The eyes of Doctor T. Eckleburg can mean anything a character or reader wants them to, but they look down on a world devoid of meaning, value, and beauty—a world in which dreams are exposed as illusions, and cruel, unfeeling men such as Tom receive the love of women longed for by dreamers such as Gatsby and Wilson.
Ace your assignments with our guide to The Great Gatsby! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. How does Nick Carraway first meet Jay Gatsby? Why did Daisy marry Tom? Why does Gatsby arrange for Nick to have lunch with Jordan Baker? How does Tom find out about the affair between Gatsby and Daisy?
How does Gatsby make his money? How are West Egg and East Egg different? What is the importance of the character Owl Eyes? Does Daisy love Gatsby or Tom? Why does Tom insist on switching cars with Gatsby when they go to the city? Why is Nick the narrator of the story? Why does Tom bring up race so often? Why is Myrtle attracted to Tom? Why does Gatsby stop throwing parties?
Summary Chapter 8. Previous section Chapter 7 Next section Chapter 9. Test your knowledge Take the Chapter 8 Quick Quiz. Back at Daisy and Tom's home, Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car that killed Myrtle but he will take the blame. Feeling that Gatsby would not want to go through a funeral alone, Nick tries to hold a large funeral for him, but all of Gatsby's former friends and acquaintances either have disappeared— Tom and Daisy , for instance, move away with no forwarding address—or refuse to come, like Meyer Wolfsheim and Klipspringer.
Nick Carraway, the man F. Scott Fitzgerald chose to narrate his story of the death of Jay Gatsby, apparently accepts the inquest's conclusion that George Wilson , 'a man deranged by grief', shot Gatsby and then turned the gun on himself.
Tom tells George Wilson, who ultimately murders Gatsby, that it was Gatsby's car which hit and killed Myrtle. Although Daisy seems to have found love in her reunion with Gatsby, closer examination reveals that is not at all the case. She doesn't cry because she has been reunited with Gatsby, she cries because of the pure satisfaction all his material wealth brings her. He has become a fitting way in which to get back at Tom. Gatsby is completely infatuated with Daisy and takes the blame for Myrtle's death to remain in her favor.
By taking the blame, Gatsby is acting chivalrous and hopes that Daisy will acknowledge his faithfulness and love. Sadly, Daisy is content living with Tom and couldn't care less about Gatsby's well-being. Wilson is not the only person who is responsible for Gatsby's death; Nick Carraway, Daisy Buchanan, and Tom Buchanan are also accountable.
To start off, Nick Carraway is responsible for the death of Gatsby. If Nick had told anyone that Daisy was driving the car, George would not have shot Gatsby. First, Gatsby calls Nick to invite him on Daisy's behalf , also letting Nick know that Jordan will be there. In general, this contributes to Daisy's passive qualities as a character, which are even more pronounced when she does not call Nick after Gatsby's death at the end of the novel. How does Myrtle react towards Tom's arrival?
She acts calm and walks slowly down the stairs and sends her husband to get chairs. By her acting calm this allows her husband to assume nothing. When a man gets killed I never like to get mixed up in it in any way. I keep out. When I was a young man it was different - if a friend of mine died, no matter how, I stuck with him to the bitter end. Tom loves Daisy and not Myrtle because Daisy occupies the same social class as him and hails from a wealthy, prestigious family.
Tom views Myrtle as a possession and simply uses her to satisfy his sexual desires. She is nothing more than his mistress, who does not hail from a privileged family. He strode purposefully towards his vengeful destination. With his worn-out greased overalls and his intrinsic grey flat cap, he passed through the elaborate, elite fields of West Egg, also known. Materialism The Great Gatsby does not offer a definition of love, or a contrast between love and romance.
Rather it suggests that what people believe to be love is normally only a dream. America in the s was a country where moral values were slowly crumbling and Americans soon only had one dream and objective to achieve, success. This empathy difference between social class can be seen back in the Roaring Twenties.
In fact an author, F Scott. Scott Fitzgerald displays the dramatic difference in empathy between the elite and lower class. Contrasting empathy within both level of socio economic ladder can be seen through the relationships that the characters possess with their spouses. In a novel set in s patriarchal society dominated by the obsession of wealth, power, chasing dreams and an enigmatic narrator just how independent can a woman really be? For Jordan this is an exciting transition but Tom will cling to the traditional past.
For Jordan this is an exciting transition but more traditional. Fitzgerald 11 It is noteworthy that Nick and Gatsby find few blacks in a car on their way to New York. Physical differences between. After the car hits Myrtle, Daisy continues to drive, but collapses on Gatsby, forcing him to drive.
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