The Great Gatsby Essay

    Throughout the story, The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald's characterization tone is very sorrow and he tries to show that no matter how much money you have it won't satisfy your desires from other things. At first most people would be living a happy life because they don't have to worry about money anymore, but throughout months and years they would feel depressed and tired because they could buy whatever they want that won't make them feel happy and accomplished compared to when they were broke. Sometimes people need happiness in other ways not just from money, but from loving someone like Gatsby did with Daisy.
     Gatsby was a rich man living in a castle and always threw parties. Gatsby never threw parties because he wanted to have fun, he did it becasue he wanted to get Daisy's attention who lived across from where he lived. Sadly Gatsby couldn't have Daisy because she already had a husband and a kid but Gatsby didn't know until they hung out after not seeing each other for five years. Gatsby lived by himself in his castle and at night he would go down to the dock and look at the green light that was in Daisy's mansion. He would dream about one day finally being with her alone together.
     The reason Gatsby got the castle was to live right across from Daisy, and he also bought the castle for her because he wanted to see her happy once they were together. Gatsby's happiness was Daisy not the money so he did whatever he can to make her feel comfortable and satisfied, even though they weren't together. Gatsby knew it was going to be hard for Daisy to tell Tom that she didn't love him and wanted to be with him instead. He knew that she had to do it in order for both of them to be truly happy.
     Gatsby and Daisy would secretly see each because Gatsby didn't want to rush Daisy to tell Tom about their secret relationship. Finally after days Daisy told Tom how she felt and it did not go as planned, especially when Daisy killed Myrtle. At the end of it all Gatsby was shot and killed in his pool by Wilson who was Myrtle's wife because he thought Gatsby was the one who had killed her. Gatsby's happiness did not come from money, it came from love and he almost had a grasp of loving and being with his dream girl until it all got shattered.
     In conclusion, Fitzgerald did a great job in defining the attitude towards happiness. When it came to the characters, it did not matter if they had all the money in the world because that was not their source of happiness, especially for Gatsby. Just because you have money don't expect it to make you happy forever, happiness could also come from all sorts of things you just need to find what makes you happy.
   

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I think the central message of this book is to not waste your time on a girl on matter how in love you are with her, especially if she's already married and has a kid. Also don't go out of your way to catch her attention because at the end of the day you would be wasting your time, especially if she doesn't have the same love that you have for her.

Gatsby Chapter 8 Notes And Thoughts

- Daisy met Tom Buchan during spring
- Wilson has finally admitted to himself that his wife was having and affair
- Wilson thinks that Gatsby killed his wife
- Wilson shoots and kills Gatsby then he shoots himself after, and ends ups killing himself

Chapter 9 Notes And Thoughts

- Wilson and Gatsby's body were taken
- Gatsby always had is life planned out every since he was a little kid
- Nobody showed up at Gatsby's funeral

Chapter 7 Guiding Questions

1. Why does Gatsby have parties?

The parties were only so Gatsby could get closer to daisy

2. Why does Gatsby fire his staff, and who replaces them? How are these people different, and how do their personalities reflect what we know about Wolfsheim?

Gatsby fired his servants because he wanted to protect himself and Daisy from gossip. So he ends up hiring henchmen from Wolfsheim to act like his staff.

3. Describe the difference in Daisy's and Gatsby's reactions to Daisy's daughter?

Gatsby was shocked and broken because he always dreamed of getting married with Daisy and  being with Daisy together alone.

4.Describe the 'outing' to New York and the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby. Who wins?

Daisy decides that they all should get together at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City. While there, Tom gets so mad when Gatsby calls him “old sport” that Tom explodes by yelling at Gatsby and revealing all of the information about Gatsby’s illegal life that Tom had been researching.
5. What happens on the way back to the island?
They get in a car crashed while Daisy was driving and someone ended up getting killed.
6. What are Tom and Daisy doing at the end of the chapter? What does this say to you about Daisy's character?
Tom was checking up on Daisy to make sure she was doing good after the accident

Have To Versus Want To Versus Get To

The difference between agreeing to do your homework, being told to do for homework, and exploring what you want to in your own way is when you agree to do your homework, you're basically promise someone that you will get it done. When you are being told to do you homework, you are somehow being told to have it done. And exploring what you want to do in your own way is that you might do the homework but most likely not because you have other things to focus on.

Notes And Thoughts On Chapter 5

- Gatsby had invited people over for tea

- Gatsby is pale and nervous because he saw Daisy

- Gatsby had been acting different and like a "little boy" ever since he ran into Daisy again

- Gatsby glowed and acted different after he saw Daisy crying. and it also stopped raining

- Gatsby decided to take Daisy to the front of his house and show her his mansion

- Gatsby bought the house just so he could impress Daisy

- Gatsby thinks Daisy was crying for the shirts he showed her, which was not true

- Gatsby bought the house opposite of Daisy's on purpose