literature analysis

The Great Gatsby

General

1)The Great Gatsby was about a man with the name of Jay Gatsby.  He lived all alone in this big house and he always had huge parties in hopes that hed be invited to someone elses party.  He  had a neighbor with the name of Nick.  Gatsby and Nick because friends and were always together.  Nick knew a guy named tom who had a wife with the name of Daisey.  Tom was cheating on Daisey with his mistress in New York.  Gatsby and Daisey met through  Nick and it turned out that Gatsby and Daisey knew each other and havent seen one another in 5 years.  They used to be lovers and Gatsby has been looking for her ever since they parted.  Daisey was put in the middle of a fight  between Tom and Gatsby because she loved both of them and wanted to be with both of them but she couldnt be.  Daisey went to a party with everbody and it just turned really bad because tom and Gatsby was fighting about Daisey and to see who would get her.  Tom left and took Gatcbys car while gatsby took his.  A lady was hit by a car and killed and it ended up being Daisey because she was with Gatsby and the womens husband thought it was Gatsby so he went to his house while he was swimming and killed him.  Nick Tried having a funneral for Gatsby but nobody wanted to go.

2)The theme of the book would have to be just to move on. Gatsby didnt move on and it resulted in hium dieing.  If he would have just forgot anout Daisey or just left her alone when he found out she was married everything would have been fine and he would have still been living.

3)I think that the author had a very determined tone.  He wouldnt stop at anything until Gatsby had Daisey.  He added so many conflicts to get her to be with him and showed how much love can take a person to take the most extremities.

4)Foreshadowing- In the begining of the story there was a foreshadow of the car accident that ended up happening toward the end of the story.

Climax- The climax of the story was when Tom and Gatsby had Daisey decide who she wanted to be with and they were fighting about who she loved and who she was going to choose.

Flashback- Tom was having flashbacks of all the happy times that he and Daisey had and how much he thought they were in love when in reality Daisey didnt love him.

Mood- The mood of the story was very tense because there was so much conflict between everybody because everyone had some type of secrete that everyone knew but they didnt want to admit it.

Characterization

1)Gatsby was an indirect character because we thought that he was just a partier and was very stuck up but in the end we found out that he was very caring and all he wanted to do was find the woman that he loved.  Daisey was an indirect character because at first she was really quite and just really sweet but we were able to see the side of her that no one thought they would.  she cheated on Tom and loved Gatsby too.  She wasnt so quiet anymore she wanted everyone to know how she really felt.  Nick was a direct character he was just the guy who wasnt to talkative and was just there.  Tom was also a direct character because he was a jerk all the way all the time. 

2)The Authors syntax does change toward Gatsby because at first he was a normal rich guy but in the end he was sincere and loving

3)The protagonist was a dynamic character.  He went through a lot by losing the one he loves and having to go on a journrey to find her.
4)When i was done reading this book i really felt like I had met Gatsby he had so much going for him and all that he had been through just made me see how he felt.