#The waste land myth and symbols in the great gatsby driver#

George jumps to conclusions and assumes that the driver of the car must have been her lover, goes to GatsbyвЂ™s only to find him at his pool and shoots him dead then shoots himself. The day after, Myrtles husband George is told by Tom that car that had murdered his wife was owned by Gatsby. They hurry back to Long Island where Nick finds out from Gatsby that Daisy had been driving when they struck Myrtle, but Gatsby intends to take the fall for it. When Tom, Nick, and Jordan drive through the valley of ashes they find that GatsbyвЂ™s car had вЂњcoincidentlyвЂќ struck and killed TomвЂ™s mistress, Myrtle. This sends Daisy into shock and she flees back to East Egg frantically with Gatsby not far behind. Tom also announces to Daisy that Gatsby is a sham and that his fortune comes from bootlegging alcohol and other illegal activities. Gatsby tries to convince Daisy to confess her love for him and only him and to tell Tom that she is leaving him but Tom asserts that he and Daisy have history and that Gatsby would never understand because he cannot measure up to him. Tom forces the group to go to town and they end up at the Plaza Hotel, where he confronts Gatsby. Even though Tom is being a total hypocrite and has been having an affair all the while, he is pissed that his wife could be unfaithful to him. Over time Tom grows suspicious of his wifeвЂ™s relationship with Gatsby, but it isnвЂ™t till the luncheon at the BuchananвЂ™s that Tom realizes that Gatsby is in love with her. Eventually Nick invites Daisy to tea, where she finds Gatsby and awkwardly rekindle their love, thus begins their affair. Gatsby spends endless nights staring across of the lake at the green light at the end of Daisys doc because he misses her, and throws lavish parties in hopes that he will impress her because is still madly in love with her. Nick later learns that Gatsby knew Daisy in Louisville 1917 and thatВ in fact they were once in love before he left in search of becoming wealthy because вЂњrich girls only marry rich boysвЂќ. As summer progresses, Nick is invited to one of Gatsbys parties where he first encounters the great Gatsby himself, a surprisingly young charming man who has a thing for calling people вЂњold sportвЂќ. She tells him how Tom has a mistress, Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the valley of ashes, a depressing industrial waste land between New York City and West Egg. It is through Jordan that Nick learns a tad bit of Daisy and Toms marriage. One evening, Nick is introduced to Jordan Baker, a famous golfer and good friend of the BuchananвЂ™s. Unlike most other West Egg residence, Nick was educated at Yale and has social connections in East Egg (old money) such as his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her hulky brute of a husband Tom Buchanan, which is actually an old classmate of Nicks from Yale. Nick is neighbors with a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby who he knows nothing about except that he lives in an enormous mansion next door and throws extravagant parties every weekend. In the summer of 1922, Nick moves from Minnesota to an area in New York populated by the new rich, a group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are prone to garish displays of wealth.ДЄ place better known as West Egg. In the beginning of The Great Gatsby we are introduced to a young man named Nick Carraway whom is not only a main character of the novel but also the narrator. Eckleburg, a big billboard overlooking the valley of ashes. These symbols include the green light which is located at the end of DaisyвЂ™s doc, the valley of ashes which is the epicenter of the вЂњworking classвЂќ, and the eyes of Dr. Throughout the book there are various symbols in which reflect the theme itself.

If you dig a little deeper you will find that the central theme is really about humanityвЂ™s want to shorten the gap between desire and the Garden of Eden. However, just below the surface underlies a theme that holds a much bigger meaning. Scott FitzgeraldвЂ™s novel The Great Gatsby is about a hopeless romantic named Gatsby and his quest for Daisy the woman of his dreams.