Why Gatsby Was Great (About the book "The Great Gatsby")

My problem with this is the supports. Gatsby threw lavish parties in hope daisy would come, not out of the goodness of his heart. Also, gatsbys wealth was acheived in a shetch fashion.

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This essay contains some of the more stunning examples of naive reading of a book that I have ever seen.


The writer says that Gatsby "had inherited his money, but then lost it all." The only support for this is Gatsby's initial announcement of his background, and Nick Carraway dismisses it as nonsense. How can anyone take seriously the idea that San Francisco is a city in the Midwest. When Gatsby finally discloses his background to Nick, he admits that he is James Gatz, the son of shiftless and unsuccessful farmers in the northern great plains.


He does not give parties out of a sense of generosity. He throws themas a calculated attempt to lure in someone who knows Daisy Buchanan, and when he finds Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker both at the same party he is quite pleased. (But as soon as Daisy expresses discomfort with these affairs, he discontinues them entirely.) His willingness to replace a woman's gown is less a matter of generosity than a matter of making sure that no questions are asked.


The writer comments that no one attends the funeral except for Nick and Gatsby's father. What about the owl eyed man?


Of Gatsby's wealth, it is never clear exactly how he has acquired his vast fortune, but the telephone call from Schleagal makes it clear that he is not dealing in legal enterprises: ""Young Parke's in trouble. They picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counter. They got a circular from New York giving 'em the numbers just five minutes before. What d'you know about that, hey? You never can tell in these hick towns——"

The earlier references to selling alcohol through drug stores suggests that he was involved in large-scale bootlegging, and Meyer Wolfsheim, who gave him his start in business, is a crook of the highest sort.


In short, this essay leaves much to be desired.