The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is an epic novel about the desires, dreams, and Desperations of one man. It shows the struggle that a man goes through to achieve his goal, and how it eventually leads to his demise. Gatsby was a man who desired to be accepted by the upper class and prestigious in society, and he had to overcome many obstacles throughout his life to reach his goals. Gatsby had the dream since he was a young man. A dream to rise above his ascribed status and achieve one of an elite member of society. As Gatsby's dad tells Nick Carraway, "Jimmy (Jay) was bound to get ahead. He always had some resolves like this or something. Do you notice what he's got about improving his mind? He was always great for that. He told me that I et like a hog once and I beat him for it." When Gatsby was a young man he met Dan Cody, a yachter, who showed Gatsby how to be a gentlemen. The interesting thing was that Cody was a crook, but he gave people the impression that he was a gentleman. So he showed Gatsby ways to deceive people into believing that he was a gentleman when in actuality he was just another liar. Gatsby later met the love of his life, Daisy; which helped in his decision to strive to be a member of
Soon Tom found out that Daisy was spending time with Gatsby and he knew that it had to stop, even though Tom was also having an affair. He believed that Daisy or her family would never accept him if she knew that he was poor. Because of Daisy's status in society and that she is a woman, nothing would have happened to her if she would have taken the blame for the accident. Daisy's friend Jordan Baker said, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay. It makes me sad because I've never seen such beautiful shirts before. Daisy didn't know Gatsby all that well. Daisy knew now that he was alive, and that he wasn't just an ordinary man. Then when he is gone, like the first time they met, "she is gay again, gay as ever". Since he still didn't give up on the thought that his dream would become a reality, it caused his death. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. He found out how he got his money and that he panned on stealing Daisy from him. Then she saw all of his belongings and was amazed by his wealth. Gatsby never let go of his dream and it caused the destruction of him. All of the hard work to become rich from the longing to be with Daisy was finally paying off.
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