The Mysterious Life of Jay Gatsby
The story occurs some time during the twenties, in a little rich branch off Long Island, New York in two neighborhoods called East and West Egg. People often travel to and from the city by following an old motor road in a place called the Valley of ashes, a swamp filled with garbage and other rubbish where the poor and less fortunate live. It is unlike East and West Egg because the city is surrounded by old and new wealth. These wealthy people like to throw large extravagant parties showing off their great fortune. For some this would be considered the American Dream, and although during this period most of the public would list materialistic items as their dreams, there are always those who will give it all up for a special love or happiness. However those that try for something that can never be, are bound to end up in destruction. In F. Scott. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, his wealthy and mysterious character Jay Gatsby leads himself to his death with his obsessive illusions and enduring hope. Jay Gatsby is wealthy and is accustomed to getting what he wants. In this book he assumes his love, Daisy, will wait for him while he is at war. To his surprise he finds that she is ma
Along the motor road through the Valley of Ashes they encounter a lady running into the street as if she wanted to tell them something. "His head leaned back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock and from this position his distraught eyes stared down at Daisy who was sitting frightened but graceful on the edge of a stiff chair. Gatsby's neighbor, Nick who is a newly acquired bondsman out of Chicago, helps Jay by inviting Daisy, who happens to be Nick's second cousin, over for a late lunch in an attempt to reunite Jay with Daisy. However, Jay Gatsby will not be remembered for who he was in the past, but for the man he was before he died, successful, hopeful, and caring. "'She never loved you, do you here?' he cried. But both of us loved each other all that time, old sport, and you didn't know. 137) Gatsby not allowing Daisy to speak in her favor, persists to rile up the conversation "'Going on for five years-and you didn't know. Gatsby, being the narcissistic man he is, comes out and tells Tom what he believes Daisy wants. 26) The green light is the green glow coming from the dock at Daisy's house, across the Manhasset Bay. Tom never found out who was actually driving the car, but witnesses described a fancy, yellow, Rolls Royce. He thinks often of her and believes her love for him will be returned. 'She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. He waited near her house when Tom arrived home so that Tom wouldn't harm Daisy over what she had said about her saying she never loved Tom.
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