The Great Gatsby Main Charaters
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- The Great Gatsby analysis of major characters
- Gatsby; real James Gatz
- Originally from a poor family in North Dakota
- Had to create personal and life for himself as being extremely wealthy- American dream.
- Main reason for requiring wealth- Daisy
- Had to create personal and life for himself as being extremely wealthy- American dream.
- After Daisy married Tom, Gatsby dedicated his life to getting her back
- Reason for extravagant parties etc
- Most information about Gatsby is held back a while; reputation precedes him
- We meet Gatsby the myth, questioning whom he is and whats truth or lie, as is Nick.
- As the story goes on myth gatsby lessens and real gatsby grows
- Fitzgerald does so to emphasise the theatrical approach to life gatsby takes.
- 'The Great Gatsby' reminiscent of magicians 'The great Houdini' saying his persona is a masterful illustion
- At the start of the novel we see Gatsby as he wished to appear to the world
- talent of self innovation is what gives him his 'greatness'
- We meet Gatsby the myth, questioning whom he is and whats truth or lie, as is Nick.
- Originally from a poor family in North Dakota
- Nick Carraway ; moves to east egg in 1922
- cousins with Daisy and neighbours with Gatsby make him the perfect narrator
- Inner conflict, finds the lifestyle grotesque and damaging but on the other hand his is drawn in by its quick paced fun driven style.
- This inner conflict is symbolised throughout the novel by his relationship with Jordan
- Attracted to her vivacity and sophistication
- repelled by her dishonesty and lack of consideration for other.
- This inner conflict is symbolised throughout the novel by his relationship with Jordan
- Nick states there is a 'quality of distortion' to life in New York
- Nick realizes that the fast life of revelry on the East Coast is a cover for the terrifying moral emptiness that the valley of ashes symbolizes.
- Daisy Buchanan
- Said she'd wait for Gatsby to return from the war but married Tom in 1919
- Tom had old money and guaranteed her wealth and could support her parents
- To Gatsby, Daisy represents the paragon of perfection
- but in reality she is shallow, bored, and sardonic
- In reality Daisy represents the amoral values of the aristocratic east egg.
- but in reality she is shallow, bored, and sardonic
- She is in love with money and a wealthy lifestyle
- Capable of affection but hold no sustained loyalty
- She is indifferent even to her own daughter, never discussing her and treating her as an afterthought when introduced in chapter 7
- Capable of affection but hold no sustained loyalty
- Said she'd wait for Gatsby to return from the war but married Tom in 1919
- Gatsby; real James Gatz
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