Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a novel placed in the 1920’s that really illustrates the real attitude of Americans at that time. ... At the end of the book you really realize how wicked and awful Tom Buchanan really was, after Gatsby was killed in the end of the book he bumps into Nick and admits something to him. ... Tom was quick to tell George Wilson that it was Gatsby’s car that had hit Myrtle to save himself from being killed, it was wrong of him to do this but he didn’t care he just wanted to survive. The worst part was that it wasn’t even Gatsby who had hit her, it was actually his wife Daisy. ... She also ends up cheating on Tom, with the “great” Gatsby. Five years previously to their meeting in the novel Daisy and Gatsby had a relationship but it ended because Gatsby had to go to war and while he was gone Daisy married Tom. Gatsby has since been trying to get her back by throwing big parties in hopes that she would show up but she never did. One day Nick invites Daisy and Gatsby over so that they could meet, and she ended up becoming romantically attached to him. Daisy seemed to be rather fond of not just Gatsby himself but his money and the things he owned. ... This quote comes from when Gatsby takes Daisy to his house and is showing her his shirts, she notices how rich he is and realized that she loves him because he could offer her beautiful things like them. She is a selfish woman and only cares for Gatsby because he has money, more than Tom and that is why she cheats on Tom with him. ... In the beginning the book when Jay Gatsby is introduced everything about him seems rather mysterious. ... It doesn’t tell you how he made his money or anything else everything is left to the reader to try and guess, but as you get further into the book you begin to find more and more out about Gatsby. At first Gatsby seems to be a nice and honest man but the more you read about him the more you realize he is just as deceitful as the rest of them.