Alec Rizzo A-1 3/14/12 Symbolic Hope in The Great Gatsby Hope is a very strong force for humans. A little bit of hope can go along way when a person is trying to achieve something out of their reach. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby was reaching for something nearly impossible, however he never get up, and this was shown through the symbols in the book. The Green Light, Gatsby’s money, and the character Nick are all symbols that show Gatsby’s hope that he can win Daisy back. Fitzgerald uses symbols in The Great Gatsby to give Gatsby hope to get back with Daisy.
People just do this because of their insecurity, fear, jealousy, hate, or because of a crime of any size they have committed. Though the possibilities of reasons are almost endless, it depends on the situation and the people that do shun. Shunning of any form has caused many people in our society to suffer and feel neglected on a daily basis. Marie Antoinette was an Austrian princess who married to King Louis XVI in 1774 during the times of the Great Fear and Reign of Terror in France. Due to various motives, she ended up spending millions of dollars on herself instead of paying off France’s debt.
Each claim to love her, but it seems more of a competition. This competition for her attention leads to a fight. In the end Daisy stays with Tom and Gatsby is killed by jealously. Tom and Gatsby’s upbringing majorly effects how each one reacts and behaves. Their love of money and power majorly impacts their personalities.
He can also be said to hold his extravagant parties, which people even if not invited just attend, to keep the social elite happy whilst he takes part in his dodgy activities. However it can be argued that even though Gatsby is involved in illegal activities he is still pure. His ultimate goal is to get the girl he loves, Daisy, but to do this he must appeal to her which is why he is involved in bootlegging because what appeals to her is wealth and materialistic objects. The basis behind Gatsby’s corruption is the purity of his dream. It can be argued that even though Gatsby’s dream is pure the fact you have to base your life around money and acquiring wealth and power to get expensive things shows how corrupt a simple dream can become.
“ I wondered if the fact that he was not drinking helped to set him off from his guests”(Fitzgerald 50). This shows again that this was more business then pleasure to Gatsby. He couldn’t even relax and have a drink at his own party. Conclusion Mr. Gatsby is an inside guy for the government. He tells people different things about his past because it gives off a rough, dangerous feeling that would throw people off from thinking he would be working to do good.
In the beginning Joe seems as if he is Janie’s “prince charming” but with time she soon realizes that he has an egotistical money hungry personality. He becomes very possessive over Janie, making her wear a head rag to conceal her hair, and he also prevents her from participating in events. Janie takes this relationship as an opportunity to grow and reach her full potential. Adjectives: Controlling, Egotistical Name: Tea Cake Role in the story: Janie’s last relationship of the novel. Significance to the story: Teak Cake is significant to this novel because he helps with Janie’s self- development.
Chapter seven is a key part of ‘The Great Gatsby’; many things are happening, changing and being resolved. Fitzgerald uses many techniques to implore the events taking place. From the start of the chapter we see a huge change in the protagonist Jay Gatsby. His lifestyle of the lavish parties and many servants are now no more. Explaining that these changes are due to Daisy being over more often, he just wants to impress her, but keep the secret of their affair.
Although Jay Gatsby is kind in the story by throwing parties for everyone to come to he is not necessarily friendly to everyone. At his party, almost everyone had never even met Gatsby before. If he was friendly he would have made sure he met everyone at his party. A great person is one that people like and get along with and if Jay Gatsby isn’t friendly and kind there is no way that people can like him and get along with him. Individualism is the opposite of conformity which is exactly what Gatsby does through out the novel.
Jay Gatsby was ultimately responsible for is his own death. Jay Gatsby was so desperate for Daisy's attention he become obsessed with social and monetary acceptance. Jay Gatsby threw lavish parties to impress daisy. Jay Gatsby went overboard thinking he could win her
“Gatsby recognizes a kindred spirit and his lie serves both to test the extent of Nick’s potential complicity with his plan to marry Daisy, and to demonstrate the reality that social transition comes at a price, even in what is supposedly the ‘land of the free’” (Claire Stocks). Gatsby thinks he can do whatever he wants. He has loads of money, and tries to use his money to throw outstanding parties to catch Daisy’s attention. Gatsby can’t relive the past, no matter how much he desires