Gatsby is a mysterious man from the Midwest who creates himself an image of wealth and prosperity and eventually reaches his goal through bootlegging alcohol. ... Theoretically, these two classes would not associate with each other but Gatsby began having large riotous parties to try and attract Daisy. These parties drew both sides over to Gatsby's; yet still, the East Eggers isolated themselves from the West Eggers "carefree and taking advantage of the free booze and loud music. Gatsby stopped having these parties eventually because they displeased Daisy. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald, is about the corruption of the American Dream, and the downfall of those who try to reach its goals. ... Knowing he could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves her to get wealth to reach her high standards. Once he gains this wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay," (Fitzgerald 83), and throws wonderful parties, hoping that she would show up at one of them. He does not attend his parties but watches them from a distance. ...

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Gatsby hosts many large, wild, and costly parties in hopes of having Daisy present at one sooner or later. ... Gatsby has faith in that life is what you make of it and if he never gives up he will reach his destination. ... Gatsby usually never appears at his costly parties. ... Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson are two characters who reach for higher living. ... Gatsby reaches for higher living to obtain his dream. ...

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These people are of new wealth, are tacky, like to party and live life lavishly. ... An example of Daisy and her old establishments negative outlook towards those of the new establishment is when Daisy comes to Gatsby's party and is not have a good time. ... She was appalled by the west egg," This quote displays how Daisy was not enjoying the party, that she was disgusted by the people of the west egg and that she feels they are immoral and untraditional. ... Gatsby associates it with Daisy, and he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal. ...

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For example, Tom Buchanan, easily the most materialistic and empty character in the entire book, reached his developmental "peak" while in college. ... For example, he throws extravagant parties and buys things that he normally would never really need, all in hopes of attracting Daisy to his parties, but of course, as is too often the case, it is to no avail. Gatsby's extravagance is expressed by Jordan when she says, " "Anyhow he gives large parties" said Jordan, changing the subject with an urban distaste for the concrete. "And I like large parties-they"re so intimate. At small parti...

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Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the "roaring twenties" depicts the post-war generation of the newly rich and wannabes, whose extravagant lifestyles center around parties, wealth and affairs. ... After achieving everything he could in life of wealth and power, he now aims to reach for Daisy's heart. ... Gatsby watches over the water many times, reaching to Daisy. ... At the party, Myrtle's dress is described by Nick as "cream colored" (35), and "with the influence of the dress, her personality had also undergone a change" (35). ...

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On the contrary, we also get another realistic insight into Gatsby's character when one of the girls in Gatsby's party says, "You look at him sometimes when he thinks nobody's looking at him. ... The people from a variety of social backgrounds and ambitious speculators who attend Gatsby's parties convey the greedy scramble for wealth. Furthermore, the valley of the ashes creates an image of a barren wasteland of ashes that stands in stark contrast to the lavish parties of Jay Gatsby. ... On the other hand, in reality Gatsby never reaches his dream of getting Daisy back, and...

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The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanans and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. ...

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The 1920s was a period in our history, much like many other eras, where people were attempting the reach the "American Dream" at any cost. ... Strong social class lines were drawn during this era and more often then not people of lower status believed that their ills and perils would be relived if they had the opportunity to reach higher social status. ... Never-the-less, Gatsby, the other characters in the novel, and the people of the 1920s were willing to do anything to reach their dreams, no matter how moral it was or wasn't. ... He bought expensive cars, threw gala parties and had ...

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Gatsby does not feel guilt for anything that he has done because he sees it as all being inevitable parts of reaching his goal. ... At Gatsby's parties the guests ruin his furniture and belongings, and turn up when not even invited. ...

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For instance many rebellious woman attended Gatsby's parties. ... She believes that "Until they could link overtly male oppression to the nature of public activity as well as to the home"(Honey 39) the dream of women rights would never be within reach. ...

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To get this happiness, Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream; to do this he must have wealth and power. ... When Gatsby meets Nick at one of his famous parties, Nick agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over" (83). ...

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The American Dream during the Twenties was wealth and fame, everyone just wanted to be remembered, and the characters from the two literature pieces found different ways of trying to capture the dream that seemed so out of their reach. In The Great Gatsby, Jay throws fantastically wild, extravagant parties for the soul purpose of meeting Daisy there just once. ...

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