Jack Clayton's Adaptation Of 'The Great Gatsby'

As Myrtle discusses her relationship with Mr. Wilson, she went “crazy when [she] married [Mr. Wilson]. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in” (35). Myrtle’s serious tone reveal how “crazy” she values status and wealth. Myrtle’s serious tone demonstrates how disappointed she was when she found out Mr. Wilson was part of the lower class. Fitzgerald shows how one’s American dream of becoming the wealthy class cannot be achieved due to greed.

Reaching a higher class and wealth are aspects of success that many aspire to achieve. Although that may be true, in reality, as a person begins to expand their goals toward the American dream, they tend to spiral downward and crash in the end. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, pertains to an ambitious character; falling short of the American dream, resulting in a tragedy. Specifically, the book follows a young man named Gatsby and his dream to finally meet the love of his life, Daisy, who he hasn't seen in five years. Gatsby goes to great lengths in order to grab Daisy’s attention, by throwing lavish parties, which he had to achieve by becoming a bootlegger.

Firstly, Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy led to his successes that eventually led to failures of money. Gatsby understands winning over Daisy he must impress her with money. Therefore, he starts illegal affairs (bootlegging) to become rich. Gatsby wanted to become rich enough so Daisy can love him and want to be with him. This quote for example shows that, “The one on my right was a colossal affair by a standard-it was a factual imitation of some hotel de ville in Normandy with a tower on one side spanking new under a thin beard of raw in, and a marble swimming pool, and more than…”(pg.11).

Crime, money, and con artists of every kind. Jim Thompson is an avid writer whose stories depict a wide variety of literary elements superior in quality in his story The Grifters. The application of literary elements allows the reader to further comprehend the story and allows for the story to continue being intriguing. In addition, The Grifters is a novel written about about betrayal and shows how various con men live their lives from day to day with money being the main incentive. As a matter of fact Thompson throws twists and turns throughout the story, the story is an utter page turner.

“Myrtle has her affair with Tom due to the privileged world it grants her access”(Wulick). One of the main examples of wealth destroying a character 's life is Myrtle 's story. Myrtle is the wife of a lowly mechanic in the valley of ashes. Myrtle is taken away by the enormity of Tom Buchanan 's wealth and is instantly attracted to him.

Jay Gatsby was an average man that fell in love with a beauty that left him for money. In the pursuit of Daisy, Gatsby mutates into a strange man with ambition to make as much money as he can to with Daisy’s attention. On his road to wealth Gatsby

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby is trying to get back with his true love. Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan are two friends that loved each other. Gatsby, a young man was sent off to war and told his girlfriend, Daisy that he will be back and to wait for him. Years later, Daisy hasn’t heard from Gatsby and found a very rich man, Tom Buchanan, and married him. What was really attractive about Tom to Daisy is that he is crazy rich and Gatsby is not.

Throughout the novel, several characters in The Great Gatsby are negatively affected by their money or desire to gain money. Lower class Myrtle Wilson develops a relationship with the wealthy Tom Buchanan, while Gatsby becomes obsessed with becoming wealthy in order to win back Tom’s wife Daisy. Ultimately, Gatsby, Myrtle, and her husband George end up dying, while Tom and Daisy flee and start their lives over. Tom and Daisy’s wealth was alluring to both Gatsby and Myrtle, but their wealth ended up costing them their lives. While the concept of being wealthy seems wonderful, Fitzgerald reveals to the audience that wealth may not be as great as it

In a novel focused on the extravagant lifestyles of the wealthy in New York, such as Gatsby and Daisy, an unlikely low class character provides the turning point in The Great Gatsby. George Wilson is a hardworking man who owns a garage in the city. He can be used to show the need of God in any society and class, as money, love, and possessions failed all characters in this novel. He is accompanied by his wife who he loves dearly, but she is in return disloyal. George is a loving character who is ultimately changed by the depression and guilt caused by loss.

It is much easier to express thoughts and feelings when putting pen to paper. There is much more time to carefully pick out the words they want to use. Character Development Mr. Darcy starts out as a seemingly arrogant, rude man at a ball. He is very rich and thinks he is better than everyone else.

The Great Gatsby is narrated by the character Nick who becomes entangled in the lives of Gatsby Tom, Daisy, Jordan, Myrtle, and George. Gatsby tries everything to become a “respectable man” for Daisy who is of a higher class than Jay Gatz. He tries to attain this status of wealth for Daisy, but it so happens that he does through this by cheating. He turns to Meyer Wolfshiem, a known bootlegger, to achieve his wealth. Gatsby will achieve his goal in order to impress Daisy even if it means he has to betray his morals and values.

Fitzgerald used positive characteristics from his wife, Zelda Fitzgerald, and negative characteristics from his first love, Ginevra King, as stimuli for the character of Daisy. His blend of the two women lead Daisy to be portrayed as a man’s ultimate downfall, much like Fitzgerald felt these two women were for him. Fitzgerald describes King as “the first girl I ever loved and I have faithfully avoided seeing her up to this moment to keep this illusion perfect” (Mangum). Fitzgerald’s wish to keep his fantasy in perfect condition correlates to Gatsby’s wish to immortalize Daisy in the goddess-like position his mind created for her. Fitzgerald shows similar emotions through the character of Gatsby when he says, “There must have been moments

The American dream is an opportunity to start a new life for oneself and others. American Dream is important for our American culture today because for one to dream and succeed is a proud moment. In our society today an American dream is a literary trope due to its a repeated allegory with recurring images or figure of speech. For example a feature that makes the American dream a literary trope is by symbolism, such as in the video “ American Oxygen” of flags, liberty, soldiers,etc, idealing the greatness of America and different types of the American dream. Following in the article by John Steinbeck stating “ No one can define it or point to anyone person who lives it, but it is very real nevertheless,perhaps more real than that equally remote dream…”, illustrating The American dream is free for all as long as we work for it but some might consider The American dream as a disillusion.

The downfall of Gatsby was caused by no other than Gatsby himself, he had wealth and respectable name that people throughout west egg praised. Gatsby was loved by all for his lavish parties, making sure everyone had a good time especially Daisy, Gatsby loved Daisy. Gatsby's was responsible for his downfall because he couldn't tell the difference between illusion, romance and reality When Gatsby returned home from the war he thought that to win daisy’s hand he would have to be rich. Gatsby bought a mansion so he can be right across the bay from her, but there is one problem though she is married to Tom Buchanan. Gatsby loved Daisy, saying she was the first “nice” girl he had ever met (Fitzgerald 148).Tom confronts Gatsby questioning he went to oxford and how he gets money, since Gatsby doesn’t tell people very much, argument breaks out and it ends with Gatsby telling tom she never loved you, she loves me (Fitzgerald 130).

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a man named Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island. After arriving Nick travels over to East Egg where his cousin, Daisy, is located just across the bay. Nick comes to find out his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, is a past lover of Daisy. He also discovers this lover has spent his entire life rebuilding himself to be more acceptable for her. Due to Nick’s strict upbringings he does not criticize others, making him of perfect use to Daisy and Gatsby.