F.+Scott+Fitzgerald

24 Summary The Great Gatsby is considered one of the best books in America literature. Scott Fitzgerald writes about the American. It all starts with Nick Carraway, who moves from Minnesota to the West Egg in Long Island, New York to go into the Bond business. Nick’s home is not as fancy as everyone else’s. His home is sort of an eye s**ore; especially sense h**is house is next to the mansion of the mysterious Gatsby. Nick’s second cousin, Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan live nearby in the West Egg. Tom cheats on Daisy, which she knows about, with another woman who lives in the city. The next day, Tom and Nick travel into the city to see Tom’s mistress, Myrtle **a**nd to check on his car. The mechanic is George Wilson, who is Myrtle’s husband, and he doesn't know about the affair. So Myrtle and Tom lead Nick to where they have their parties. After a few weeks, Nick notices all the luxurious parties thrown by Gatsby and is finally invited to one. To Nick’s surprise, Gatsby is about the same age and served in World War I with him. One day in the following week, Gatsby goes over to Nick’s house for lunch. Soon Nick realized the only reason Gatsby came over, was for Nick to ask Daisy over for tea so Gatsby can come over and see Daisy again. Daisy and Gatsby were a couple before the war and they were in love. Daisy agrees to come over to Nick’s for tea. While Nick and Daisy are having tea, Gatsby comes over. At first it’s a bit awkward between Daisy and Gatsby, but when Nick lets them alone for awhile and comes back they were have having a great time just like they used to have. Tom decides to attend one of Gatsby’s parties. At the party, Gatsby goes over to Tom and tells him that he knows his wife. Right there and then, Tom doesn’t like Gatsby. Then at Gatsby’s next party, Tom brings Daisy along with him. Tom is suspicious of Gatsby and wants to find out the truth of Gatsby and his money. On the hottest day of the summer Nick, Tom and Jordan in Gatsby’s car and Daisy and Gatsby in the Buchanan’s car head into the city. At this point, Tom knows about the affair between Gatsby and Daisy and he is furious. Also, Wilson found out that Myrtle has been having an affair, but doesn’t know who its with. So Wilson and Myrtle are moving out West. Tom and Gatsby get into an argument over Daisy. Daisy tells Tom that she doesn’t love him anymore. Daisy and Gatsby leave in Gatsby car. On their way back, Daisy runs Myrtle over, killing her, and keeps on driving. Gatsby takes the blame and looks out for Daisy, so Tom doesn’t try to hurt her. Wilson is very upset over his wife’s death. He finds out that the car that ran over his wife belongs to Gatsby. In a fit of rage, Wilson goes to Gatsby’s house and kills him and then he kills himself. Later that day, Nick goes over to Gatsby and finds him dead, along with Wilson. At Gatsby funeral, only a few servants, Nick, and Gatsby father attend. This is a very small turn out compared to the amount of people **that** ( who) attended his parties. The **Buchanan’s** leave without telling anyone and Nick heads back to Minnesota. The Great Gatsby was a story about the American Dream, but it tells us that **it - meaning...?** is not true in every case.


 * Nick **- Nick goes to the East to live the American Dream as a Bond man. He ends up finding that this is not the case. He finds the East to be a different lifestyle. Everyone is corrupt and only think for ABOUT **themselves**.
 * Tom **- Tom believes that his high social standing and wealth can take him anywhere he wants to be. He is a very self-centered man. He is a terrible family man, especially when he misses his daughter’s birth for whatever God knows.
 * Daisy **- Daisy is all about where the money is. When Gatsby shows Daisy his house, she is like a child in a candy store without a spending limit. She was in total awe. One of the major reasons that she marries Tom is for his money. She is a very selfish woman.
 * Gatsby **- Gatsby sort of experienced the American Dream. He came from being a poor to average citizen to becoming very wealthy. The only problem was that he accomplished this illegally. Gatsby had the work ethic to improve his life. He worked his way and inherited wealth, but the money was taken away from him. That didn’t stop him and he became even wealthier.
 * Wilson **- Wilson was a hard-working mechanic. He was doing everything right and was even a religious man. In my opinion, Wilson was the only character to truly experience the American Dream.
 * This is more plot than addressing the AD. **

In my opinion, I consider The Great Gatsby as a great American classic. __The story tells how ‘not’ to live the American Dream.__ In the story, everyone can always fall back on **their** money during the tough time. But the true American Dream is by working hard to accomplish their goals. Everyone can work hard. It doesn’t take a genius or a millionaire to be able to work hard. It only takes you to work hard. The great Gatsby is a great American classic.

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