GATSBY - Period 2 by K Marshal https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1 the man, the myth, the legend en-us 2019-01-25 15:52:08 UTC 2025-03-01 01:47:15 UTC hello@padlet.com January 25th kmarshall29 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324374859 Today we will focus on The American Dream and Symbolism.

American Dream : Write a paragraph describing how Fitzgerald has used the Buchanan's and Jay Gatsby to present the American Dream to his readers. How does he want the reader to interpret the American Dream? Write an 8-10 sentence paragraph in CER format, with correctly formatted evidence. HIGHLIGHT your claim, BOLD your evidence, and ITALICIZE your reasoning. NO PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

Symbolism : The Green Light at the end of Daisy's dock is a prominent symbol in the story. What do you think it means? Use Evidence to support your answer, in 8-10 sentences. Also add an image to represent what you believe the Green Light represents. DO NOT UPLOAD A PICTURE OF A GREEN LIGHT. ]]> 2019-01-25 15:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324374859 Kyle Nester https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324401064 The Green light is a symbol for love. It is Gatsby's love for daisy. he cant reach the light which shows the inaccessibility to daisy's love. The light could also mean success or money that Gatsby is trying to achieve but for some reason something is holding him back. The light seems to be lost in a way. This symbolizes how Gatsby needs to find what hes looking for. Gatsby has been through a lot in his life. If he achieved this goal, it would be a great achievement in his mind.]]> 2019-01-25 16:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324401064 Alexis Adkins https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324403642 The green light symbolizes that separation between Gatsby and daisy. Gatsby tries to reach for it at the beginning of the book but cannot reach. It shows that you have to try hard for what you want. Gatsby continues to attempt to get daisy's attention. He throws extravagant parties. He even talks to nick about inviting daisy over for tea so that Gatsby can stop by and see her. He puts in work to essentially grab the green light. 

]]> 2019-01-25 16:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324403642 Megan Locklea https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324404047 The green light in the Great Gatsby represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams. Towards the beginning of the book, Gatsby can be seen reaching for the green light. "...he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was away from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock." (Fitzgerald, 20-21) The action of Gatsby reaching towards the green light represents him reaching for what he wants, yet still not being to attain it. The green light symbolizes what Gatsby wants, but cannot get, and an example of this is Daisy. Gatsby hopes and wishes to see Daisy again; after all, he bought a house across from her in hopes that they might cross paths. The green light is located on Daisy's dock, so not only is he metaphorically reaching for what he wants, he is physically reaching for Daisy.]]> 2019-01-25 16:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324404047 stephanie macias https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324404065 its a symbol of Gatsby waiting and wanting Daisy again he still loves her he wants to see daisy and wants to be with her so dearly ]]> 2019-01-25 16:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324404065 Taylor Kenyon https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324405517 The green light is used to represent Daisy and Gatsby's longing for her.  "...and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock" (Fitzgerald 21). The green light is seen to be in the distance and far away, meaning that something is unachievable to Gatsby. The light is shown to be at the dock near Daisy's house, showing that Gatsby can see Daisy, but she is far away from him. "He stretched out his arms towards the dark water..." (Fitzgerald, 20). In this case, the green light is just out of Gatsby's reach. Since the light is at Daisy's dock, Gatsby is reaching out towards her but she is just out of his reach. Gatsby still longs for her even though he knows she is far from him.]]> 2019-01-25 16:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324405517 Christina Morgan https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324405606 The green light represents Gatsbys hopes and dreams in the future. whenever he loses hope all he needs is to find the green light and keep going. "involuntarily i glanced seaward --and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been the end of a dock.(page21)" This means to never loose hope in your dreams. You should always push and keep going when it is tough and you will succeed.  ]]> 2019-01-25 16:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324405606 Morgan Fischer https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324406081 The green light and Daisy's porch represents Daisy and her love and all the aspirations Gatsby has for them. For example, Nick states "...he stretched is arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as i was from him, i could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been at the end of a dock." [Fitzgerald 21]. Gatsby is reaching for something that's impossible to grasp. This is the same as Daisy. Daisy will forever be unreachable.  Also, Jordan Baker says "She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time. Don't you think?"[Fitzgerald 15]. If Daisy is aware of the fact Tom is cheating on her and hasn't left him there is a high chance she won't ever leave him. They do have a child to support together as well. There is a very low chance of Daisy ever leaving Tom for good.]]> 2019-01-25 17:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324406081 Nick https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324406650 The green light represents Gatsby's jealousy towards Tom, but also his love for Daisy. Inside of the book, Gatsby is shown to be reaching for the green light, representing him reaching for the love that he still has for Daisy. "... and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock." (Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, 21) The green light could also represent the jealousy that Gatsby has towards Tom. The quotation above could be viewed as Gatsby reaching out, trying to take back the love of his life.]]> 2019-01-25 17:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324406650 Ethan $chulte https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324409092 The green light at the end of daisy's dock represents Gatsby love for daisy. Although it is not far it is still out of his reach because of certain obstacles. Gatsby is being held back because of Tom, he doesn't love Daisy but he will not let her go yet.]]> 2019-01-25 17:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324409092 David Andrews https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324409415 The green light is a symbol for Jay Gatsby's love for Daisy. This is why at the end of chapter 1 you can see Gatsby reaching for this green light. In Gatsby's mind this goal of having Daisy is so close but yet so far, which is why he goes out to his dock and reaches for it that one night hoping that one day he may be able to reach it.   ]]> 2019-01-25 17:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324409415 Hannah Grzelinski https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324409672 The green light symbolizes the love Gatsby has for Daisy. "He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward---and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock." (Fitzgerald, 20-21). This is showing Gatsby reaching out for Daisy across the bay, and wanting her to be in his arms. ]]> 2019-01-25 17:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324409672 Taylor Brown https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324410700  The Green Light, situated at the end of Daisy's dock and barely visible from Gatsby's lawn, represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future.  Gatsby reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal.  "...a figure had emerged from the shadow of my neighbor's mansion and was standing with his hands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars. Something in his leisurely movements and the secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come out to determine what share was his of our local heavens." (Fitzgerald, 20).   ]]> 2019-01-25 17:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324410700 The American Dream Savanna Carpenter https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324410830   In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott FItzgerald emphasizes the "american dream" as living wealthy. He uses the Buchanan's and Gatsby to prove that , that lifestyle is the only things that was important to people. Throughout the first few chapters Fitzgerald explains the parties that everyone goes to without even knowing or acknowledging who the host and other guests are, "heufh". He also explains that not only are the men consume ]]> 2019-01-25 17:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324410830 Aaron Karsten https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324411263 The green light represents the love that Gatsby has for Daisy. "]]> 2019-01-25 17:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324411263 Savannah Nguyen https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324411665 The green light at the end of Daisy's dock represents the love that Daisy and Gatsby has for each other. It shows that like Gatsby still thinking of Daisy and that he cares about her.  " involuntarily I glanced seaward----and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been the end of the dock." Gatsby was reaching and staring at the light .  the light is their love but they can't seem to make it back to each other. It's like hope for them that they will meet again. Even though they have been apart from each other for awhile.]]> 2019-01-25 17:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324411665 Chris I. https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324768276 The Green Light at Daisy's house across from Gatsby's represents longing and Gatsby’s greatest dreams. Gatsby’s greatest dreams are being with Daisy, and that’s why he was staring at it at night, he’s thinking about her. “But I didn't call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone--he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.” (Pg.21, Chapter 1). In this piece of text, it describes Jay reaching out his arms towards the green light, what he is in the moment is of Daisy, and how he wants her in his arms, longing for his greatest dream. ]]> 2019-01-28 02:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324768276 Chris I. https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324998845 2019-01-28 16:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/324998845 David Andrews https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491505 F. Scott Fitzgerald is trying to show a side of the "American Dream" that no-one sees except for the people who've achieved it. Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are two men who achieved the American Dream but both strive for something they will never have. Tom Buchanan wants the fame that he had in college but that stayed in college when Tom left,"... an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savors of anticlimax." (Fitzgerald,6) Tom is a man who is looking to be noticed when he turns around a corner by everyone like his days in college. Tom would never have that popularity again so he revolted by acting like a child and committing Adulatory just so that he would be noticed by someone else. Jay Gatsby has everything money and popularity wise but he strives for the one thing he cannot have, love with Daisy. "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be across the bay." (Fitzgerald,78). Jay Gatsby strives for this with everything he has even though she is a married woman. Daisy makes everything look small in Gatsby's life the giant parties he throws are for Daisy hoping she may come to one. Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are both men who have achieved the American dream and are missing things inside their lives they want. This is the sad truth that F. Scott Fitzgerald is trying to show about the "American Dream".]]> 2019-01-29 17:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491505 Morgan Fischer https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491523 F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays his outlook of the American Dream through his book 'The Great Gatsby'. Jay Gatsby and the Buchanan's show the reality and imperfections of the American Dream. For example, in the book Jordan Baker states "Tom's got a woman in New York." [Fitzgerald 15]" Tom and Daisy are supposed to represent the wealthy, ideal married couple of the roaring 20's. Both Tom and Daisy are painfully unhappy with their marriage and their lives. God forbid a divorce because that does not reach the expectations of idealism. Also, Myrtle says "The only crazy i was was when i married him." [Fitzgerald 35]" Myrtle was willing to ruin not one, but two marriages in the process of reaching the American Dream and perfect life. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the American Dream as unhappy and an unreachable reality. ]]> 2019-01-29 17:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491523 Taylor Kenyon https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491526 F. Scott Fitzgerald wants the readers to think that The American Dream is just an aspiration, not reality. According to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby and the Buchanan's have not achieved the American Dream. ""You see i think everything's terrible anyhow," she went on in a convinced way" (Fitzgerald, 17). Even though the Buchanan's are rich and have a family, Daisy still isn't happy. The American Dream values not only success, but happiness as well. Someone who has almost everything still hasn't found happiness in their life. F. Scott Fitzgerald emphasizes that even though a person can be successful, they haven't achieved The American Dream without happiness, as showed by Gatsby and the Buchanan's. F. Scott Fitzgerald wants to prove to the readers that The American Dream is not truly achievable.]]> 2019-01-29 17:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491526 Hannah Grzelinski https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491584 In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, many think Jay Gatsby and the Buchanan's' are a symbol of the American Dream. They are not. Gatsby and the Buchanan's are unhappy with themselves and their lives, and that isn't represented in the typical "American Dream". "Well, I've had a very bad time, Nick, and I'm pretty cynical about everything." (Fitzgerald, 16). "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would  be just across the bay." (Fitzgerald, 78). Daisy Buchanan is very wealthy, yet extremely unhappy. In the American Dream, being wealthy equals being happy, but Daisy is not happy at all. Gatsby is so in love with Daisy that he bought a house right across the bay from her house. He throws extravagant parties in the hopes that she'll go and he can see her again. He is unhappy with his love life status, and the American Dream is about sharing your love with someone else. The American Dream is not represented in The Great Gatsby, because the American Dream is being wealthy and happy, but no one is both wealthy and happy in this book. ]]> 2019-01-29 17:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491584 Savannah Nguyen https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491590 In the Great Gatsby, characters like Jay Gatsby and the Buchanan's were the idea of the American Dream. They were wealthy and were idolized by everyone but are still unhappy themselves. "Tell 'em all Daisy's change' her mine. Say 'Daisy's change' her mine!" she began to cry-- she cried and cried."
In this moment Daisy should have been happy that they were getting married and they were going to be rich. F. Scott Fitzgerald was showing like even when the Buchanan's had the perfect lives that they were unhappy and that the American Dream was just a fantasy for them. 
 The Great Gatsby symbolized that the American Dream of wealthy lifestyle was making the characters unhappy.
]]> 2019-01-29 17:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491590 Kyle Nester https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491636 In the Great Gatsby, the American dream seems so achievable when in reality, it isn't. Gatsby and the Buchanana's are great examples. They look like they have the American dream but they arent happy. "My house looks well, doesn't it?"(Pg.89 F. Scott Fitzgerald). People get this idea that if they have money, they will be happy. This isn't true and Gatsby shows that. Money can't buy happiness or real friends. The American dream is called a dream for a reason.]]> 2019-01-29 17:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491636 Fynn Reinhard https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491871 In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Buchanan's and Jay Gatsby both main characters. Represent the American Dream. Fitzgerald wants the reader to interpret the american dream as the pursuit of wealth but mostly happiness. Both J. Gatsby and the Buchanan's haven't reached that dream jet. Both are not really Happy in they're situation. The green light in the end of chapter one "He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward – and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock." (Fitzgerald p20-21) ]]> 2019-01-29 17:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325491871 Alexis Adkins https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325492236 F. Scott Fitzgerald wants the american dream to be portrayed by more than just a want for objects. Gatsby and the Buchanan's don't represent the american dream. " Catherine leaned in close to me and whispered ' Neither of them can stand the one their married to. '" (Fitzgerald, 37) Marriage is supposed to be a place of happiness. Everyone is materialistic. While the Buchanan's and Gatsby both have a lot of things they are both unhappy. The american dream is people wishing for not only success but happiness as well. ]]> 2019-01-29 17:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325492236 Venee Valdivia https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325492357 The American dream is about living a perfect, stable life. The book, The Great Gatsby does not represent the American dream. In the book, Daisy says, "You see i think everything's terrible anyhow." (Fitzgerald 17). Daisy seems to be happy. She is married to a man with good money and lives in a nice house but she is still not pleased with the situation shes in. Fitzgerald is showing that the american dream isn't the dream everyone wants. Living a perfect life and owning everything needed doesn't always mean happiness comes with it.]]> 2019-01-29 17:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325492357 Grendha caruzo https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325493153 in the great Gatsby is possible see the references about the american dream. because always have something saying that they are very rich, have a good life, always have party's and a easy job that give a lot pf money.  one typical of the america dream is have a nice car and a great house and in the book this parts is always describe with a lot of luxuries for example
'it was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirroed a dozen suns" ]]> 2019-01-29 17:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325493153 Taylor Brown https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325495109  F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of 'The Great Gatsby', tries to present the reader his perspective of the American Dream. The three main characters, Daisy and Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, do not represent the American Dream because they are all unhappy with their lives and what it has become.  "And I hope she'll be a fool. That's the best thing a girl can be in this world. A beautiful little fool," (Fitzgerald,17). "...but I felt Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game,'" (Fitzgerald, 6). "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay," (Fitzgerald, 78). Both Tom and Daisy aren't happy with their lives because they have begun to settle. Tom needs that adrenaline rush but he doesn't get that with Daisy, so he keeps moving everywhere to find it. And with Daisy, she just isn't happy, she thinks so cynically about everything that when her daughter was born shed hope to be a fool because that's how girls are looked upon. Also Gatsby is in love with Daisy but cant have her, so he moved across the bay to be by her but all he can see is her with Tom. Even though they are rich and have a nice house, they aren't happy and that's what the American Dream is all about, happiness.]]> 2019-01-29 17:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325495109 Chris I. https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325693498 In the best selling novel, The Great Gatsby, we are put in a post-WWI America; where for the most part society is split regarding wealth. In this story, we are introduced to three characters: Jay Gatsby and the Buchanan's. They are shown to represent what the American Dream would be like. However, the sad truth is that Jay and the Buchanan's do not represent what the American Dream indeed is, according to the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, it is what the American dream can be like, showing his readers the ups and downs in a sort of ' be careful what you wish for scenario. Now focusing on the text, there is an instance that shows both Buchanan's, Daisy and Tom, being described by Nick Caraway, the narrator of the novel; showing how even though both are very wealthy and are well educated, their lives are dreadfully unhappy.  "It seemed to me that the thing for Daisy to do was to rush out of the house, child in arms—but there were no such intentions in her head. As for Tom, the fact that he ‘had some woman in New York’ was 24 The Great Gatsby less surprising than that he had been depressed by the book. Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart "(Fitzgerald, 20).  The same goes for Gatsby, who seems to be a man born into a wealthy family and who would be able to have all annoying inconveniences disappear, seems to have still gone to war, even though a man who is equally rich, Tom, did not.  "‘Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life. I accepted a commission as first lieutenant when it began." (Fitzgerald,66).  These also all go along with the motif that F. Scott Fitzgerald was going for. For these reasons, Jay Gatsby and the Buchanan's represent a bleak, and unhappy view of the American Dream, the exact opposite of it. The Buchanan's are unhappy with their marriage seen by how Daisy would be more fitting to run away with her baby in arms, and how Tom is currently cheating on her with a mistress from New York. Their marriage is in shambles; something money cannot fix and show how living the American Dream does not make them happy. As for Jay, even though he has money and lives the dream, it does not protect him from the horrors of war and regular life, something that one expects to escape when living the American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald wants to show the reader that the American Dream is not all it is made out to be, and how even with everything, still leaves the person wanting for things money cannot buy. In conclusion, the American Dream presented in The Great Gatsby shows a sad, negative side through the lives of the Buchanan's and Jay Gatsby and that they do not represent what the American Dream is supposed to be, but fits the American dream that F. Scott Fitzgerald was conveying to the reader. A depressing life that makes one wonder what all this money is doing for them and wanting things that are less tangible. ]]> 2019-01-30 03:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325693498 Grendha Caruzo grendhacaruzo78 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325694729 in the great Gatsby is possible see the references about the american dream. because always have something saying that they are very rich, have a good life, always have party's and a easy job that give a lot of money.  one typical of the america dream is have a nice car and a great house and in the book this parts is always describe with a lot of luxuries for example
“it was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirroed a dozen suns" (page 67)the only thing that they don’t have is happiness almost all the characters of the story have something that make feel in a bad mood , because they are so focus in have all this status that they end up forgetting that is not only this that meter. In the book daisy says, “you see I think everything’s terrible anyhow”(page 17). So this just prove that the American Dream is the people trying to reach this impossible happiness that we idealized as a society for always go looking for something and never will be good enough because  we always want and need to be better.
]]> 2019-01-30 03:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/325694729 Nick Lawson nlawson4365 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/326069280 F. Scott Fitzgerald shows his opinion on The American Dream in his story,  The Great Gatsby, as a negative viewpoint. He does so by showing Jay Gatsby and the Buchanans as imperfections in the American Dream. "'Why-' she said hesitantly, 'Tom's got some woman in New York...'.". (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 15) The American Dream is usually viewed as a happy, functioning, and well-working family, with enough money to support themselves, and then some. While Gatsby and the Buchanans have the money, neither are happy. Tom Buchanan cheats on his wife openly, whom Gatsby loves. Fitzgerald uses his characters to depict the major flaws in the American Dream.]]> 2019-01-30 22:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/326069280 Ethan $chulte https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/326856159 Gatsby and the Buchanans do represent  the american dream in The Great Gatsby but they also show us all the flaws of the american dream. Both families have tons of money and they party every weekend but all the fun and money still doesn't stop the problems going on. ]]> 2019-02-01 19:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/326856159 Kayla Alexander https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/326983572 does jay Gatsby and tom Buchanan represent the american dream? the " american dream" is about having everything you ever wanted like Gatsby and tom do. now gatsby has a amazing hous, amazing parties, and lots of money but he does not have the woman he wants which is daisy. tom has it all he has two woman by his side, along with money, amazing house, and a daughter. "why she said hesitantly, tom's got some woman in New York ." (fitzgerald 15) in cunclusion tom and gatsby have huge things going for them and are definatly living the american dream.]]> 2019-02-02 19:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/326983572 Savanna Carpenter https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/327125698   In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald emphasizes the "american dream" as living wealthy. He uses the Buchanan's and Gatsby to prove that, that lifestyle is the only thing thast was important to people. Throughout the first few chapters, Fitzgerald explains that people go to parties without even knowing or acknowledging who the host and other guests are, "This is an unusal party to me, I havent even met the host yet.". The wealthy and people at the parties have no care in the world and recieve whatever they want whenever they ask. They look down on poor/ people that live in between East and West Egg and  thats enough for them. That's thier american dream. I think Fitzgerald revovles money and wealth thoughout the whole book because it shows that, thats how people were made, broken down and obsessed with (like daisy). ]]> 2019-02-03 23:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/327125698 Taylor Kenyon https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328324875 The Great Gatsby's mood can change between being cheerful, to being dark and mysterious in a matter of a few sentences. Throughout The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses a unknowing and pessimistic tone. "...into hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air" (Fitzgerald, 23). When F. Scott Fitzgerald talks about the less fortunate, the people in the valley of ashes, he shifts into a depressing tone. This is to show the mystery that lies behind the people around New York City. Not only that, but when any mysterious thing is talked about, he includes and unsettling tone that can cause the reader to be wary of the scene. The Great Gatsby has many tones of mystery, as shown by F. Scott Fitzgerald.]]> 2019-02-06 16:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328324875 Christina Morgan https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328325316   Fitzgerald's tone is very glum. The story in the book shows the readers excitement with the gossip but sadness when people die and dont find true love. "the "death car" as the newspaper called it, didnt stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for ac moment, and then disappeared around the next bend. (137)" The way Fitzgerald describes the car scene is quite gruesome especially when the characters in the book go into detail. "The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners , as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so long.(137)" Fitzgerald tone is very depressing and sad. ]]> 2019-02-06 16:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328325316 Savannah Nguyen https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328325832 I believe that Daisy should end up with Tom. Daisy and Tom both will let other take the blame for their actions. Now that Tom feels threaten by Gatsby I think he starting to rethink the way he treats Daisy and will take better care of her. When Daisy was with Tom they really loved each other. "Even alone I can't say i never loved Tom she admitted in pitiful voice." (Fitzgerald ,pg.133) They even have a child together. Tom has gave Daisy almost everything she has desired like wealth and fame. " the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued st three hundred and fifty thousand dollars."(Fitzgerald, pg.76). Tom and Daisy belong together because they think and desire the same things.]]> 2019-02-06 16:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328325832 Megan Locklear https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328325918 In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott FItzgerald establishes a negative tone. Throughout the book, the tone can be described as pessimistic.  "Auto hit her. Ins'antly killed." (Fitzgerald, 139) Myrtle's death is a great example that helps to set the tone of the book. Throughout the entire story, Myrtle is never content with her situation, and she always tries her best to escape her reality, and live a life more extravagant than the one of her current situation. When she dies, she was miserable and she never quite accomplished what she wanted. This sets a pessimistic tone in the novel to show that some might go their whole lives in an attempt to make it better, only to end up dying in a miserable situation.]]> 2019-02-06 16:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328325918 Kyle Nester https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328325927 Daisy should end up with Gatsby in the end. Tom is abusive and daisy doesnt love him like she loves Gatsby. Gatsby feels the same way and he tries to get inbetween tom and daisy as much as he can. " He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy." Gatsby talks to nick about her a lot and them two together would make the most sense given tom and daisy's relationship. "Neither of them can stand the person they’re married to…. What I say is, why go on living with them if they can’t stand them? If I was them I’d get a divorce and get married to each other right away." Daisy should divorce tom and go with Gatsby and then Myrtle and tom could get together.]]> 2019-02-06 16:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328325927 Fynn Reinard https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328326120 In the book 'The Great Gatsby' the Author Scott Fitzgerald uses a more darker, cynical or greedy tone in his story about Nick. A good example for the more darker setting is the death of Myrtle  "Auto hit her. Ins'antly killed" (Michaelis, p.139).
Her death is sad, dark, and happened out of nowhere. In the book are may characters that give the story a cynical or greedy back tone like Tom buying Myrtle a dog "I want to get one of these dogs, I want one for the apartment" (Myrtle, p.27), she just wants that dog because tom can pay it for her.
But also Gatsby he's trying to get Daisy to fall in love with him and to get divorced from Tom "I did love him once – but I loved you too" (Daisy, p.132), "Daisy's leaving you" (Gatsby to Tom, p. 133).]]> 2019-02-06 16:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328326120 Morgan Fischer https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328326550 In 'The Great Gatsby' F. Scott Fitzgerald's tone is negative, cynical and pessimistic. For example,  when Daisy says "I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." [Fitzgerald 17]" He wrote Daisy to be negative about everything, she was melodramatic. She just had a child, and the first thing she says when she's talking about her daughter is how unhappy Daisy was with her situation. Throughout the whole book it has been an ongoing theme with all the characters. Myrtle wants to fix her situation, Daisy is cynical about her child and husband, Gatsby longs for Daisy's love, there's no end.]]> 2019-02-06 16:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328326550 Hannah Grzelinski https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328326815 Daisy be with Gatsby because he bought a house directly across from her, and everything he does is for her. He throws extravagant parties in the hopes that she will go, all the items in his house are for her, and he tells Nick that he will take the blame if anyone finds out she's the one who killed Myrtle. While he forces Daisy to say untrue things to Tom, like that she never loved him, I think that Gatsby wants what is best for Daisy. Which, in his opinion, is himself. After the fight in the city, Gatsby waits for Daisy outside her house, presumably to make sure she is safe. But Gatsby is also too good for her. He does and gives everything for her, and she doesn't care whatsoever. She is too self-absorbed to notice the things he does for her. Her and Tom Would be a better pair together, because they are both cynical, and while they aren't unhappy, they are also not happy. "They weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale-and yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture." (Fitzgerald, 145). Daisy knows that she could have either one of them, because they'll both giver her whatever she wants, but she doesn't truly care about either one of them. After Myrtle's accident, Daisy didn't care if Gatsby took the fall for her, as long as it meant she didn't get blamed. ]]> 2019-02-06 16:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328326815 Savanna Carpenter https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328326817   I wish I could say I wanted Daisy to end up with Gatsby but he is to good for her. He waited years to be with her so I can see why they should be together, but Daisy is too conceited and self revolved that she wouldn't be able to give Gatsby the love he's always wanted. Because of this, Tom and Daisy deserve each other and they both know that, "They weren't happy and yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together." . This scene was right after the accident, and after Gatsby said he'd take the fall for Daisy. She didn't care what would happen to Gatsby as long as she wasn't blamed and had someone there with her (Tom) at the end of the night. She knows that with either of them, she would get whatever she wants whenever she asks.]]> 2019-02-06 16:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328326817 Nick Lawson https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328327279 Throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, 'The Great Gatsby', his tone is shown to be depressing. During the story, the tone could be described as gloomy. "Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes." (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 86). Throughout the story, Fitzgerald uses certain words that make the story have a darker tone, such as tragically, or distraught, and also short phrases like 'Pale as Death'. Fitzgerald does this to make the reader understand that the story isn't always just lighthearted fun like Gatsby's parties, but also dark and depressing, like Myrtle being hit by the car.]]> 2019-02-06 16:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328327279 Grendha Caruzo grendhacaruzo78 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328327702 the most part of the people that ready The Great Gatsby  wants that Daisy could stay with Gatsby because in the most part of the book we ready that his life turn around her and he always do the things for make her happy "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." (page 63).  and Daisy is not happy with Tom because is very easy to  see the way that he talk with her and the way he treats her "You see I think everything's terrible anyhow."(page 17).]]> 2019-02-06 16:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328327702 alexis adkins https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328327894 Gatsby should stay with Daisy because he has put so much effort into seeing her. tom has done little to nothing for daisy. tom will continue to find other women all over the city and will not respect daisy. Gatsby on the other hand does deserve her because he will actually try to keep her happy. daisy should choose Gatsby because her lifestyle wouldn't change. tom and Gatsby both have wealth to make sure daisy has what she wants. however daisy should be with Gatsby no matter what he has.]]> 2019-02-06 16:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328327894 Rohan Snyder https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328327957 2019-02-06 16:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328327957 Venee Valdivia https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328328401 In the book, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald makes the tone in the story negative. One of the characters says,"that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool" (Fitzgerald 17). The way the characters speak is shown to be depressing and dull. Throughout the story, the characters complain about how unhappy they are with their living situations. The story doesn't have many happy moments.]]> 2019-02-06 16:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328328401 Aaron Karsten https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328328872 Daisy should be with Gatsby because Gatsby's love for her in stronger than anyone else. Gatsby bought a home across from hers just to be near Daisy, the things that are inside of his home were bought in hopes Daisy would like them, he threw a party in her honor. All these things are nothing when you realize Gatsby is willing to throw his life away for Daisy by taking the blame for Myrtle's death. This shows how much Gatsby truly cares about Daisy and what she means to him. Compared to Tom who was having an ongoing affair with Mrytle and barley gives Dasiy any attention. DAisys desire to be with Gatsby is clearly shown to like when they were at the Buchanan house and Tom had just left the room "As he left the room again she got up and went over to Gatsby and pulled his face down, kissing him on the mouth." (Fitzgerald, Pg. 117). Another extent of Gatsby takes to prove his love is firing his whole staff and replacing them all this for "I wanted somebody who wouldn't gossip. Daisy comes quite often--in the afternoons." (Fitzgerald, Pg. 114). He does this to allow Dais and him to be together in love like they should be. ]]> 2019-02-06 16:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328328872 Hannah Kane hkane7413 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328329434 Tom and Gatsby are both living the American dream, but both see it in very different ways. The American dream the was that wealth is power, and the wanted all the wealth they could get. Now you cant really live the American dream, because every ones' 'American Dream' is different. "'Why---' she said hesitantly, 'Toms got some woman in New York.'"]]> 2019-02-06 16:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328329434 Kayla Alexander https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328329790 the tone seems to constantly switch up depending which character he is talking about coming from nicks perspective. the way he speaks about daisy its more of a kinder way then he speaks of tome or Gatsby. with Gatsby he is more iffy because Gatsby we cant tell all the time how he is feeling.]]> 2019-02-06 16:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328329790 Ethan schulte https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328329975 In the book, The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald's tone starts out happy the turns negative the further you go on in the book. when you begin the book it gives you background information on people and what they do such as throwing parties or having the neighbors over for dinner. Then after meetings all the characters you begin to learn their problems such as Tom having an affair with Myrtle. "If I was them i'd get a divorce and get married to each other right away."- myrtles sister; This one problem results to even worse problems such as Daisy leaving Tom and Myrtle getting killed by a car. Fitzgerald presents the affair a little earlier in the book and makes worse overtime to show how one bad problems can lead to even worse scenarios.]]> 2019-02-06 16:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328329975 David Andrews https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328330250 Daisy should end up with Gatsby because of his undying love for her even though she moved past him and married someone else. Gatsby's love for Daisy is the most love that anyone can ever give her. Everything he has done after she married tom has been for Daisy his house is right across from her house and Gatsby planned for it to be that way."Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."(Fitzgerald, 78) Every thing that Gatsby owns is for Daisy to show her what could have if she was with him. Even the biggest thing he does is for Daisy the parties he throws that are massive he throws just so hopefully one day she might show and when she said she didn't like the party Gatsby Stopped throwing them."She didn't like it... She didn't have a good time." (Fitzgerald,109) " Its was when curiosity about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night." (Fitzgerald,113) Everything that Gatsby does is more than enough to show how much he loves Daisy which makes him more deserving of Daisy then Tom]]> 2019-02-06 16:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328330250 Kyle Nester https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328330959 In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald makes the tone of the story very dark and depressing. There are few happy scenes in the book and the author tries to build up hope so that when there is a tragic scene, it is more dramatic and meaningful. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." (Pg. 153-154 F. Scott Fitzgerald) In this quote specifically, Gatsby explains how he is fighting off his own demons along with everyone else. This shows that everyone in this story has a dark tone to them. It is almost mysterious in a way.]]> 2019-02-06 16:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328330959 Hannah Grzelinski https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328332071 Throughout the book, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses a melancholy and depressing tone. "... ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens: where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air." (Fitzgerald, 23) He uses imagery here to show that the area is very depressing and gloomy and glum, making it appear as though the valley of ashes is a mysterious area and the people are depressed. "The "death car" as the newspapers called it, didn't stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment, and then disappeared around the next bend." (Fitzgerald, 137). This takes a melancholy tone talking about how the car just came out and hit Myrtle, without ever stopping. ]]> 2019-02-06 16:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328332071 Christina Morgan https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328332828 I believe Gatsby should end up with Daisy instead of Tom. Gatsby goes out of his way to do nothing but impress her. He cares about her a lot. When Daisy ran over Myrtle he was only concerned about Daisy. Gatsby even stayed at her house till she went to bed. " I want to wait here till Daisy goes to bed(145)." All of the items in the house are there to impress Daisy. He also bought his house right across from hers. He also never stopped loving her even when he went to Oxford. " i have a man in England who buys me clothes. He sends over a selection of things at the beginning of each season, spring and fall(92)." Gatsby should most definitely end up with Daisy. ]]> 2019-02-06 16:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328332828 Taylor Kenyon https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328332985 F. Scott Fitzgerald adds both Tom and Gatsby as possible love interests for Daisy, but only one of these people is truly suitable for Daisy's character. Tom and Daisy should stay together at the end of The Great Gatsby. "I'm just going to wait here and see if he tries to bother her about that unpleasantness this afternoon" (Fitzgerald, 144). Gatsby goes too far out of his way to show Daisy that he loves her, but Daisy can never return his affection. Not only that, but he is willing to stay up all night for her while she is with Tom, her husband; Daisy has never once gone out of her way to do something for Gatsby like he has done for her several times. Daisy doesn't show her appreciation for the countless things that Gatsby has done to make her life better. Daisy deserves to be with Tom: someone that shares many values and characteristics with her. "There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together" (Fitzgerald, 145). Tom and Daisy share many characteristics: they are both pessimistic, and have the ability to push the blame on other people and not be troubled while doing it. After Myrtle's death, neither of them take the blame or show any remorse; both making sure they are not guilty or even a suspect. Daisy could never give Gatsby what he gives her, but she should remain with Tom because they are equall]]> 2019-02-06 16:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328332985 Savanna Carpenter https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328333081   There is always a foreshadowing in F. Scott FItzgerald's tone through out the book. Is he telling the truth or is he lying most of the time? That's how he wanted to portray the story. He wanted the readers to make their own theories and accusations on the characters until he decided to throw them in and let readers make new assumptions. His foreshadowing plays a lot in the tone of the book, he could be gloom and creepy one chapter, "but above they gray land... eyes of Doctor TJ. Eckleburg..." (pg. 23 FItzgerald), and then ecstatic the next with the parties etc. ut is it all lies because its from Nick's point of view or is he always telling the truth? ]]> 2019-02-06 16:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328333081 Megan Locklear https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328333290 Over the option of Tom and Gatsby, I believe that Daisy should end up with Gatsby. Gatsby is a more caring, kind, and sympathetic gentleman who would treat Daisy better than Tom. Even though Gatsby and Daisy aren't in a relationship, Gatsby still cares deeply for her, and wants only the best for her. "I'm just going to wait here and see if he tries to bother her about that unpleasantness this afternoon." (Fitzgerald, 144) Gatsby would sacrifice anything for Daisy to make sure that she is content and happy. After all, Gatsby bought an entire house just so he could be across from Daisy. "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." (Fitzgerald, 78) Tom does not treat Daisy with respect, and he is more concerned about himself than her well-being. In the end, Daisy would be happier and value life more if she were with Gatsby.]]> 2019-02-06 16:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328333290 Morgan Fischer https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328334032 I believe Daisy belongs with Gatsby opposed  to Tom. Daisy seems like she would be more happy and fulfilled in a life with Gatsby then one with Tom. For example, when Jordan tells Nick "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." [Fitzgerald 78]" Gatsby bought a mansion, and worked very hard to be there just so he could be closer to Daisy. Also, Nick stated "It was when curiosity about Gatsby was at it highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night--..." [Fitzgerald 113]" The only reason Gatsby threw his extravagant parties was because of Daisy, so when he found out she didn't like it he quit throwing them. Gatsby would do anything for Daisy, my question is why would you be with a man who cheats and is never there over and man who would do anything for you. ]]> 2019-02-06 16:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328334032 Nick Lawson https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328335461 Daisy should end up with Gatsby. Gatsby has put 5 years into being with Daisy, while Tom on the other hand has been cheating on her since they were married. Tom is an abusive, racist, sexist, and cruel man, while Gatsby has been shown to be a mysterious, generally kind man. "Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose open with his open hand." (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 37). This shows how Tom is abusive, even if not to Daisy. ""He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times a life." (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 48). This shows Gatsby to be a kind man, which is better suiting for Daisy. In my eyes, Daisy and Gatsby should be together.]]> 2019-02-06 16:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328335461 Taylor Brown https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328335503 I believe Daisy should be with Gatsby because you can tell she loves him by the way she defends him in chapter 7. "He isn't causing a row," Daisy looked desperately from one to the other. "You're causing a row. Please have a little self-control." (Fitzgerald, 129). Gatsby cares about Daisy a lot, enough to buy a house to just to be next to her and makes sure shes okay. "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." (Fitzgerald, 78). He bought everything in his house for her or because of her. They have this type of old love that can never be replaced or forgotten. They will always love each other even if they are with other people. She would be treated better if she was with Gatsby, like she is actually worth something and isn't just some girl. She would actually be happy and not be so cynical all the time. They could both be very happy with each other instead of faking their happiness with money. ]]> 2019-02-06 16:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328335503 alexis adkins https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328335540 The tone of The Great Gatsby goes from cheerful to depressing in a matter of seconds. The party for instance, they were all happy and getting along to fighting because of mrs.wilson and tom bickering. The great Gatsby is a mostly sad story.
 There is a lot of fighting and tension. there is fighting with tom and daisy. Also there was tension from daisy and gatsby.]]> 2019-02-06 16:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328335540 Savannah Nguyen https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328339114 In The Great Gatsby, F.Scott  Fitzgerald's tone goes from mysterious and cheery to dark and depressing. "At this point Jordan and I tried to go, but Tom and Gatsby insisted with competitive firmness that we remain as though neither of them had anything to conceal and it would be a privilege to partake vicariously of their emotions." (Fitzgerald, pg.131) Fitzgerald starts the story with like Everyone is happy and enjoying themselves. Then  it takes a turn where you start to find out the truth about people. Fitzgerald was also build up anticipation and the tension with it's the hottest day Gatsby is being confronted by Tom and fighting. Also to make it more dramatic Myrtle dies.]]> 2019-02-06 16:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328339114 David Andrews https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328342471 The tone in The Great Gatsby is a tone that can changer very rapidly and very often from serious to a dark and cynical in and instant. When F. Scott Fitzgerald is describing The Valley of Ashes we get out first sight of the dark side of The Great Gatsby." Occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes up to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud..."(Fitzgerald, 23). This type of writing makes the reader feel like the land that they are in seem almost lifeless unbearable to live in but the people still live on. Most of the time through the book the lines are neutral and or serious. "  His voice faded off and tom glanced impatiently around the garage." (Fitzgerald, 25) The book mainly contains serious text describing something and how people look in detail leaving almost nothing to the imagination painting a clear image of what is happening and how it looks. ]]> 2019-02-06 16:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328342471 Aaron Karsten https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328343764 Fitzgerald keeps a somber melancholy tone throughout his book The Great Gatsby. "This is a valley of ashes -- a fantastic farm where shes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powerdry air" ( Fitzgerald, Pg. 23). This use of imagery creates a dark and lonely setting for our characters to interact with. Fitzgerald shows us this place as a mysterious area and also sets a tone for the book as he continues to use a somber tone. " "The death" car as newspapers called it; didn't stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment, and then disappeared around the next bend." ( Fitzgerald, Pg. 137). this is another example of the bleak somber tone taken by Fitzgerald. Rather than explaining this event through a character who might have an emotional connection he uses the newspaper to tell us this shocking depressing event. This removes the emotions and pain of a charter and leaves the reader with the sad cold truth. Fitzgerald use of a somber melancholy tone helps makes The Great Gatsby such a master piece because it allows the reader to understand the situations and emotions of the characters.]]> 2019-02-06 16:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328343764 Taylor Brown https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328344131 In the book 'The Great Gatsby' written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the narrator is Nick and it very hard to tell his tone throughout the story. The tone of the book varies throughout depending on the characters Nick is talking about at the time. It can be a very cynical tone and then change to the tone of love and heroism. This tone reflects the contradictory aspects of Nick. "I'd be damned if I'd go in; I'd had enough of all of them for one day, and suddenly that included Jordan too." (Fitzgerald, 142). "He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes." (Fitzgerald, 90). When Nick talks about Jordan or Tom he is cynical aspect of them, or when he talks about Daisy he makes her out to be this materialistic girl. When it comes to Gatsby and Daisy's love, his tone changes drastically. He start having a more loving tone towards them because deep down he knows they love each other very much. The tone of the book is hard to grasp at first because there is so much going on in the book. Everyone's tone changes with the event that has happened in the book.]]> 2019-02-06 16:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328344131 Ethan Schulte https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328344551 Daisy should most definitely end being with Gatsby because he was her first love but he was too poor and could not raise a family. But he worked very hard and achieved many things to get where he is now, he owns one of the finest mansions in the city and throws the most extravagant parties to try to win his girl back. Plus the person Daisy is with is already cheating on her, Gatsby would never want to hurt Daisy like that. ]]> 2019-02-06 16:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328344551 Hannah Kane hkane7413 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328344584 The Tone switches up throughout the book, depending on the character talking, from nicks Point Of View. Daisy is spoken of better in the tone of Gatsby. Gatsby is more unsure about, because we never know if its true of not, or how hes really feeling. Nobody really knows the real truth about Gatsby. 'The two girls and Jordan leaned together confidently."somebody told me they thought he killed a man once.'' (Fitzgerald 44)]]> 2019-02-06 16:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328344584 Grendha Caruzo grendhacaruzo78 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328348825 the tone of the book is very wide variety, F. Scott Fitzgerald make the reader have different feelings for the character's and the one that is always change is with Gatsby because we have some funny parts, suspense, and curiosity."you're action like a little boy."(page 88) and "somebody told me they thought he killed a man once."(page 44) the author always make the ready believe in something about the character and in the most part he change the truth.
 ]]> 2019-02-06 16:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328348825 Venee Valdivia https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328348900 I believe that Gatsby should end up with Daisy. Throughout the book, Gatsby shows how he loves Daisy. For example, Gatsby says, "You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock" (Fitzgerald 92). Gatsby moved into a house across from hers and watches the green light. He wanted her to know he still thinks about her and cares about her. In the story, Gatsby looks after Daisy multiple times. Gatsby says, "I'm just going to wait here and see if he tries to bother her about that unpleasantness this afternoon" (Fitzgerald 144). Gatsby wouldn't have waited if he didn't care about her. It is obvious that Gatsby treats Daisy better than her own husband does. Gatsby deserves to end up with Daisy ]]> 2019-02-06 16:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328348900 Chris I. https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328355272  In all books, authors signify a tone in the story that helps to let the reader know the authors' attitude and feelings toward the story. In the book, The Great Gatsby, author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the reader a sad and subdued tone. In the text, a woeful mood is set when Tom and Gatsby fight over Daisy, and when Daisy is asked who she truly loves, she admits unwillingly, whom she has always loved. “She looked at him blindly. ‘Why, —how could I love him—possibly?’ ‘You never loved him.’ She hesitated. Her eyes fell on Jordan and me with a sort of appeal, as though she realized at last what she was doing—and as though she had never, all along, intended doing anything at all. But it was done now. It was too late. ‘I never loved him,’ she said, with perceptible reluctance. ‘Not at Kapiolani?’ demanded Tom suddenly. ‘No.’ ”(Fitzgerald,141). Moreover, to dampen the mood, even more, the reader is taken to the Valley of Ashes, where we see Wilson and his wife coming to terms with the realization that Myrtle is cheating on him with Tom.  Wilson, in anguish, locks his wife in a room as she cries out in anger and fear; “ ‘Beat me!’ he heard her cry. ‘Throw me down and beat me, you dirty little coward!’ “ (Fitzgerald, 146). However, moments later, tragedy befalls her. "A moment later she rushed out into the dusk, waving her hands and shouting; before he could move from his door, the business was over.”(Fitzgerald,147) “Myrtle Wilson’s body wrapped in a blanket and then in another blanket as though she suffered from a chill in the hot night lay on a work table by the wall and Tom, with his back to us, was bending over it, motionless.”(Fitzgerald,148). The reason the evidence portrays the tone is that both show a melancholic tone with Daisy with fear in her voice, finally expressing how she never loved her husband, and with Myrtle’s secret coming out and paying the price for it soon after. In conclusion, with the evidence shown, there is a clear understanding that F. Scott Fitzgerald meant for his tone to be a miserable and depressing one, with the way he steps up the stories events. 

]]> 2019-02-06 16:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328355272 Hannah Kane hkane7413 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328357895 Gatsby and Daisy should end up together. Gatsby loves her still, and she regrets marrying Tom.]]> 2019-02-06 16:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328357895 Hannah Kane hkane7413 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328364275 The green light represents Gatsby's love for Daisy, it symbolizes Daisy. "... and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been the end of a dock."]]> 2019-02-06 17:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328364275 Fynn Reinhard https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328368877 Daisy should end up With Gatsby in the end. He truly loves her he shows that with multiple actions like moving into a house so he can see hers in the distance. He mentions it some times and tells her it in a more indirect way "You loved me too." (Gatsby, p.132). Tom on the other hand had an affair with Myrtle and cheated on Daisy. He did a bad job hiding it since Daisy and every one knows...unfinished srry]]> 2019-02-06 17:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328368877 Chris I. https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328596723 In the book The Great Gatsby, a feud brews in its pages with the battle of love between Gatsby and Tom who are fighting over their ‘love’, Daisy Buchanan, who is in turn married to her husband Tom, but shares deep feelings for her past love who has since came back into her life, Jay Gatsby. Throughout the novel, it is shown countless times the wrongs Tom lays on for Daisy, so the reader would be willing to assume that her true love would be her Gatsby, the man who gives her all she wants and all the attention she so rightfully deserves. Wrong. In this essay, I will state the reason why Daisy should not end up with neither Tom or Gatsby, regardless of what F. Scott Fitzgerald has set the story to be like. In the text, it is shown many times where Tom, Daisy's husband, is an all-around terrible human being, from being blatantly racist,  “The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.” (Fitzgerald, 16). To even cheating on his wife as well as hitting his mistress, “‘Tom’s got some woman in New York.’ “(Fitzgerald, 18), “Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.” (Fitzgerald, 41). As for Gatsby, he doesn’t seem to be any more deserving. He has been shown to lie about his past so much to even lie about where his money came from and even his name. “I suppose he'd had the name ready for a long time, even then. His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people—his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God – a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that – and he must be about His Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty. So, he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end. “(Fitzgerald,105). Not to mention how he puts Daisy in uncomfortable situations just to one-up Tom, knowing well how Daisy is terrified about the altercation they are having. “ ‘Daisy, that’s all over now,’ he said earnestly. ‘It doesn’t matter anymore. Just tell him the truth—that you never loved him—and it’s all wiped out forever.’ She looked at him blindly. ‘Why,—how could I love him—possibly?’ ‘You never loved him.’ She hesitated. “(Fitzgerald, 141). Due to the evidence shown, it is clear why Daisy does not belong to be with either of them. Tom is a sexist, racist, man who is already cheating on her and Gatsby is a manipulative liar who may or may not have lied and manipulated his way into getting Daisy to fall in love with him. In conclusion, Daisy does not deserve to be with either Jay or Tom due to their flaws and the way they bring her down without her being aware of it. Daisy should most likely find a man with personality and a good track record instead of choosing one with the most money. ]]> 2019-02-07 05:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328596723 Stephanie Macias kittyruki14 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328832737 i think daisy should be with no one because daisy should be with someone who loves her for her looks and that she isn't really trying to get them for there money daisy should see the person for who they are and not the money love is very priceless love can make you better or break you so daisy shouldn't see man for there money and she should look for someone else who loves her and would do anything for her. ]]> 2019-02-07 16:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328832737 Samantha Ratliff https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328836535 In the story "The Great Gatsby" uses characters and acts to show us what people in the past thought the American dream is could have been and what the ultimate definition of the american dream really was. In the book The Great Gatsby the idea of the American dream is corrupted as it is today The American dream back the entailed wealth,extravagance,and all around selfishness. Those American dream standards are more or less on the same lines as they were before. The only difference now is the wanting a dream job.]]> 2019-02-07 16:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328836535 Stephanie Macias kittyruki14 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328838087 the tone that F. Scott is going for is that in his life time hes seen lot of things happen to people like that 
 in the book it says that daisy cant pick who she loves and can think on who has the more money
in life it is very hard to live without money but daisy should really think about who loves her more and has done everything for her ]]> 2019-02-07 16:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328838087 Samantha Ratliff https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328840154 As the class went through the "The Great Gatsby" we learn that Daisy and Gatsby had a love connection before Gatsby left to fight in the war. By the time Gatsby returns he finds that Daisy has been married to Tom. This doesn't stop Gatsby from loving Daisy. Although both men made things harder on Daisy she could have chosen to be single or found someone else to be with leaving both Tom and Gatsby to themselves. Tom just isn't Daisy's type while Tom has a cruel form and hardened sense Daisy is sweet and soft.]]> 2019-02-07 16:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328840154 https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328844291 2019-02-07 16:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328844291 Samantha Ratliff https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328845317 In the story The Great Gatsby we find out that Gatsby is still in love with Daisy. In the story we find out that Gatsby sees a green light at the end of his dock which represents Daisy and how she is so close yet so far from him.]]> 2019-02-07 16:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328845317 Samantha Ratliff https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328858926 The tone Fitzgerald sets in The Great Gatsby is mixed between sadness,depression,and the ever slight present joy. This book has more depression then i'v seen in any other book i'v read in my life so far. Although in the midst of all the drama and sadness there is joy with a romance between Gatsby and Daisy.]]> 2019-02-07 17:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/328858926 Kyah Stoker kyahalexis https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/329009940 The green light represents Daisy. It could mean Gatsby's love for Daisy and his envy that he isn't there with her or Daisy in general. He reaches out so he can reach out to her and be closer to her.]]> 2019-02-07 22:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/329009940 Kyah Stoker kyahalexis https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/329042155 Gatsby should be the one with Daisy. He fell deep in love with her from the very beginning. Tom has been seen to cheat on Daisy, and though he said he will treat her better, It's assumed it would still be the same. Gatsby though, He fell in love with her when he met her. He wanted to give her everything, So he waited until he grew in fortune. He bought a house just to be across from her, He threw a party every week just hoping she would wander by,  He didn't dance or flirt with any other female. He only cared about her. He took the blame for her killing Myrtle, He stayed to watch for her to make sure she was okay, He stayed in danger where he could've gotten arrested just in hope to wait for her. 

]]> 2019-02-08 01:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/329042155 Kyah Stoker kyahalexis https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/329069582 The american dream is shown at the front, but deeply, it isn't true and seems not real. Gastby is living it with a big house, rich while being very successful but he is unhappy because he doesn't have the one he loves. Tom and Daisy are happily married with a child and wealth with a big house, but are still unhappy because Tom constantly cheats on Daisy. I think the american dream is made with the vision of wealth and happiness, they have wealth, but no happiness. ]]> 2019-02-08 04:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/329069582 Kyah Stoker kyahalexis https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/331584693 Fitzgerald uses a gloomy tone most of the time. From where it is most present in The Valley of Ashes where it was given a extra gloomy description and it heavily matches up with the grey and depressed characters. Even when the tone is happy like when Daisy and Gastby get to see each other, it's still sad because us as readers know that Daisy is cheating on Tom.]]> 2019-02-15 01:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kmarshall29/uu6mbpjmmaw1/wish/331584693