Gatsby post 3

1) Is the final sentence possitive or negative in terms of does he mean we should keep trying or give up on our dreams?
I believe the final sentence is negative that he means we must give up on our dreams and move on because of Fitzgerald's own history. When he gives up on so many of his dreams like being a chemist and being truly rich like many of his friends. I think that it is pessimistic also because of the fact that Gatsby dies. If Gatsby reached Daisy and got her to come back to him I think that it would make sense that it was positive however I believe because he cannot reach her and dies it means that you cannot escape what you are today.
2) Who is Gatsby supposed to be symbolically?
I believe that Gatsby represents Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald throughout his life was possessed by ambitions he could never achieve we see this also in Gatsby's life with his striving for Daisy. He also at the time the was written had lost his love Zelda because he didn't have enough money for her just like Gatsby didn't have enough to keep Daisy. They also shared that they both wanted a past love. Eventually Fitzgerald married Zelda although sadly soon after they were married Zelda developed schizophrenia, however ay the time they were seperated and Fitzgerald was certain they would never be together
3) how effective was the use of symbolism in The Great Gatsby?
I believe that the symbolism in this book is extremely effective because there are so many ways to interpret each of the characters and the places. Gatsby, Nick, both eggs, the eyes, the valley of ashes all of which are symbolic of things and can be interpreted differently.
Gatsby and Nick are most commonly disputed however all these symbols are at least mildly disputed.
4. Why does Fitzgerald leave unfinished the last sentence of the second to last paragraph of the book?
I believe it was to create hope and show that hope doesn't cause something real that just because we want something bad enough doesn't mean we get it the entire book we root for Gatsby yet in the end he never reaches his goal he loses it and such does the sentence we build up hope.... Then never get the satisfaction of completion showing Fitzgerald's understanding of the human condition.

Gatsby blog 2

1) Wolfsheim as a character makes Gatsby a more humanized character He seems less godlike and perfect. He is very idealized by Nick but with the entrance of Wolfsheim Ushers in a sense of doubt of Gatsby's perfection.

2) It kind of explains Gatsby and his pressure to have these parties

3) it makes me respect him more the idea of coming back and trying to work your way back to your girl is so romantic

4) I like him more he feels more realistic you can see through the fog of Nick's beliefs of Gatsby to the real him and I like the real him better the idea of a person trying to get back their love.

Gatsby blog 1

I think that in the first three chapters nick is an antihero because as he says in the first few lines of pg 1 "[he]'s inclined to reserve all judgements" he is a good person over all but is sort of along for the ride never taking a very active role in the proceedings.

I think that daisy is a Villian she is self centered when he says on pg. 9 "daisys murmur was only to make people lean toward her" and when she says "I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything" and she seems to have no real positive qualities.

I think that Tom is a antihero he seems to be very morose and dark but I think that that's probably a cause of his circumstances that like it says on pg. 6 "one of those men who reach such acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward Davies of anticlimax"