Analysis Of The Great Gatsby - 1645 Words

Ms.Seda Joseph Rosendo PD 5 May 3, 2016 At the end of the novel of The Great Gatsby, Nick recounts all the things that had just occurred and says â€Å" I see now that this has been a story of the West, after all —Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadaptable to Eastern life.† Nick says it was a story of the West because they all had the common trait of being lured and accustomed into the Eastern style instead of their origins in the West. The West proven to not be the preferable home of each of these characters, as they all made the decision to move to the East. On the East, where there was a rapid and growing dream of wealth and prosperity. Once they achieve this, they think they can do what ever they want, after all they have gotten the classic American dream so now what is there to achieve? Although the wealthy should hold high profile images, much trouble is caused by them as port rayed by some of the main characters in the book. Tom, Gatsby and Daisy are each characters that couldn’t adapt to Eastern life. Each went through different fates, but all with the common deficiency of being affected negatively by Eastern life and portray an overall story of their lives rooted from the West. First, there is Tom Buchanan, who came from Chicago and went to college with Nick. At the time he was a football player and of course a giant with hardheaded features, thatShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of The Great Gatsby 857 Words   |  4 PagesEnglish 3 3 February, 2016 The Great Gatsby Character Analysis Essay: Jay Gatsby â€Å"It is easier to live through someone else’s existence than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. 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