1. In publishing, what does it mean when the pages are uncut? What does that concept add to Owl-eyes comments about the library?
• It means the pages were still bound, being connected to the adjacent page straight of the printing press, unread. It means that even though Gatsby has never read any of his books, he is not as hallow as many people of this time. Owl-eyes expected the books to be hallow since that was common for the newly rich back then. It builds Gatsby character and Owl-eyes respects him more for this which is why he attends Gatsby’s funeral. It represents the knowledge that Gatsby respects which makes him a real person. Owl eye’s is stunned and yells “It's a triumph. What thoroughness! What realism!”(Fitzgerald 45).
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This shows how little Gatsby puts into his lies because he genuinely does not care. Even though he makes us Jay Gatsby, the novel says, “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people—his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all” and that is why he became Jay Gatsby. Since he actually believes in his heart he is Gatsby now, he really is not lying. When Tom discovers that Gatsby is a bootlegger Gatsby simply says, “What about it” (Fitzgerald 133) since he really does not care if his lies are believed. Nick basically just says, “I'm inclined to reserve all judgments” even though he seems to judge every character in the book (the book is one giant judgment), so he is a liar that cannot recognize his own lies- the worst kind (Fitzgerald 1). The rest of this society is terrible with their lies since they all are so good and ready to do it whenever. When Catherine says, “She’s a Catholic, and they don’t believe in divorce”, it is a total lie that symbolizes how the rest of this society lies about everything because they are so used to it (Fitzgerald 33). Women are not held to the same standard since “Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply” (Fitzgerald 58).
4. The love of money is the root of all evil? How does the love of money have evil results for:
a. Gatsby
• Gatsby loves riches, but his main goal in life is Daisy. He tries as hard as he can to win her back, but he realizes he needs financial backing. Eventually he makes
All Jay Gatsby thinks he has left to do in his life is to win back his one true love, Daisy. He knows that the only way he can achieve this goal is to make more money than Tom, Daisy’s husband. “What Gatsby buys, he buys for a purpose: to win Daisy”
Gatsby's dream leads him to the destruction, of both the dream and himself. Gatsby wants to be loved by everyone. He does want to have to earn Daisy. He constantly wants to be the center of attention and have a reputation as a pillar of society. He wants to be wealthy and almost “god-like”.
He made money his goal, but only sees what he wants to see. He only sees the large house he lives in, the expensive clothes he wears, and the happy people at his parties. In chapter 9, a man Nick called to visit Gatsby’s funeral had “implied that [Gatsby] had got what he deserved.”(pg#), showing how little everyone truly cared for him apart from his money. Gatsby saw the money as a chance at happiness, as a chance at Daisy. The rose tinted glasses he wears prevented him from foreseeing the fake friendships, and his sad, empty funeral that the money would play a large part in causing
Upperclassmen always find ways to gain money. Daisy, Gatsby’s lover is only after his money. Daisy is only after money. Gatsby states, “ Her voice is full of money” (Fitzgerald 120). Gatsby and Tom have an argument about who Daisy loves. Gatsby exclaims, “She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me” (Fitzgerald 130).
Gatsby makes it his life's mission to become rich, thinking this will be sure to win Daisy over. Daisy is married though, and his life's ambition of having Daisy fails. Gatsby surrenders his morals by breaking the law to earn the riches he thinks will buy her love but it is done for nothing, Daisy was not won over with his new wealth.
Jay Gatsby's self fulfillment was ignited by a desire to be in love, and have his love returned back. Gatsby never really did achieve what he was striving for, and by the time he did achieve something he had simply wanted, he did not take any pleasure in it. This was because he was missing the one thing he ultimately desired, endless love provided by Daisy. Gatsby's love for Daisy is what drives him to reinvent himself, rather than greed or true ambition. Despite the fact that he attempted to fulfill his incorruptible dream in a dishonest, he truly has one of the purest hearts. He may have been a complete fool at times, but he is a fool for love that was unattainable. What made Gatsby great was because he never lost hope and dedicated his life to true
Gatsby lives a selfless life in order to attain his dream. His loyalty to his dream is Gatsby’s most noble characteristic. Although it seems to be too idealistic, Gatsby “[throws] himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that [drifts] his way.” (101) His entire existence revolves around his dream; recapturing Daisy’s heart, taking her away from Tom and living happily ever after in his mansion he built with her approval in mind.
Gatsby 's fundamental craving in this novel is to win Daisy again from Tom and to have her everything to him. Before he even meets Daisy, he effectively needed to end up well off in any capacity he can and carry on with an alternate life
Daisy’s obsession with wealth also created dilemmas for other people. The first person she created problems for was Gatsby. She led him on to think that she would be with him. Gatsby had hope that he would end up with Daisy. He dedicated his life to winning her over and creating wealth. He went so far out of his way
In his mind, wealth was the only measure of status and as such he would strive for wealth and wealth alone. With this single-minded approach, the charming Gatsby met Daisy, he was attracted to the status she possessed and the money she wielded. He, with his experiences with Dan Cody, had already had a taste of what could be achieved with wealth, and like a bloodhound after a scent he would follow it to whatever end. To obtain a fortune, he realized he would have to invoke a relationship with the Buchanan girl. After attempting to manipulate her into loving him, he surprised himself by falling in love with her. Quickly, his goals changed, from money to love. Now he knew he would have to achieve his first goal in order to have any hopes of the second. Though it is possible to argue that love outshone money in Gatsby’s mind, when he stated, “Her voice is full of money,”(Fitzgerald, 120), it becomes apparent that the two thoughts are intercorrelated in his mind. In truth his flaw was passion, he could not be without a goal, and he would go to the deepest depths to achieve success. Though, in itself this is not a quality to be frowned upon, when mixed with the desire to achieve a goal by any means possible, it creates a dangerous man. Gatsby is a clear example of this. To suffice his needs he was willing to become a criminal to secure his capital and in the long run marry Daisy. People
Even though The Great Gatsby was about money and fame Happiness still was not achieved. “I want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed. Good nights, old sport. He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house, as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil. So I walked and left him standing there in the moonlight--watching over nothing.” This quote makes it clear that all of Gatsby’s wealth will not give him the one thing he wants most: Daisy. She remains with Tom, by choice, while Gatsby stands outside alone in the dark. His money will not buy his way into her life. The Great Gatsby Shows many ways in which money does not buy happiness.
First of all, Nick Carraway is dishonest because at the party he believes a rumor about Gatsby. The rumor that is being told to everyone at the party was about Gatsby being a German spy during the war. The girls at the party say “It’s more that he was a German spy during the war” (Fitzgerald 48). This quote shows that what the girls
After the war, Gatsby’s only goal was to posses enough wealth to bring Daisy back. He acquired millions of dollars from businesses he did. “Gatsby bough this house so that Daisy would be just across the bay” (78). His love for Daisy was the only thing that made him the man he was. He was intelligent, rich and even famous, all because of her. He threw big parties were many celebrities went and were thousands of dollars were spent in liquor and food just to call Daisy’s attention. “I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night…” (79), recalled Jordan, Gatsby’s friend, one night. All that Gatsby possessed was only and exclusively to show Daisy he could give her the life she wanted.
The name “Owl Eyes” is appropriately fitting; an owl’s nocturnal vision allows it to see things in what others would normally perceive as pitch black. Like an owl, this knowing stranger correctly assesses Gatsby’s feigned personality. Owl Eyes makes his final appearance as one of the few guests at Gatsby’s funeral. He sympathizes, “‘Why, my God! they used to go there by the hundreds.’ He took of his glasses and wiped them again, outside and in. ‘The poor son-of-a-bitch’” (175). Owl Eyes’ glasses are a symbol of his discriminating perception. In the manner of how their literal function is to correct vision, the glasses also metaphorically protect his judgment from the corruption of the distorted morals and ethics characterized by the East; before making his final conclusion about Gatsby, Owl Eyes cleans his glasses, as if wiping the fogginess of subjectivity and immorality off of his observations.
After Jay Gatsby return from World War I, he realizes to live a life of high class you must make money the top priority; wealth in-turn becomes GatsbyÕs superficial goal overshadowing his quest for love. He creates a necessity to become fantastically wealthy, which will enable him to be with Daisy.