However his parties would have an abundance of alcohol. Gatsby would pay the police enough to look the other way. There isn’t really any equal opportunity if the only way that Gatsby could achieve wealth would be through illegal business. Although Gatsby did achieve The American Dream, he wasn’t happy, because he didn’t have love, which for him was Daisy. Gatsby achieved the American Dream but he ended up dead.
F. Scott Fitzgerald coined the term “The Jazz Age” to describe 1920’s America in the post-war decade. He envisioned a time of drinking (illegally), partying, and dancing. However, these acts were only committed by those who were wealthy and free of worldly cares. Other members of society had no access to the extravagant lifestyles of the rich. Men who wanted to have money to waste had to either work for it, or inherit it.
If he never went to go see her then they wouldn’t have gotten married, and they would both be alive. Also, Romeo bought the poison from the Apothecary, without taking the time to think things thorough, just because he was told Juliet was allegedly “dead.” “I do beseech you, sir, have patience. Your looks are pale and wild and do import Some misadventure.”(5.1.27-29) Even Balthasar tried to talk some common sense into him, but Romeo wouldn’t listen to him. Furthermore, he killed himself, and it wasn’t because he didn’t have another choice. In the end when it came to the decision of killing himself Romeo was the one who chose to drink the poison.
Huy Pham Period 06 Mrs. Carrasco Behind the glamorous 1920s The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, took place during the “Roaring Twenties”, which was an important milestone in the American history, for it marked the significant changes in the economy, art, culture, and society; nonetheless, there was a decline in social morality. The major characters in The Great Gatsby enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle, in which they led wealthy and opulence lives; however, only a small percentage of Americans at that time were given those privileges. Needless to say that the 1920s was not only a prosperous time, but it was also a difficult transitional period for the majority of Americans. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to
This adventure begins when Nick finds his neighbor, Gatsby, stretching “…out his arms toward…a single green light…” (20-21) in which we later find out to be the same “green light that burns all night at the end of [Daisy’s] dock” (92). Readers will soon find out that Gatsby and Daisy were in love when they were both young, but he had “taken her under false pretenses,” (149) lying to her about his financial situation. Because he couldn’t support her, he worked his way up through shady business deals, obsessing over that moment when he would finally be able to get Daisy back, reliving his happiness with her. Once he finally made his fortune he eventually met up with Daisy one afternoon, thanks to Nick. According to Nick there were moments for Gatsby “that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams because of the colossal vitality of his illusion” (95).
Although she has moved on, he has not. In fact, the sole purpose of purchasing his mansion was to be closer to Daisy in hopes of just seeing her. Sadly, Daisy eventually goes back to Tom and leaves Gatsby broken and in pieces, but still not giving up on his one dream. At the end of the novel, Nick speculates that "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us"(189) as if this was Gatsby's only motivational force. Green, is actually the color of hope, but also the color of money.
The trainees were people like him who were just out of college. During the training session the trainees were placed in different departments at the firm. Michael was placed in London to become a bond salesman. Even though he was not picked to become a mortgage trader (the most desirable position because it made the most money), he was relieved to not be in the equity department. All of the trainees did not want to be in equities because it was the bottom of the food chain.
At the start of chapter seven, Fitzgerald writes that Gatsby’s ‘career as Trimalchio was over’, referring to Trimalchio the slave, this implies that Gatsby believed that he was no longer a slave to finding Daisy – he had reached his dream and therefore ironically, he found no need for the lavish parties that he had hosted solely for Daisy even though Trimalchio held sumptuous banquets when he received freedom – this shows how Gatsby, despite what he thought, was not actually free, he was still very much trapped by Daisy. Fitzgerald shows that because Gatsby has reached the point in which he thinks his whole life has been leading up to, meeting Daisy once again, that now he is liberated, and that he can live his dream with the girl he loves. Because of this, Gatsby starts to change his life to suit her and to protect her; ‘Gatsby had dismissed every servant in his house a week ago and replaced them with half a dozen others’. He dismisses his servants to prevent gossip spreading and replaces them with the people he works with; Fitzgerald writes this to show that Gatsby is willing to change everything for Daisy. Nick as the narrator foreshadows that in chapter seven, truths are going to be
Secondly, in the beginning following his father’s advice Nick didn’t judge anyone but at the end he made judgments on people. Thirdly his likes became dislikes. Nick came to east to earn success and become wealthy, but ended up wanting to go back. Nick thought life style in the east would be different and approving, which would give him chances to earn some wealth. “The Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe- so I decided to go east and learn the bond business.”(Pg-3) When he got to know the east side
After examining the symbolism of the Buchanan's life, "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy---they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made...." this refers to the shallow disregard of human life, as in the death of Jay Gatsby. (Gatsby187) After Gatsby and Daisy were reunited and they confronted Tom of their intentions to be together. Daisy once again refuses to leave Tom and totally ruins Gatsby's romantic dream of rekindling their long lost love. Returning home after the party, Jay lets Daisy drive his car because she's upset and swerving to miss a car she runs over and kills Mrytle, Tom's mistress. Gatsby states he was driving the car to shield Daisy.