Great Gatsby
Transcript: The Great Gatsby project By: TJ GIller Characters Daisy- She is a petite women who shows affection towards Tom and Gatsby. Daisy is one of those women who needs and wants all the attention, and shows it early in the book. "All right...I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool" (21) As Daisy is saying this, she is stating that she wants her child to be a girl with all the attention and spoiled, that all the men want. Tom- He is a strong, rich man who lives in East Egg, where the old money people live. Tom also has an affair like his wife, with a heavy set women named Myrtle Wilson. Tom later in the story wins Daisy as he was in a heated conversation with Gatsby. "I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that's the idea you can count me out..." (137) This shows that Tom doesnt care what anyone thinks of him and he is the most important person. Also, when he is showing his house to Nick, he gives himself the compliments unlike the host should. Gatsby- A military man who claims he attended oxford. He is a smaller but always "cool", as Daisy refers to him, guy who has had a crush on Daisy since he was in his teens. Gatsby lives in West Egg right across the lake from Tom and Daisy. Gatsby early in the book points out he can see a green light from Daisy's porch every night as it visible to him. This shows that Gatsby clearly has feelings for Daisy. "Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can." (116) As Gatsby is saying this to Nick, we get the idea that he will never give up on Daisy and he wants to be with her again. Jordan Baker- A professional golfer who has a small crush on Nick. She hangs out with Daisy and usually ends up in situations like Nick does. She is a small breasted women like Daisy and is well known for her career. Nick and her get in arguments later in the story and Nick recieves a phone call from her that she implies that she has found another man and has moved on to bigger and better things. Summary- A time period during the 1920's in Long Island and also including Valley of Ashes, and New York City. There is many different characters with widely distributed characteristcs and this is why this book is really popular. F. Scoot Fitzgerald makes this book come alive and does a really good job including forshadowing, imagery, and symbolism. Starting off with a young man named Gatsby, we find out he is a curious man who is deeply in love. Deploying for war and leaving his girl behind is tough but we find out later that everything with Gatsby and Daisy slip through his hands. There is a letter that we find out about, nothing about it but Daisy brakes down as she is about to get married. We can refer that it is from Gatsby. As we get informed about TJ Eckleburg billboard, it shows forshadowing, when later on in the book it can symbolize that God's eyes are looking over the car accident when Myrtle is killed. Throughtout the story, we also get informed that Gatsby's parties are well known for and people show up invited or not. This shows that Gatsby is a well known man who is living the "American Dream." When Tom and Gatsby are in an argument over Daisy, everything starts getting heated. Gatsby wants Daisy to tell the truth that she has NEVER loved Tom, but wont and says "I love you now, is that to much to ask for?" Gatsby doesn't listen and things turn toward Tom's advantage. As the story builds, Gatsby is casually on a floaty and Mr. Wilson shoots him and himself as this incident was very unexpected. Nick, incharge of the funeral, decides to have the funeral at Gatsby's house. Not many people come to support his life, as we can infer that Gatsby was just used for his money and hospitality. Mr. Gatz, Gatsby's dad, is introduced and encounters a book he found from his son that he kept when he was younger, it was his schedule. Reading over the words, we find out that Gatsby had his life planned and was going to do great things for the society. Suite that Gatsby would of worn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lolauz7qjzE Dresses girls would wear during this time period Example of car that hit Myrtle Mr. Wolfsheim- A gambler who fixed the 1919 world series. A man with money and well dressed, as he has molars for his buttons. When Gatsby dies at the end, he feels the need that he can't make the funeral as its not his duty to be caught up with situations like that. New money Nick and Gatsby household East Egg Styles West Egg TJ Eckleburg billboard Mr. Wilson- A car garage owner who lives in the Valley of Ashes, a poor, rusted community. Mr. Wilson thinks that Tom Buchanan will sell him a car, but we come to realize that he is just finding a way to see Myrtle, Mr. Wilson's wife. When Myrtle dies later in the book, Mr. Wilson can hardly move and is sick to his stomach. He becomes a "madman" as he kills Gatsby and himself at the end.
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