Gatsby

A detailed Summary of Gatsby

"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an exemplary example of how the thirst for power and money taints something as simple as a dream. The whole novel is an exploration of a simple man and his simple dream that soon twists itself into something much more complex and even more sinister.

The novel takes place in the 1920's. It was a time of decline for regular human ethics and corruption of moral values in the United States and many other countries across the world. World War I had just ended and people were reveling in the riches and materialism that came with the end of it. New mass companies produced commodities such as motorcars and radios, both which were filling people's driveways and houses, money was much more accessible (Before the Great Depression). Cars were becoming a social symbol as we can see with Gatsby's five cars, one of which he gives to Nick and another that kills Myrtle Wilson later in the novel. Herbert Hoover (an American President) once said, "We will root out poverty and put two cars in every garage." (Press Speech, 1925)

Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of the novel, is a poor young man in the army. While in the army, he meets a shallow wealthy "golden girl". They start to see each other, one nigh

He finally gets what he's been wishing for all those years. He begins an affair with Daisy (the further corruption of his dream). They meet threw Nick (the narrator of the novel). When he meets her, she really doesn't sum up to what he expected: "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion" (The Great Gatsby, pg 101) Eventually, Tom finds out about their affair. The climax of the story is when Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy never loved him, she's loved Gatsby threw-out their whole marriage. Daisy can never leave Tom. She cannot throw away the marriage that Tom and her hold and is scared to leave her own comfort at home then to go live with Gatsby. Tom realizes this, and lets Gatsby go with Daisy for a drive, in his car.

A dream, one of the purest and most innocent things that exist in this world. The strive for the love of another at the end, killed three people and hurt many more. Gatsby is an evident victim of how money and power can corrupt things so pure like a dream. At the end of the novel, I was left with the feeling if it is really worth to dream and try to obtain that dream. After much thought, I believe it's not the dream that can be corrupted and distorted. It is the way you obtain that dream that can be twisted. I believe this is one of the things that Fitzgerald tried the emphasize with the novel. And of course, be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it.

t while they were together. He realizes that he can spend the rest of his life with Daisy, and he falls in love. Jay Gatsby asks her to marry him. But unfortunately, she declines. Jay does not have the money or the reputation

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Approximate Word count = 1177
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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