for who he was in the past, but for the man he was before he died, successful, hopeful, and caring. He wasn't a name he was a person, and that person was Jay Gatsby.

The woman who Daisy hit was Tom's mi

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Approximate Word count = 1169
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English