... an honest manner. Another reason the "American Dream- is withering away is because the town's "American idol dies-. This shows that in the long run it does no good to cheat your way through life and the only way to make it successfully is to be honest. Part of the reason Gatsby ended up dying is because he hung around the ... wrong people at the wrong time. Meyer Wolfshiem is one of the reasons Gatsby learned to cheat his way through life. Also, being around Tom and knowing that he didn't approve of his and Daisy's affair caused him to end up dead. Tom admits to having a hand ... ...

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... rural North Dakota and growing up with poor parents, Gatsby came to despise of poverty. Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby notes that Gatsby is the son of a "shiftless and unsuccessful farm people."(104) He also notes that Gatsby "never accepted them as his parents at all." (104) As an ambitious sixteen year old, Gatsby composed a series of plans for ... as Jay Gatz. Cody took him on the yacht to a trip in Barbary Coast and West Indies, where Gatsby gained a window into the life of the wealthy and famous. Nick notes that Cody and his yacht represented to Gatsby, "all the bea...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... love for her; Jay Gatsby. As he is formerly poor, he spends five years of his life trying to create a perfect life for Daisy; a Platonic Conception. Not only does Daisy cheat on Tom because she was tired of his disloyalties, but she also uses his passionate personality to temporary fulfill her happiness. "'Go ahead,' answered Daisy genially, 'and if ... ...

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... be ignorant to what she really wants and rather do what society tells her she wants. It is a girl like this who passes up true love, allows her husband to cheat on her, and goes only where the money is. Sadly not only does she want this type of life, she also wants it for her child. The 1920s usually don ... ...

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... the poverty of the Valley of Ashes. She also has a relationship with Tom because of her dissatisfaction with her own husband's ineptness and haggard appearance. Mrytle, like Tom, deceive and cheat further showing the lack of morals in American society. Other minor characters that further prove the morals and ethics were virtually non-existent were Jordan Baker and Meyer Wolfsheim. These ... ...

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... 's The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby have many things in common. They both seem to love Daisy, they are both very wealthy men, they both lie, and both cheat. But Fitzgerald does not see both men as equally corrupt. Tom has no reasoning in his actions, he is just purely malicious. Gatsby's actions however, are all for the only ... ...

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... the other hand show how people can use their position to look down on others and live their life carelessly. It is this superior mind set that allows Tom to cheat on his wife and allows he and Daisy to run away from the death of Myrtle. They need not worry about such things because they are too good for it ... ...

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... the spirit of the 1920s, the difference between social classes, and the past's role in one's dreams for the future. F. Scott Fitzgerald brilliantly showcases an array of characters who lie, cheat and deceive one another. This group of characters epitomizes the class distinction between the old rich who live in East Egg, the new rich who live in West Egg and ... ...

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... to be mentioned in times when someone is or will be doing something wrong. They are first mentioned when Tom takes Nick to meet his mistress. The eyes watched Tom Cheat on his wife! They also witnessed the murder of Myrtle. They watch out over everyone, they see everything everyone is doing, and they know the truth. What do these enormous ... ...

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... stature, Myrtle is only able to imitate the American Dream life she reads about or gleans from her amorous interactions with Tom Buchanan. During the party at the apartment, Nick notes Myrtle's behavior: "The intense vitality that had been so remarkable in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur. Her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by ... ...

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... and Gatsby invites Nick in for a Hydroplane flight...all these actions are probably done with Gatsby's alterior motive of using Nick to help him meet Daisy. Nick expresses in his notes that all that has been written was not all that engrossed him in his life during that point and time. We also learn of Jordan Baker being involved in a scandal ... ...

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... and causes him to become lost. "He spoke as if Daisy's reaction was the only thing that mattered- (151). Daisy was like a virus that utterly and completely consumed Gatsby. He notes every little detail about Daisy, even the little green light on at the end of her dock. At night Gatsby would step outside his house and perform a ritual, "he stretched ... ...

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