Step into The Great Gatsby’s jazz-lit haze, where “the orgastic future” fades to “dark fields.”
This category probes F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic with book quotes like “So we beat on…” and character voices—Nick’s “I’m one of the few honest people,” Gatsby’s “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!,” Daisy’s “I love you now,” Tom’s smug “common swindler,” and Jordan’s “tied to another.”
Through a cracked compass lens, explore their arcs—lure, ruin, and the East’s hollow shine—peeling back illusions with vivid prose and sharp insights into a mirage of wealth and wreckage.
George Wilson is a failed businessman who lives in a rundown garage on the outskirts of New York City. He’s married to Myrtle, Tom Buchanan’s mistress, and his mental instability leads to her death. While Wilson may not be a particularly sympathetic character, his quotes provide some insight into the dark side of the American […]
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Trapped in the desolate Valley of Ashes, Myrtle Wilson embodies raw vitality straining against the confines of class and circumstance in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. As George Wilson’s discontented wife and Tom Buchanan’s ill-fated mistress, Myrtle desperately seeks escape through materialism and a dangerous affair. Her fierce yearning for a more glamorous life
She’s cool, cynical, and captivatingly careless. Jordan Baker drifts through F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby as the quintessential modern woman of the Jazz Age elite. A professional golfer whose reputation is shadowed by rumors of cheating, Jordan navigates the wealthy social scene with an air of bored detachment. As Daisy Buchanan’s confidante and Nick
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As the keen-eyed narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway guides us through the dazzling yet morally fraught world of the Jazz Age. Initially positioning himself as an impartial observer, Nick becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of his wealthy Long Island neighbors. His journey from curious newcomer to disillusioned commentator provides
He’s arrogant, powerful, and hypocritical. Tom Buchanan looms large in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, embodying the entitlement and moral failings of the established ‘old money’ elite. As Daisy’s imposing husband and Gatsby’s antagonist, Tom wields his physical strength and inherited wealth with brutish confidence. His actions reveal a deep-seated racism, casual cruelty, and
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“Old sport.” This familiar phrase echoes through F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, spoken by its enigmatic figure, Jay Gatsby. His words are a carefully curated blend of charm, fabrication, and profound longing. Gatsby, the self-made millionaire, pours his immense wealth and carefully constructed persona into an obsessive love for Daisy Buchanan and a desperate
