1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a tragic story told in the point of view of Nick Carraway. The story is about the love struggle between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. Daisy is Nick's Cousin, he gets to see all the events unravel before him. Right off the back, Tom takes Nick to show him his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. Nick finds out that Tom and Myrtle have an apartment hidden away for their affairs. In this apartment, you get see roughier of Tom Buchanan, where during quarrel with Myrtle breaks her nose. Later on in the story, Nick meets Gatsby at a party. Where Nick becomes more acquainted with the lovely Miss Jordan Baker. Only starting his own romance. He then learns, from Gatsby, that he and Daisy had once loved each other. When the story progresses, Gatsby asks Nick for a favor to reunite him and lost love. During the reunion it was first very awkward but later they find the love they once had for each other is still there, which in turns starts their own affair. Tom figures out this affair at luncheon where he sees Gatsby staring at Daisy with much emotion. Tom confronts the two at a hotel, where Daisy says she is leaving Tom. Only for Tom to shoot down her confidence when he tells Daisy that Gatsby is a criminal. After Tom is confident nothing will happen, he sends Gatsby to take her Daisy home. Tom and Nick later leave the hotel to only find a big commotion happening at George's garage place, Myrtle's husband. Where they find Myrtle dead, being told that a car ran her over. After hearing the car's description Nick figures out it was Gatsby's car. Tom figures this out to and tells George in secret, that Gatsby had ran her over. George jumps to conclusion that it must of been Gatsby who was Myrtle's lover. Nick goes to confront Gatsby, where Gatsby tells him that it was Daisy who drove the car but will take the blame himself. Later when Gatsby is in a pool, George finds him and shoots him then pulls the trigger on himself. Daisy and Tom go back to acting like nothing happened. Nick holds a funeral for Gatsby, and at Gatsby's house he meets Gatsby's father. Nick sees the true nature of humans and is disgusted of how they act. He breaks his relationship with Jordan and leaves the town.
2. Foolish people make poor choices. If the foolish people made better decisions, others wouldn't have been affected by them. Daiy and Tom made foolish choices, causing the death of George, Myrtle and Gatsby.
3. The author's tone, changes through out the book. In the beginning it has a more happy feel, with all the parties. Then the author starts to describe charcters, and makes you start disliking some. The author holds a very critical and satirical tone. Then near the end changes into a more gloomy and mournful tone.
a. Examples from the story "There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and he champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his motor-boats slid the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains."
This is from the beginning of the book, describing Gatsby's party. Where the mood is happy and pleasant.
b.In the story gthe author is always pointing out flaws, or describing a charcter in such away that they are disliked. Then, in te story, it had Myrtle were she spoke like she was in the higher class, when she is really in the lower class. Showing the authors tone as, satirical and critical.
c. Quote: "I couldn’t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
This is in the end of the story, explaining how foolish people can hurt others with their actions. This shows the tone gloomy and mournful. Since they had destroyed the life of three people.
4. The author had great imagery and described charcters very well. The atmosphere in the story changed immensly through out the story. Another literary elements was symbol which was shownthrough out the book.
The author described the characters in such away you could picture them and how they behave. You saw their true colors, and looked at them differently.
The atmosphere changed a lot in the story. In the beginning it starts off with a happy feel only to end with a mournful sad mood.
Quote showing a symbol:
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther … And one fine morning -
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
This symbol is the love Gatsby has for Daisy. where he longs to be with her.
