Реферат: The Great Gatsby Gatsby

of staring at the green ight at the end of her dock like a symbol of all of his

yearning, he arranges for a meeting at Nick’s house. Gatsby of course tries to

make it perfect, hiring men to cut Nick’s lawm and decorate his house with

flowers, and “unexpectedly” showing up after Daisy’s arrival. At this first

reunion Gatsby is childishly nervous and embarrassed. He has decorated his house

with lights, and he takes her on a tour of it. When later she does come to one

of his parties and he detects that she is not enjoying herself, he discontinues

them.

Gatsby, however, cannot plan for reality. While he and Daisy are driving

in his car, Daisy accidentally hits Myrtle Wilson, a woman who lives above a

service station in New York. Her husband, George, thinking that Gatsby was

driving, comes and shoots him in the pool. This, however, is merely symbolic of

reality crashing down on what Gatsby had created. Firstly, his fantasy could not

have ever worked because Daisy is not perfect. She is instead more like her

husbad, Tom: reckless and spontaneous. In fact, Daisy was probably planning on

leaving with Tom anyway. He had suspected her and Gatsby’s affair and found out

about his bootlegging operation. This darker side of him is what primarily

destroyed her illusion about Gatsby. He, on the other hand, probably still

believed in her to the end; the knowledge that Daisy was leaving with Tom would

have ha devastating effects perhaps equal to even his murder.

This hopefulness was the basis of what made Gatsby great and why the novel

was so representative of the 1920s. The American attitude was one of hopes and

dreams and the illusions created fromt hem. And oftentimes the meeting with

reality had tragic consequences as it did with Gatsby.