A few years back I was conversing with a friend about a grade that they felt was inferior to the grades he usually achieved. .
"I can't believe I did this bad!" he told me. "I've always done well in bio. I studied all night!".
I stood there feeling bad for my friend, being a very dedicated student, because of his dire day. It blew my mind too because he did, in fact always study. The conversation was not going anywhere, and I felt I had to help him somehow. Taking a shot at cheering him up, I explained to him that people have to learn to set reasonable goals for themselves, trying not to stretch their capabilities. Not only did he feel better, but I was relieved as well, knowing he understood the error of his ways.
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby, a wealthy man residing on Long Island, holds onto a dream that he thinks will grant him eternal happiness. As a man with his values in the wrong order, Gatsby struggles to see his dream through and ends up being emotionally distraught because of his extreme expectations for life. With this in mind, one may see an aspiration as an impossible feat, while others the same aspiration as a great opportunity. Either way, one must set plausible goals for one's self to achieve their dreams.
Jay Gatsby, the main character of the novel, attempts to live the "perfect life" by acquiring as much money as he can because he feels that money is the key to happiness, as well as friendships, social status, and even love. Gatsby portrays himself as a man living in an ideal world, and unfortunately, this is the cause of his later death. Through the grapevine, almost everyone residing in East Egg and West Egg have been told Gatsby graduated from Oxford University, and thereafter traveling the world, claiming his spot on the ladder of wealth. Unfortunately, Nick discovers the truth of Gatsby in the life of James Gatz, once a regular man trying to make ends meet until stumbling upon Dan Cody.
Nick is used as a gateway to Gatsby's goal, Daisy. ... Gatsby's hope is destroyed by Tom's carelessness, rather then telling the truth he told Wilson that Gatsby ran over his wife. ... Gatsby did not worship God, he worshiped Daisy. ... Nick told Gatsby: "You can't repeat the past." ... Gatsby and Mrs. ...
Jay Gatsby's dream and hope is to win Daisy back, as Gatsby seems to think that she is the perfect girl for him. ... Gatsby also appears to be rich and charming. ... First, Gatsby's dream and hope is to win Daisy back, as Daisy appears to Gatsby as the perfect girl for him, so he is blindly in love with her. ... She is also responsible for Gatsby's death, because she lets Gatsby take the blame for her own mistake of killing Myrtle, and when Tom Buchanan finds out, he orders George Wilson to shoot Gatsby. ... I"ll bet he killed a man" (Gatsby 45). ...
Jay Gatsby is a builder as! ... In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby will do anything to fulfill his hopes and dreams. ... Gatsby also tell Carraway about his schooling. ... Gatsby is one of the richest men in New York. ... However Gatsby doesn't have a bright future. ...
The Great Gatsby Is his novel the Great Gatsby, F. ... But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. ... The first evidence of this is when Nick says, "Gatsby turned out all right at the end." (2) Nothing was known about Gatsby at the time and Nick is already saying Gatsby was okay. ... Nick saw the greatness in Gatsby. ... Gatsby truly was a great man. ...
There he sees Jordan and they meet Jay Gatsby. ... Gatsby asks top speak with Jordan alone and she finds out that Gatsby had known Daisy from before in Louisville and is in love with her. Gatsby now wants Nick to arrange a reunion between himself and Daisy. ... After a short while Tom becomes aware of Daisy's affair with Gatsby. ... They rush back to Long Island, where Nick learns from Gatsby that Daisy was driving the car when it struck Myrtle, but that Gatsby intends to take the blame. ...
Gatsby's Dream" Jay Gatsby, the central character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby symbolizes the American dream. ... Through Gatsby, Fitzgerald brings together both these ideas. ... Gatsby's shirts are more then just garments towards Gatsby. ... she cried to Gatsby, "I love you now--isn't that enough? ...
Gatsby, the Player -----Character Building of Great Gatsby Gatsby's greatness lies not in his prospect of his future, but in his uncompromising insistence to "repeat the past"(116), when he irremediably fell in love with Daisy. ... Gatsby's tragic play isn't a tale told by an idiot. ... That is the case with Gatsby. ... Gatsby's answer is San Francisco. ... When she sees Gatsby, her voice assumes "a clear artificial tone"(91) when she greets Gatsby. ...
Gatsby's Illusion The word illusion comes to mind when describing the character of Jay Gatsby, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's, romantic classic, The Great Gatsby. The character of Jay Gatsby is shrouded in illusion. ... Gatsby himself is a master illusionist. ... Jay Gatsby is a fake, but a good one. ...
The Great Gatsby died? Yes, The Great Gatsby died, alone with no true friends, without love. ... In the novel, "The Great Gatsby", I think Gatsby should have killed Tom, thinking that he would have Daisy all to himself. ... An ending in this book that would make Gatsby happy would be that, Tom and Jordan are flirting and dancing and having fun all night at one of Gatsby's parties. ... Daisy goes about her plan and later Nick is sent to prison for life and Daisy runs away with Gatsby, rich from Gatsby's money and the money she has inherited. ...
