"The Great Gatsby" seminar notes

2-14-17

- Gatsby wasn't living the "American Dream" but fell in love with Daisy

 

- Adriana thinks that we shouldn't follow the path of the person who we "love" but our own path because Gatsby died by doing what Daisy wanted. He was blinded

 

- "The Great Gatsby" Gatsby is "Great" because that is an invention or impression that he made for himself to look good for Daisy

 

- Unlike Gatsby, Nick knows to stay true to himself and they are both driven by different things

 

- Daisy is a Selfish, Horrible person!!! (she's a woman child)

 

- Tom and Daisy are very alike, they come from money and do bad things without dealing or thinking about the consequences, and it's a reason why Daisy went back to him instead of Gatsby

 

-The eyes, in the front page, represent Fitzgerald's (or God's) eye looking at American society as a "moral wasteland"

 

-The green light, in the front page, is what Gatsby sees across the deck to Daisy's house