Worse comes to worst on the return drive to Long Island, though. On the way back, Daisy hits her husband’s mistress, Myrtle, with the car Gatsby let her drive to calm her nerves. Gatsby, still blinded by pathetic love, decides to take the blame. Talk about Fitzgerald’s use of foreshadowing and irony. (20 pts) Fitzgerald uses copious amounts of foreshadowing and irony throughout the novel.
a. Tom ends up stopping at Wilson’s repair shop for gas. 7. Why is George Wilson so miserable? a. He recently discovered that his wife was cheating on him and living a whole new different life.
He finds him and the pool in a floating bed and shoots and kills Gatsby and then he kills himself. So as you can analyze, because of both Gatsby’s and Daisy’s imperfections there were many consequences. Gatsby’s desire for Daisy cost him his life and just to see Daisy run off with Tom. Daisy just didn’t care about anyone’s feelings; she cared more about her money and her beauty. Her actions lead to so much chaos and people suffered because of her fault and she didn’t care.
It is straightforward that Gatsby is a villain for he has yet to commit any acts of heroism. What he does accomplish is his carelessness, his attempts to ‘conquer the unconquerable’ which ruins the lives of others and his own, and he shows his selfishness. In the book Gatsby is a person that has been blinded by his own greed. Since the beginning he shows his jealousy towards Tom, Tom having everything he has ever wanted: Daisy, friends, money, and love. The novel is not of a man who goes on a search towards love and freedom, but instead of a greedy man in attempt to steal the life of a
Money and wealth could be one or the biggest powers. It had the ability to dictate anything, either negative or positive. Through the use of metaphor and irony, F. Scott Fitzgerald in "The Great Gatsby" expose how love and money create conflicts and lost hope. Gatsby had a very high social class and reputation and spoiled Daisy to death, but she still chose to stay with Tom. "... Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things... And then retreated back into their money..." They both had their
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When Huck fakes his own murder, Pap seems to have feelings of regret but ultimately does not care as much as a father should. Because Pap does not take care of Huck like he should, karma affects him and he ends up dead inside a floating house. The King and the Duke portray villains because they always play mean tricks on people. The even have counterfeit names. The ‘Duke’, purely to receive preferential treatment from Huck and Jim,
Why I like the Story “The Necklace” There are many reasons for liking this story of “The Necklace” and every person will intake different morals from its story line. To me, it is important not to have greed in your life for it alone is strong enough to destroy the most important thing you have, your career and life. In this story Mathilde dreams of a better life. These dreams cause her to partially leave reality, then return greedy for things that she does not have, or can afford. The greed is a sign of her most inner weakness, a weakness for beauty and riches.
When Lavender is killed Cross believes it is all his fault because he was too busy daydreaming about his love for Martha. The author says, “…First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross crouched down at the bottom of his foxhole and burned Martha’s letters. Then he burned the two photographs” (723). He becomes so angry at himself that he burns all the letters and pictures that he has received from Martha. He allows himself to be distracted by his unbearable thoughts of Martha and he faces the idea that he loves the thought of Martha more than his men.
Mathilde is jealous of her and she will do anything in her power to reverse the mistake of destiny that made her poor. One night, her husband arrived at their house with an invitation to a formal party. Mathilde was so angry and cried heavily. She told her husband to just give the invitation to another woman who can afford to buy expensive clothes. With this act, Mathilde clearly emphasized disappointment of having that kind of social status.