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Jun 17, 2024 · The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel. It was published in 1925. Set in Jazz Age New York, it tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. Commercially unsuccessful upon publication, the book is now considered a classic of American fiction.
Myrtle’s death, George’s suicide, and Gatsby’s murder are all the result of Gatsby’s quest to have Daisy for himself. Tom, Daisy, and Nick’s decisions to leave the east are also caused by Gatsby’s actions. Despite his power to change his life and the lives of others, Gatsby fails to attain his goal. He dies without having won Daisy ...
Analysis. Though Nick’s first impression of Gatsby is of his boundless hope for the future, Chapter 4 concerns itself largely with the mysterious question of Gatsby’s past. Gatsby’s description of his background to Nick is a daunting puzzle—though he rattles off a seemingly far-fetched account of his grand upbringing and heroic exploits ...
Ysbrand Cosijn/Shutterstock. A wealthy, glamorous and mysterious figure, who throws lavish parties at his mansion in Long Island, New York. A Midwestern youth called James Gatz, who has reinvented himself. A man who seems to embody idealistic love, but in fact has close connections with the criminal underworld. v PREVIOUS.
In this chapter of The Great Gatsby, Nick and Tom visit the valley of ashes, where they meet Myrtle Wilson, Tom's mistress. Nick witnesses the violent and decadent life of Tom and Myrtle, as well as the tragic fate of George Wilson, Myrtle's husband. This chapter reveals the contrast between the rich and the poor, the East and the West, and the moral and the immoral in Fitzgerald's novel ...
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s. On the surface, The Great Gatsby is a story of the thwarted love between a man and a woman. The main theme of the novel, however, encompasses a much larger, less romantic scope. Though all of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 and is set in a circumscribed ...
Analysis. Chapter 5 is the pivotal chapter of The Great Gatsby, as Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy is the hinge on which the novel swings. Before this event, the story of their relationship exists only in prospect, as Gatsby moves toward a dream that no one else can discern. Afterward, the plot shifts its focus to the romance between Gatsby and ...
