The Great Gatsby Chapter 20 Analysis

Asher’s paintings at the end of book two represent a compulsion Asher gets to paint the world as he sees it as well as a reminder of people’s disapproval and mockery towards him regarding his art. His paintings at the end of book two become more of an emotive outlet and even more expressive.

In Chapter 2 on page 37, Tom shows Nick his apartment where he meets Tom's mistress, Myrtle. Next thing Nick knows he’s drunk being surrounded by strangers. Nick gets uncomfortable being there. Myrtle is openly unhappy with her marriage, On the other hand, Tom wants to keep Daisy separate from the situation. Tom then hits Myrtle.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a significant example of the principle that powerful messages could not only be told, but also shown through by the setting. In the opening of chapter 4, it starts off at the bridge. Nick describes his scenery with approval. There’s a sense of beauty. It’s obvious that he’s taken in by what he sees, “in its first wild promise of all the mystery and beauty of the world”. It’s known from previous chapters, that when Fitzgerald mentions something beautiful, there is always a false undertone. He then mentions the funeral bringing the reader back to the idea that nothing beautiful last forever. The next scene in chapter 4 takes place at forty second street. Fitzgerald chooses the lunch between the two to

Chapter two of The Great Gatsby, serves as a pivotal point in revealing the true nature of social culture in the 1920s. The reader is introduced to two very different settings, New York and the Valley of Ashes, each with entirely contrasting social scenes and status’ of wealth. The Valley on one hand, seems to represent the sinister underbelly and moral decay of the wealthy society. Hidden behind the beautiful façades of west and east egg, it is the desolated dumping ground of the upper class. New York on the other is described as a glamorous, bustling city, a playground for the wealthy where they hold their glitzy parties.

In chapters 11 through 16 i agree with Shane's actions at the end of the novel. In chapter 11 , “lew johnson and henry shipstead brought “ joe and everyone else news. Fletcher was back with a man named Stark Wilson who was “ a bad one and a killer “ according to Will Atkey. Later frank torrey comes to tell them that “Ernie’s shot, They've killed him.”. He was shot by Stark Wilson. Joe and Shane both know that Wilson will do they same to them if don't sell or give up their land and give it to fletcher. Joe doesn't anymore trouble so he tells marian “Fletcher can have his way. Well sell out and move on”. Marian tells joe that “ He'd never forgive us if we ran away from this.”. In chapter 12 when Shane and joe come back from Ernie's funeral they “heard the

The plot of The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is driven by Jay Gatsby's

Chapter seven starts with Gatsby changing his whole life around. He no longer hosts parties every week, he doesn't need to anymore because he has Daisy. He also fires his past servants and replaces them with workers of Meyer Wolfsheim, since he does not want any gossip around him. To Nick’s surprise, Gatsby was headed over to Tom’s house to have lunch. It is the hottest day of the year when this lunch is happening. The group hears Tom yelling at Mr.Wilson on the telephone. Gatsby sees Pammy, Daisy’s daughter and is somewhat irritated because he realizes how much more complicated the situation had become and the fact that there is living proof of Tom and Daisy’s love. Tom finds out about the affair when Daisy’s tone shifted when she spoke to

In his description of New York’s nightlife in Chapter III, Fitzgerald uses strong imagery and stark juxtaposition to paint New York as an exemplification of the exuberance of American society that hides underlying deterioration and exposes a stark contrast between the glamorous lives of the wealthy and the that of the rest of society. New York, initially painted very vividly, is depicted as “racy” and “adventurous” with a “constant flicker of men and women and machines,” a result of the rapid growth and industrialization that characterized the American identity and dream, especially in the Roaring Twenties. Nick’s description of his own experience in New York, called an “enchanted metropolitan twilight,” as an anonymous figure “pick[ing] up

1. Fitzgerald achieves a melancholy mood in the beginning of the chapter by using sorrowful and negative word choices to describe events. In the first paragraph we learn about Nick's challenging night and how "I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage, frightening dreams" (Fitzgerald, pg. 154). Introducing a new chapter with such saddening descriptions is done to make the readers continue reading with a more negative outlook. Even in the next few paragraphs Gatsby's actions are pitiful and naïve, and it makes the reader sad to see him so blind when they know more of what is going on than he does.

In Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the jealousy of man and what it can make a person do is clearly shown through the possessive tone of Tom. The first example of this comes in the following quotations from Tom himself: “‘You think I’m pretty dumb, don’t you?’ he suggested. ‘Perhaps I am, but I have almost a second sight, sometimes, that tells me what to do. Maybe you don’t believe that, but science----’” and further down the page, “‘I’ve had an investigation of this fellow[Gatsby],’ he continued. ‘I could have gone deeper if I’d known----’”(109). In this quote, it is clear from the diction of his diatribe that Tom is angry, not at those around him but at Gatsby. This is shown in the above quote by Tom refusing to mention Gatsby by name but rather just calls him fellow. Another aspect that works in tandem with diction in the above quote to create the tone is punctuation. This is shown in the dashes that fall at the end of the above quotation. These dashes show that Tom is so frustrated and angry that he actually cannot finish the sentence. Another example of Fitzgerald's use of punctuation falls in his use of a question mark and a rhetorical question rather than openly making the

In chapter one I learned that Nick, the narrator, is a genuinely nice guy who cares about his cousin Daisy. Even though he doesn’t like the guy that she is with because he has a mistress. I also learned that Nick has a little crush on the professional golfer Jordan. I believe that the rumors that were told about Mr. Gatsby are not real because no one who has talked about him have ever really talked to him or have been with him.

After reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I was able to gather a small playlist of songs that can relate to the book. The lyrics in these songs relate to scenes, symbols, and different characters in the book.

Although the timeline is kept vague in The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald makes it clear that his work of art is based in the early 1920’s between World War I and the Prohibition. This was a transitional period in the United States. America changed after the war and as a result, so did life. The idea of the perfect life fluctuated as troops began flooding back to the United States, migrating to cities, picking up jobs, and buying houses for their new or planned families. The economy was booming, jazz became the new popular music, woman (more commonly referred to as “flappers”) and men were expressing their freedom by having parties and hanging out in clubs or bars, Henry Ford just introduced the Model-T which made automobiles

“The Great Gatsby” is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in 1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922. The novel takes place following the First World War. American society enjoyed prosperity during the “roaring” as the economy soared. At the same time, prohibition, the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol as mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers. After its republishing in 1945 and 1953, it quickly found a wide readership and is today widely

Fitzgerald uses a variety of different techniques including form, structure and language as well as the aspects of narrative to tell the story in Chapter 1. Firstly, Fitzgerald employs the use of a narrator: Nick; who is somewhat an unreliable and self conscious narrator. Nick very much focuses on past events along with current reflections; for example Nick tells us the story of the ‘Great Gatsby’ AFTER his death has happened -- this emphasises to the reader that what’s to come is immutable. Fitzgerald captures the attention of readers by focusing on a few key events rather than giving the readers a complete overview and therefore Gatsby remains an enigma, therefore resulting in a build of tension as well as mystery. Nick acts as a constant