The Great Gatsby is set in four main settings. New York City, West Egg, East Egg and The Valley Of Ashes. East Egg represents the “old money”, which is money inherited from parents or relatives. East Egg is classifies upper class, they come from families who have always had money. People who live in East […]

Gatsby: Gatsby isn’t introduced until chapter 3 when he is shown as a gentlemen with a mystery to him.Gatsby’s character represents as a wealthy man who lives in a big house in East Egg, at least from the outside he is seen this way. Nick describes Gatsbys appearance as,“Gatsby, in a white flannel suit, silver […]

Fitzgerald paints Nick as a narrator and gives him certain qualities. The first one being is he is open-minded, we learn this in the first sentence of chapter 1. Nick says “My father gave me some advice that I have been turning over in my mind ever since”. The author uses an idiom phrase, “I […]

“It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it was a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man can store up in his ghostly heart.” 1.  This line […]

Fitzgerald shows a variety of people who came to Gatsbys house during the summer at the beginning of the chapter. Proving that well known people turned up to Gatsbys parties. All these names create a character. His life is fake because his guests no nothing about him and he knows nothing about them. Fitzgerald proves […]

Fitzgerald presents illusion in this chapter by showing how Toms “woman” acts when she is at the apartment in New York. She shows an attitude and an act of being a wealthy woman married to Tom and having everyone bow down to her. This becomes an illusion because in the real world she lives in […]

1.The advice given by Nicks father was “Whenever you feel like criticising  anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you have”. This piece of advice makes Nick a good person to tell the story because 2. West Egg is different to East Egg because West Egg is […]

The glowing medallion occupies the sky, shining down directly onto my bare shoulders, while the salt infused breeze dances subtly around me. I love this place; the exquisite art that hangs off the crisp, clean walls leaving my mind curiously asking what on earth the painting is of. Classical music that plays gently from the […]