Journal #21

There are many similarities in these two movies when it comes to the characterization, conflict, and theme. Some of the characters are really similar in these two movies like Joe and Gatsby, Daisy and Sugar, Jerry and Nick, and Tom and Osgood. Joe and Gatsby are similar because they both are chasing after the girl that everyone wants which is why Daisy and Sugar are similar. They are the girls that everyone wants even though Daisy is in a higher class than Sugar. Gatsby and Joe are also similar because they use wealth to try and impress their girls that they want. Only Gatsby actually has money and Joe is just pretending to have wealth. Nick and Jerry are similar because they are the outside looking in. They are very similar because they know the main characters and give insights into their lives. Osgood is related to Tom and Gatsby because they are all rich. Spats is related to Gatsby and Wolsheim because they all have a lot of wealth as well but they have gotten their wealth by doing scandalous things and organized crime. The conflicts are similar because there is a lot of dramatic irony in both of them because we know both women are men and we also know the love triangle going on in the “Great Gatsby”. The themes are similar because they all want to strive for something that they cannot have. Even though they both are chasing what they want it turns out very different for both of them in the end. Gatsby ends up paying his life for it but Joe gets a happy ending with his woman. These two movies are related even though they are very different genres and those are some of the reason as to why they are similar. 

Journal #20

Nick is describing the first time Jay saw Daisy which is when he was looking at the green light across the body of water. He would describe her as beautiful, elegant, and almost as royalty with the way she would present herself to other people. He is saying that the green light represents what daisy is to Jay and how it can blind him just like she can blind him with her beauty. She can leave him unaware of the events that are going on around him that actually end up killing him in the end. He is connecting Jay with the sailors because they both loved this light and were pioneers of this time. They were all ahead of the rest of the people but in the end colonizing a foreign area turned out to be harder for the sailors than they had originally thought. This is how Nick describes Gatsby and the Green light that he loves ever so much.

Journal #19

Write a description for each of the following characters based on his/her first appearance in Chapter 1.  Your description should include:

-the character’s physical appearance;

-the character’s actions/words;

-an adjective that best describes the character based on his/her initial    

 appearance

Nick Carraway        Adjective ____Honest_____

Nick a polished and educated young man and the narrator of the novel. He is the person everyone goes to with their secrets. For example, Gatsby trusts him enough to have him plan a tea where Gatsby will reunite with his love Daisy. Nick is honest, tolerant, tends to reserve his judgment for people.

Tom Buchanan        Adjective _______Hypocrite_____

Tom is a mightily built and doesn’t have any morals. He is an arrogant hypocritical bully especially when he gets mad at Daisy for cheating on him when he himself was having an affair with Myrtle. He is a racist and sexist cheater to whom no one respects.

Daisy Buchanan     Adjective ____Needy____

            Daisy is Nick’s cousin and Gatsby’s love. She a beautiful young woman that, although loves Gatsby, marries Tom due to her need to always be loved. She is a socialite, sardonic, cynical, and superficial.

Jordan Baker           Adjective _____Cynical______

            Jordan is Daisy’s friend and a completive golfer. She represents the “new women” of the 20s and is cynical, boyish, and bends the truth. She once tells Nick that supposedly Gatsby was a German spy.

Jay Gatsby               Adjective ___Troubled_____

            Jay is the Protagonist of the novel and a very wealthy young man. He is deeply troubled with the fact that his love, Daisy, did not wait for him and has ever since tried to win her back. He is dishonest, vulgar, and optimistic. Even though he knew his chances of getting Daisy back were slim, he continued to throw parties in hopes she would attend one.