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=//**KASIA SYKUS, STEPH GORMAN AND TAYLOR BLINCO**//= GREAT GATSBY BREAK DOWN

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1. Where can the Fitzgerald quotation be found? How does obsession figure as a theme in //The Great Gatsby//? Who is obsessed with whom? What is compelling about the object of desire, whether it be Daisy, Gatsby, or Myrtle? Why is obsession so easily commercialized? Quote: "He knew that when he kissed this girl... his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete." Page 107 of the Penguin publish of The Great Gatsby Throughout the novel it is evident that obsession proves as a reocurring theme in The Great Gatsby. Wether it is scene in obsession of wealth, commodities, social stance, power or romantic affairs, the novel proves that obsession itself will lead to corruption, failure and loss. It is clear that Jay Gatsby is obesessed with Daisy Buchanan, with his obsession of wealth and social elitism and his inability in forget the past motivated him to purse Daisy despite their history, by hosting elaborate parties and what not to lure Daisy in. For Gatsby, love is a will to posess, and he already has everything he needs, even with all his wealth he refers to his materialistic objects as just mere posessions, all he needs is to posess a girl. But because Daisy was married, it was impossible for she and Gatsby to be together, but this did not stop them from secretly flirting. However, as the novel comes to an end, Gatsby's 'love' for Daisy turns into a fierce lust, and when lust becomes an obsession it can be detrimental to one. Gatsby over analyzes every thing Daisy does, he wanted her so much it consumed him. Myrtle is obsessed with social climbing through Tom because she feels her life lacks depth and interest. Obsession is what compels the characters to desire people and possessions, social stance and power as previously mentioned perhaps that's why obsession is so easily commercialized.
 * < CHARACTER ||< DESCRIPTIVE PHRASE ||< MEMORABLE QUOTE ||< BEST QUALITY ||< WORST QUALITY ||
 * < NICK ||< Narrator of novel. Ex WWI veteran Honest and unprejudiced. ||< In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had." ||< Humble ||< Too tolerant of people ||
 * < GATSBY ||< Wealthy, rich man, bootlegger, willing to do anything to gain social recognition, in love with Daisy. ||< 'Can't repeat the past? Of course you can!' ||< Smart ||< Selfish ||
 * < DAISY ||< She is somewhat cynical, and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband’s constant infidelity. ||< 'I've never seen such beautiful shirts before.' ||<  ||< Materialistic ||
 * < JORDAN ||< Boyish, chronic liar, do anything for social stance, romantically involved with Nick. ||< 'You're from the Midwest. Can't you distract us with some insight about crops?' ||< Beautiful ||< Self-centred, dishonest, cheater. ||
 * < MYRTLE ||< Married to George. Wants more out of life, finds Tom but he only treats her like a sex object. ||< "Beat me! Throw me down and beat me, you dirty little coward!" ||< Her idea of the American Dream is to be a trophy wife. ||<  ||
 * < TOM ||< Daisy's extremely rich husband. Elite socialite. Hypocritical. Racist. Sexist. ||< Couldn't find a quote, but a memorable moment; when he broke his mistresses nose for suggesting himself and Daisy were divorced, shows how much of a pig he is. ||< Zero, he is chauvinistic, misogynistic, a liar and a cheat, and MORALLY bankrupt. ||< He's entire being. ||
 * < GEORGE ||< Boring, married to Myrtle. Devoted husband. He's a big dreamer. ||< 'God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God' ||< Devoted ||< Too nice. ||
 * OBSESSION**

2. What other aspects of the book could be or already are commercialized? How are material things such as cars, clothes, houses, and even bodies described in the book? Jay Gatsby refers to his belongings as mere possessions as he is


 * POETRY**

**The Wasteland**
For a hypertext version of this poem please see [] “My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. “Speak to me. Why do you never speak. Speak. “What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? “I never know what you are thinking. Think.” I think we are in rats’ alley Where the dead men lost their bones. “What is that noise? ”The wind under the door. “What is that noise now? What is the wind doing? Nothing again nothing. “Do “You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember “Nothing?” I remember Those are pearls that were his eyes. “Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?”
 * II. A Game of Chess** (lines 111 – 126)

//Corruption of an ideal// //West Egg and East Egge, images of 'Edens'//
 * All of the following questions are to be answered in relation to the novel, ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald.**
 * (1)** If ‘a game of chess’ is a metaphor for a particular part of the novel, what could it possibly represent?

In a game of chess you play the moves, Gatsby tried to play some moves on Daisy, but she was already check mated.. ? lol

The character that mostly reflects the voice in the poem by T.S. Eliot reasembles Jay Gatsby, because of he's frustration with Daisy because he can't have her.
 * (2)** The voice within this poem is quite frantic and erratic. Which character’s voice do you think it most closely represents? Explain.

She turns and looks a moment in the glass, Hardly aware of her departed lover; Her brain allows one half-formed thought to pass: “Well now that’s done: and I’m glad it’s over.” When lovely woman stoops to folly and Paces about her room again, alone, She smoothes her hair with automatic hand, And puts a record on the gramophone.
 * III. The Fire Sermon** (lines 249 – 256)


 * (1)** How is the ‘lovely woman’ in this section of the poem similar to Daisy?
 * (2)** Do you think Daisy is shallow and foolish, or is it all an act? Explain

I have heard the key Turn in the door once and turn once only We think of the key, each in his prison Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison
 * V. What the Thunder Said** (lines 412 – 415) Dayadhvam:


 * (1)** What is the ‘prison’ that each individual character has created for themselves?
 * (2)** In your opinion, do any of the characters possess the key to freedom, or are they relying on other people to set them free?

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere  i go you go, my dear; and whatever is doneby only me is your doing, my darling) i fearno fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the budand the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which growshigher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
 * __i carry your heart__****by e. e cummings**

The idea of love is often present in the writing of e.e. cummings as an omnipotent power that has almost an unimaginable force behind it. The common theme of love is expressed though the incomprehensibility that is present in cummings poems. In what ways can links between the themes of The Great Gatsby and i carry your heart be made?

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