what is the relationship between nick and gatsby?
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Towards the beginning of the book, Gatsby and Nick have a very reserved and cordial relationship. They are friendly, but Nick feels as though Gatsby is hiding something and that he can't be trusted. After Gatsby finds out that Nick is Daisy's cousin, they begin spending more time together.
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The main difference between Jay Gatsby and James Gatz is that James represents the past; the poor part of Gatsby's life, it represents struggle and something that Gatsby wants to forget. “Jay Gatsby” is the alter ego of James Gatz. They are the same person but the personality and their way of life is different.
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Gatsby and Daisy first met in Louisville in 1917; Gatsby was instantly smitten with her wealth, her beauty, and her youthful innocence. ... Before he left for the war, Daisy promised to wait for him; the two then slept together, as though to seal their pact.
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Tom admits in this chapter to sending George Wilson to Gatsby's house, claiming that it was an act of self-defense. Wilson would have killed Tom if Tom had not deflected the deranged man. To Tom, this is justification enough. To Nick, this is an indefensible admission of moral weakness and unforgivable selfishness.
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Answer and Explanation: In chapter two of Lord of the Flies, the relationship between Ralph and Jack is still friendly, although Ralph has been elected chief, a position Jack...
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Jay Gatsby's fortune is gained from illegal activities such as bootleg operations and stealing bonds while Dexter Green is an elite scholar who gains honest fortune by being an entrepreneur dealing with laundry. Another interesting difference is how the two men relate to their dreams at the end of these two stories.
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The Great Gatsby: Chapter 4 Summary. Sunday morning, people come back to Gatsby's. New rumors circulate – that Gatsby is a bootlegger and that he is the nephew of German General von Hindenburg (a successful military commander in the war). Nick makes a list of the people who came to Gatsby's parties that summer.
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Key Chapter 6 Quotes. Here is the clearest connection of Gatsby and the ideal of the independent, individualistic, self-made man – the ultimate symbol of the American Dream. It's telling that in describing Gatsby this way, Nick also links him to other ideas of perfection.
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In reality, however, Daisy falls far short of Gatsby's ideals. She is beautiful and charming, but also fickle, shallow, bored, and sardonic. Nick characterizes her as a careless person who smashes things up and then retreats behind her money.
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James Gatz transforms from an impoverished young man into a wealthy member of the social elite by completely altering his identity and amassing a fortune in the bootlegging industry. Jay Gatsby also transforms into a love-stricken, ambitious man with the goal of marrying Daisy after initially meeting her.
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Gatsby is in love with Daisy, but he loves her more for her status and what she represents to him (old money, wealth, the American Dream). ... Instead of loving Daisy as a person and seeking to understand her, he becomes carried away with his image of her and clings to it—a choice that leads to his downfall.
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Class and Social Standing. Nick is familiar with the ways of the old money crowd because of his own family's privilege and the fact that he is related to Daisy. Gatsby is not only self-made, but is a criminal who is desperate to pass as part of the old money elite without knowing its customs or rules of behavior.
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The simple answer is that Myrtle Wilson gets knocked down and killed by a speeding car driven by Daisy Buchanan. It is Gatsby's yellow Rolls-Royce that cuts down Myrtle as she runs out into the road, but Jay Gatsby himself is in the passenger seat.
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Jay Gatsby (originally James "Jimmy" Gatz)—a young, mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger), originally from North Dakota. ... According to Fitzgerald's wife Zelda, the character was based on the bootlegger and former World War I officer, Max Gerlach.
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Nick Carraway As Daisy Buchanan's cousin, he facilitates the rekindling of the romance between her and Gatsby.
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When Daisy bows her head and sobs into the shirts, she is displaying her interest in materialism. She doesn't cry because she has been reunited with Gatsby, she cries because of the pure satisfaction all his material wealth brings her. He has become a fitting way in which to get back at Tom.
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Gatsby's Corrupted Dream in F. ... Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby becomes wealthy to achieve his American Dream, but he fails to achieve it because of the corruption and disillusioning effects of materialistic society.