The Great Gatsby

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Author Biographical Information
Born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fitzgerald wrote many novels, books and other items like This Side of Paradise, The Saturday Evening Post and Esquire. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,The Camel's Back and The Last of the Belles. The Beautiful and the Damned,Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby was Fitzgeralds best work.

Setting: Historical Information
New York, Long Island.

Genre
Fiction

=Plot Summary= When Nick Carraway moved to New York in the summer of 1922, he worked in the bond business. He rents a house in Long Island that is populated by the rich. Nick's next door neighbor is Jay Gatsby. Daisy Buchanan is Nick's Cousin. One night Nick drives out to see her in West Egg where Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan live. While there Tom introduced Nick to Jordan Baker. Jordan tells Nick about Tom and Daisy's marriage; Tom is having a affair with Myrtle Wilson. In the summer Nick receives a invitation to to a party held by Gatsby. Gatsby’s parties are just a attempt to impress Daisy. eventually Gatsby and Daisy have a affair. Tom finds out that Gatsby is in love with Daisy. Daisy kills Toms lover Myrtle, George Myrtle’s husband found out that Gatsby took the blame for the murder and kills Gatsby. Then George kills himself. Nick does Gatsby’s funeral, and ends his relationship with Jordan and moves back to the Midwest.

Characters

 * Daisy Buchanan - She is Tom's wife.
 * Tom Buchanan - He is Daisy's husband who is having a affair with Martle, friend of Nick Carraway.
 * Jay Gatsby - The main character of the novel, had meet Daisy previously but has now fallen in love with her. And dies.
 * Nick Carraway - The narrator of the novel. Becomes friends with Gatsby.
 * Myrtle Wilson - She is having the affair with Tom Buchanan.
 * Jordan Baker - Daisy's friend, Nick and Jordan get together and do out.
 * George Wilson - Myrtle's husband, wons a run down auto shop.is very upset when Myrtle is killed.
 * Meyer Wolfsheim - Gatsby's friend, helped Gatsby get rich.

Author's Style
Love story Fiction.

Setting
New York and Long Island.

Themes

 * Love story - the author made several characters fall in love with in the story.
 * Hollowness of the upper class- Tom was alone so he got a lover. Daisy fell in love with Gatsby, Jordan and Nick.

Symbols
The green light at the end Daisy's dock- Gatsby hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby associtates it with Daisy.

The Valley of Ashes- it represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhubuted pursuit of wealth.

Significance of the Opening/Closing Scenes
Opening Scene Nick is telling about Gatsby and how he knows him.

Closing Scene It shows how Nick cared for Gatsby and how others viewed Gatsby.

Memorable Quotes
"A single green light minute faraway, that might have been the end of a dock."- Gatsby was looking for Daisy's dock because he wanted to see her.

"It takes two to make an accident."- Talking about Daisy and Tom.

"I believe that on the first night i went to Gatsby's house, I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited."- It shows how alone Gatsby was.