The Great Gatsby - short review
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald In the opening sentences of this very atmospheric piece of writing, Fitzgerald's narrative sets the scene of balmy summer evenings, filled with music, gaiety and the laughter of his party guests. "In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars." The simile of the 'men and girls came and went like moths,' suggest that his guests were flitting about his garden, enjoying the flowing champagne and flirtatious encounters that the evening promised. The onomatopoeic use of 'whisperings,' suggest the secretive nature of some of these moonlit assignations. The rhetoric repetition of the word 'and' to conjoin whisperings and champagne and the stars, further illustrates the excitement and romance that was engendered by the lavishness of these parties. The description of these magical days and evenings are given to us by Gatsby's neighbour, who can only watch and marvel at the sheer enjoyment and self indulgence of the guests. His tone is one of wonder at the elegance and excess that Gatsby provides and his guests are happy to exploit. The imagery of the partygoers diving from the tower of Gatsby's raft or 'taking the sun on the hot sand of the beach while his two motor boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam' further suggest the opulence of
Explore how the language used in this passage describes Gatsby's defeat and its symbolic significance.
The Great Gatsby Sarah Khalil Word Count: 1003 Chapter 7: " I glanced at Daisy, who was staring...So we drove to the death through the cooling twilight" Explore how the language used in this passage describes Gatsby's defeat and its symbolic significance. Chapter seven brings the conflict between Tom and Gatsby into the open, and their conflict over Daisy brings to the surface troubling aspects of both characters. It opens as the group is gathered in Tom and Daisy's house. It becomes a vital moment as the group finally meets Daisy and Tom's baby. It brings out an interesting consequence to the relationship of Gatsby and Daisy. When Gatsby first sees the baby Nick says: "I don't think he had ever really believed in its existence before" Gatsby and Daisy have been so wrapped up in their own relationship and their own contentment that they have never taken the child into consideration before. We see Daisy being so possessive of her daughter. She eagerly tells the group that: "She doesn't look like her father. She looks like me. She's got my hair and shape of the face." This is suggesting that she is trying to make the child totally hers and attempts to keep Tom's involvement with the child to the least. In her life, Daisy owns very little authority. She has no job or means of independence, which makes her very dependant on Tom. The child is possibly
American Sociopath? - The Talented Mr Ripley
Daniel Cohen Professor Pindell English Narrative 114N Section 1 American Sociopath? "Tom glanced behind him and saw the man coming out of the Green Cage, heading his way. Tom walked faster. There was no doubt the man was after him." (3). The novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith, begins by immediately pulling us into the wary and suspicious mind of Tom Ripley. Highsmith plays the Devil and invites us to identify with every twisted compulsion and trivial resentment gyrating inside the head of a madman. In the film, The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed by Anthony Minghella, and based on Highsmith's novel, we are able to view another angle in which we are asked to feel pity for an unfortunate murderer. We consider his desires and motivations. Throughout the novel and the film, Tom takes on many different identities. He is not satisfied with himself, and wants to become someone else. "I would not call him insane, because his actions are rational. I consider him a rather civilized person who kills when he absolutely has to. If there is not much to be admired about him he is also not entirely to be censured." (Patricia Highsmith). Highsmith's accusations of Tom are not only inaccurate but also absurd. Tom's true identity is that of a murderous, irrational, and conniving person. Ripley is a man of many faces, talents, and identities. From the
Great Gatsby. Notes on Daisy Buchannan
Daisy Buchannan • Nick's cousin From Kentucky Louisville • Pretty with a unique voice that makes you want to listen to what she is saying • Insincere, Flirty, hypocritical • Charming and enjoys centre of attention • To Gatsby-represents wealth, sophistication, grace but falls short of Gatsby's ideals • Represents the amoral values of aristocratic East Egg Fitzgerald carefully builds Daisy's character with associations of light, purity, and innocence, when all is said and done, she is the opposite from what she presents herself to be. Daisy, like Gatsby, is something of a dreamer. One of the things they share is their idealized image of their relationship the first time around - and this rose-colored view makes everything in the present seem dull and flat in comparison. Daisy's view of the past is both wistful and cynical at the same time. Nick quotes her as a careless person who smashes things up and then retreats behind her money, proving her real nature when she picks Tom over Gatsby, wealth over love and doesn't even attend to Gatsby's funeral. Quotes Nick comments repeatedly on Daisy's voice, first describing it as "the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again," (13) and later calling it "a deathless song" (101) They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they
"What qualities of Daisy from the 'Great Gatsby' and Nora from 'A Dolls House' mark them as key characters in both books?"
World Literature comparative essay "What qualities of Daisy from the 'Great Gatsby' and Nora from 'A Dolls House' mark them as key characters in both books?" By Sylvia Palmai 6.I.B. Both the 'Great Gatsby' and 'A Dolls House' contribute to the rich collection of books that have marked the 1800-1900's, through their reflective theme's of society of the time, depicted through fascinating three-dimensional characters. These two women, Daisy Buchanon and Nora Helmer have been specifically chosen, being the subservient and inferiorly treated possessions of their husbands, who mask their possible intellectual potential. Whilst Nora develops a dramatic character change throughout the book by realising her duties to herself, Daisy remains the same careless and carefree person she was at the beginning of 'The Great Gatsby'. Comparisons will be made regarding both women's relationships with their husbands, and children, as well as a deeper analysis into their personalities, uncovering their secret beliefs, motivations, priorities in life, and moral compass'. Furthermore, the study of the two characters will unveil their significance in the books, as well as their influence on those who have read both novels. Initially, the plot of both books must be elucidated in order to enable a greater understanding of Daisy and Nora's importance. 'The Great Gatsby' takes place in the
Nick Carraway - Character analysis of The Great Gatsby
CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF "THE GREAT GATSBY" F. SCOTT FITZGERALD I. Take notes on any 4 characters. Nick Carraway: * Nick, is the narrator of this story. Every single episode is described as he sees it. This can be seen by the usage of the first person when Nick expresses himself "In my younger and..." (page 1). * As Nick explains us in the first chapter, he is from a wealthy family and comes from the mid-west part of the U.S. We also know that Nick lives in New-York, Long Island, in an area called West Egg. He studied at New-Haven and graduated in 1915. That is where he met Tom Buchanan. He knows Daisy too because she is his cousin. * He says he is in the bond business. He thinks the bond business is a good one because "everybody I knew was in the bond business". * At his arrival in New-York, he becomes the neighbour of a rich man: Mr. Gatsby. This is how Nick gets involved In the relations between the Buchanan's and Gatsby. * Nick has a quite strange relationship with Jordan Backer a GOLF PLAYER, in fact, it can be said that it is a quite ambiguous relationship. This relationship will end at the end of the book "I don't know which of us hung up with a sharp click, but I know I didn't care." * Nick is a fair person, for every event or person he encounters; he always has a judgement for it. That makes him fair but an honest man too. * It's only at the end of the novel
Examine the ways in which The Great Gatsby explores the corruptive effects of wealth.
Examine the ways in which The Great Gatsby explores the corruptive effects of wealth. The Great Gatsby was set in the 1920s and in this time wealth was spread all over America, particularly in New York, and in F. Scott Fitzgerald's fictional villages of the East and West Egg, where The Great Gatsby was set. In America many people had made their money by themselves without the help of an inheritance. Wealth was displayed in the type of car you drove, to the size and position of your house, and this idea that each person, no matter what their background, could succeed, was known as the 'American Dream'. This occurred because unlike England where there was a clearly defined class system, in which people remained within their class level, in America a poor person born into poverty could by whatever means, become a wealthy person, mixing in society with other wealthy people. This is no more evident than in F. Scott Fitzgerald's character Jay Gatsby. However, such wealth often attracted jealousy, and in turn, corruptive behaviour. In the 1920s, America was a financial goldmine with many individuals making huge sums of money. Post-World War One, many women entered the workforce, and factory production methods improved, creating a significant boost to America's economy. More often than not, however, some of the money that people made was earned through corruptive methods. Two
Choose a novel or short story in which an element of mystery plays an important part.
Choose a novel or short story in which an element of mystery plays an important part. Show how the development and resolution of the mystery contributed to your enjoyment of the text as a whole In a novel, one element which -nearly- everyone enjoys is that of mystery. Being presented with something of a mysterious nature often entices the reader into thought over a certain aspect of the novel; the reader's intrigue and excitement growing as the mystery develops and eventually culminates into resolution. Although, it could be said that the best mystery is one that is unsolved and instead leaves the reader in a state of continual thought and wonder, pondering over the question that the novel has prompted. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald has successfully created elements of mystery which serve to increase the reader's overall enjoyment of the words on the page. The first mysterious entity which is revealled is the character of Jay Gatsby. He is first mentioned in the very early stages of the book whilst Nick is introducing himself to the reader as a man who "represented everything for which I have unaffected scorn". Then, he is said to be a "gift for hope", posessing a unique "romantic readiness". And yet beyond a paragraph on Gatsby, there is nothing more from Nick on the subject for quite a while. "'Gatsby?' demanded Daisy. 'What Gatsby?'" This line is a further
With the setting of the sun.
With the setting of the sun In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, there is a constant feeling of movement and the desire to get away. Nick, Gatsby, Wilson, Tom and Daisy all move, or have the intention of moving. Not only does this movement seem to foreshadow events in the book, but it also seems to lead to the conclusion that society as a whole in the 1920's was rather unstable and was undergoing constant change. Not all the characters move in the same way, and this shows how different their backgrounds and lifestyles are. The main movement seems to be from west to east. Throughout the decades man is said to be progressing through the steps of evolution and toward the setting sun, or east to west. The characters move in opposite direction from which the sun sets, which seems significant to the physical and psychological patterns of the characters. The two main characters that movement affects are Nick and Gatsby. The movement of Nick and Gatsby in this direction shows us how their personalities and feelings change as the sun goes down. There are also the various meanings that the sun has, that seems to map out, or affect their near future. The sun foreshadows Nick and Gatsby's actions and emotions, which in turn are affected by the many representations the sun has. Jay Gatsby is a character that the sun affects in such a way that it becomes a symbol of his
Summary of Spring & Port Wine.
Summary of Spring & Port Wine This is a play written by Bill Naughton and it is set in 1960 up in the north of Manchester. It is about an old-fashioned family who lives in a housing estate near a factory, with an old fashioned man called "Rafe" he is the man in charge, head of the house hold and is also the main character in this play. The play starts off with "Florence" (one of the daughters) walking home noticing that her mother "Daisy" is thinking about her accounts and that she knows that her total amount is wrong until Florence lends a hand a gives her the correct total. Daisy's neighbor and friend Betsy Jane comes round and talks to Daisy...but the thing Betsy Jane is after is money, she also finds out her friends talk about her in the fact that there jealous of her and Betsy Jane told her that she shouldn't take it to heart what she told Daisy. "Rafe" (the father and the main character) comes home from work in a very weird happy mood, the first thing he does when he walks is he turns the television and says that he would prefer to the silence, Hilda walks in and Rafe smells her and he can smell alcohol. Daisy tells everyone that dinner is ready; everyone sits round the table as Daisy gives everyone a plate with a herring, which "Hilda" (the other daughter) refused to eat. Everyone started to take sides and as usual Florence takes her dads side, "Harold" (one of
