Thursday, September 19, 2019

Essay --

Aaliyah Calloway Mrs. Rhodehouse AP English III, Period 5 September 12, 2013 Bibliographic Information Author: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Born in 1896 in St. Paul, Florida Died 40 years. old from a heart attack(1940) Yale Graduate Title: based on personal experience from prior residence in Long Island Publishing City: New York City,NY Publisher: Charles Scribner DOP: 1925 Character List Nick Carraway narrator from Minnesota goes to new york to learn business bonds honest loyal neighbor of gatsby Jay Gatsby protagonist wealthy lonely born on a farm in N. Dakota in love with Daisy criminal dishonest Daisy Buchanan nick’s cousin fell in love with gatsby but married Tom beautiful social cynical superficial materialistic Tom Buchanan wealthy husband of Daisy social club member at Yale with Nick arrogant hypocritical racist sexist having an affair with Myrtle Jordan Baker Daisy’s friend Nick’s love interest competitive golfer â€Å"new woman† cynical boyish beautiful dishonest George Wilson Myrtle's husband owns a auto shop iodilize Mrytle jealous of T... ... comes to loving someone. "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.†(Chapter 5) - To have someone like Gatsby to love Daisy is so sweet. He will never give up even when she’s married to Tom. His passion and desire to be loved by someone that can’t love him back is heart breaking.

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