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Essay / Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby - 609
In the book The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald talks about Gatsby. Gatsby was a very strange and mysterious man. According to Doreski, “Gatsby was far from perfect in many ways, but overall it contains prose that has never been written in America before” (Doreski). Gatsby always throws very fancy parties that everyone attends. “I think the first night I went to Gatsby's house, I was one of the few guests who was actually invited. People weren't invited, they went (45). Nick received a real invitation to Gatsby's party and he is probably the only person who has ever received an invitation. Gatsby invited Nick because he wanted to get closer to him. Gatsby used Nick because he knew Daisy was his cousin and he wanted to see her. “Nick's cottage becomes the site of Gatsby's reunion with Daisy. The material world seems to recede as Gatsby "reevaluated everything in his house according to the measure of the response it elicited from his beloved eyes." The once cavernous mansion, familiar only when filled with strangers, becomes curiously intimate as lovers wander through its rooms (Doreski). Gatsby and Daisy seemed to return to where they left off very quickly. Plus, Gatsby was just as in love with her as before. Daisy and Gatsby had loved each other long before she met her husband Tom Buchanan. Gatsby plays the main role in the book even though it is a story narrated by Nick. According to Doreski, "Gatsby physically and spiritually dominates the second stage of Nick's narrative, in which it is confirmed, as Gatsby knew, that he and Nick were in 'ecstatic cahoots' all along" (Dorski). Gatsby plays the main role in the book even though it is a story narrated by Nick. Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, but...... middle of paper ......e didn't know much about him According to Baker, "after settling comfortably into his new surroundings, Nick goes to East Egg to have dinner with Tom and Daisy Buchanan and thus becomes innocently but inextricably involved in events that culminate in tragedy” (Baker). Nick had moved into his new house, then met Daisy and Tom and put drugs in their mess. Works Cited Baker, Charles R. "F. Scott Fitzgerald's the Great Gatsby." Classics of American Writers. Ed. Jay Parini. Flight. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 109-124. Gale Literary Resources. Internet. January 14, 2014.Doreski, CK "Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896—1940." American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies, Retrospective Supplement 1. Ed. A. Walton Litz and Molly Weigel. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. 97-120. Gale Literary Resources. Internet. January 14. 2014.