The Great Gatsby
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The great gatsby
By: f. scott-fitzgerald
Maddie malone
english 11
period 4
suesens
"THE GREAT GATSBY," BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD DEPICTS LOVE STORIES INSIDE OF LOVE STORIES. NICK CARRAWAY, COUSIN OF DAISY BUCHANAN, MOVES TO WEST EGG ACROSS FROM EAST EGG, WHERE DAISY AND HER HUSBAND TOM LIVE, AND HAPPENS TO MOVE INTO A SMALL HOME NEXT TO THE HUGE MANSION BELONGING TO GATSBY. NICK IS NOT AWARE OF GATSBY AND DAISY'S PAST RELATIONSHIP AND IS CONVINCED TO HELP GATSBY GET CLOSE TO DAISY AGAIN WITH THE HELP OF JORDAN, DAISY'S FRIEND WHO IS A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER. BEING THAT DAISY IS AWARE OF TOM'S AFFAIR WITH MYRTLE, WHO LIVES IN THE CITY OF ASHES, SHE IS DESPERATE FOR SOMEONE TO TREASURE HER AND ONLY HER. AN AFFAIR RESULTS BETWEEN DAISY AND GATSBY, MAKING HIM NO BETTER THAN TOM, WHO IS A RATHER SELFISH AND AGGRESSIVE MAN. A LUNCH WITH TOM, DAISY, GATSBY, NICK AND JORDAN IS PLANNED, SO THAT GATSBY AND DAISY CAN ANNOUNCE TO TOM THAT THEY ARE IN LOVE, HOWEVER THINGS TAKE A TURN ON ACCOUNT OF THE HEAT AND DAISY'S ANXIETY. THEY END UP IN A HOT HOTEL ROOM IN THE CITY AND EVERYONE IS AT EVERYONE'S THROATS, ESPECIALLY TOM AND GATSBY. GATSBY ANNOUNCES THAT DAISY AND HIM ARE IN LOVE AND THAT SHE NEVER LOVED TOM AS DAISY ANXIOUSLY PACED AROUND THE ROOM. THIS LED TO A DISPUTE AFTER DAISY RELUCTANTLY DECLARED SHE LOVED THEM BOTH AND ALTERCATIONS AROSE. THEY DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO THEIR HOME AND DAISY DROVE GATSBY'S YELLOW CAR, THAT TOM, JORDAN, AND NICK ORIGINALLY DROVE TO TOWN, TO STEADY HER NERVES. AS THEY DRIVE BACK THROUGH THE CITY OF ASHES MYRTLE SEES THE YELLOW CAR HER LOVER HAD BEEN DRIVING EARLIER AND DARTS OUT IN FRONT OF IT, AS AN ATTEMPT TO FLEE HER JEALOUS HUSBAND, BUT DAISY'S PANICKY STATE LEAVES HER UNABLE TO RESPOND AND ENDS UP HITTING HER AND FLEEING THE SCENE. MYRTLE WAS LEFT FOR DEAD. TOM'S ANGRY STATE LED HIM TO CONVINCE MYRTLE'S HUSBAND, GEORGE WILSON, THAT GATSBY DID IT. IN HIS DEPRESSED STATE, GEORGE FINDS GATSBY’S HOME AND KILLS HIM TO GET EVEN, THEN KILLS HIMSELF. UPON RECEIVING THE NEWS, NICK TRIES TO CONTACT PEOPLE TO TELL THE NEWS TO AND HE REALIZES JUST HOW PATHETIC NOT ONLY DAISY AND TOM ARE, BUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GATSBY SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH. THERE WERE FEW PEOPLE AT THE FUNERAL, INCLUDING GATSBY’S REAL FATHER. TOM AND DAISY GO ON WITH THEIR LIVES AND LEAVE EVERYONE ELSE TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS, JORDAN AND NICK BREAK OFF THEIR RELATIONSHIP, AND NICK MOVES BACK HOME. BEFORE THAT SUMMER NICK WAS NOT A JUDGEMENTAL PERSON, BUT AFTER ALL THE EVENTS OF THAT SUMMER HIS WAY OF PROCESSING THINGS AND PEOPLE WERE NEVER THE SAME.
Cover Page
Character Analysis
Theme Analysis
Literary Devices
Historical Research
Revised Mini-Write