Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby was a great story written about the newly rich living in one of the most socialized eras. The 1920's are remembered for the woman becoming more lively and the old rich differing from the new. Nick a single man living in New York realizes his neighbor, jay Gatsby has a mysterious was of living. Jay is a part of the new rich and throws huge parties every Saturday night. Some of the people who come to his parties don't even know him. The more you read through the book, you learn that the parties have more of a story. The neighborhood was full of reasons. Jay fell in love with a young girl, Daisy, several years before he gained his fortune. Daisy lived with her own new family in a house close by Jay. Jay planned the parties every Saturday night in hope that Daisy would one day appear at one and realize how rich he has become. At the time when they were deeply in love, Jay did not have enough money for Daisy to wait on. Throughout the story you follow Nick try to understand more about his hopeless romantic neighbor. Jay and Daisy soon start hanging out again and become a little sinful. Once they all go "to town", Jay lets Daisy drive back and it resulted in a young womans death. But behind Daisy's perfect family, you also learn that her husband has many encounters with other woman. The young womans husband, George, is determined that Gatsby is the one who ran her over. In result, George shoots Gatsby. The story is overall an amazing tell of an hopeless "American Dream". Nick tried to follow through with all of the drama but it was all happening so quick, and too soon they all lost control in the story.

2 comments:

  1. It is very much about the pursuit of the "American Dream." I'm curious to know if you think Gatsby found his dream or not? :)

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  2. I do believe he found his dream because he had tried so hard and sacrificed so much of his life to Daisy, that when he was killed it allowed him to be at ease and maybein his after life he was reunited with the love of his life.

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