The Great Gatsby

 

Nick Carraway was a Yale graduate and he once had a dream of becoming a novel writer. But in 1992, the stocks price increased tremendously and he made the decision to take a job in New York as bond salesman. He rented a small, cozy house in West Egg. Next to a lavish mansion known to be owned by Jay Gatsby. A mysterious millionaire. Nick soon began to learn Gatsby held parties every weekend and powerful people from all over New York will come but Gatsby himself never showed up at his own party. 

One day, Nick droves to East Egg for dinner at his cousin's house, Daisy Buchanan. Who is married to Tom Buchanan, one of the wealthiest person in America. There, he was introduced to an attractive, cynical young golfer named Jordan Baker. And Nick began his romantic relationship with her. She revealed to Nick that Tom have a mistress named Myrtle who lived in an industrial dumping ground with her husband. They somehow managed to keep their relationship a secret. 

During summer, Nick received an actual invitation to one of Gatsby's parties. There she met Jordan and Jay Gatsby for the first time. Jordan told Nick that Gatsby and Daisy were once mad couple but when Gatsby had to go to war, they were separated. Later on, Daisy met Tom and on the day of their marriage, Daisy received a letter from Gatsby but realised somehow it was too late for her to stop the marriage. Gatsby on the other hand gained wealth and built his mansion across the bay to Daisy's house. Gatsby spent many nights staring at the green light from Daisy's dock, hoping one day to rekindle their lost romance. 

Gatsby wanted a reunion with her and realising that, Nick invited Daisy to his house for a tea, without telling her Gatsby will also be present. After reestablishing their relationship, Tom grew suspicious of his wife's relationship with Gatsby. At a luncheon at the Buchanans' house, Daisy spokes to Gatsby with such undisguised intimacy that Tom realised she is in love with Gatsby. Though Tom is himself involved in an extramarital affair, he is outraged by his wife's infidelity. He forced the group to drive into New York City and confronted Gatsby in a suite at the Plaza Hotel, asserting that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could never understand. In addition to that, he announced to his wife that Gatsby is a criminal whose fortune comes from bootlegging alcohol and other illegal activities. Daisy realised that her allegiance is to Tom, and Tom contemptuously sent her back to East Egg with Gatsby, attempting to prove that Gatsby cannot hurt him. 

When Jordan, Nick and Tom passes the industrial dumping ground, they discovered that Gatsby's yellow custom car had killed Myrtle. Myrtle's husband was so outraged that he believed a lie told by Tom that Gatsby had a scandal with his wife and killed her purposely. Nick later learned that Daisy was actually who accidentally killed Myrtle but Gatsby decided to keep it as a secret. 

When Daisy was about to call Gatsby to plan to runaway from everything and starts a new life, Myrtle's husband fatally shot Gatsby to 'avenge' his wife's death. Then, he committed suicide. Nick stages an unsettlingly small funeral for Gatsby. Unfortunately, no one showed up at his funeral, not even Daisy. He felt really sorry for Gatsby who devoted his life for the love of his life but got nothing in return. Nick then ended his relationship with Jordan and moved back to Midwest to start a new life. 

i) Three interesting words: 

1) Cynical - Being a cynical young boy, John showed no interest in taking part to serve the community. 

2) Lavish - He was lavish with his hospitality 

3) Rekindle - The photos rekindled memories with his past colleagues. 

ii)  I liked the movie because it had a personal impact on me. Jay Gatsby was a great man and did everything he could to make Daisy happy because she meant the world for him. Daisy on the other hand did not took responsibilities of her action killing Myrtle and more disgustingly ran away with Tom on the day of his funeral. Gatsby deserved a lot more than what Daisy did, but that's what life do. You will oftenly found yourself in Gatsby's shoe where you gave your all to someone/something but ended up being treated like shit. They won't appreciate for what you have gone through to keep them happy. But it is your responsibility to get on your toes and move on. We have to beat on, boats against the current and borne ceaselessly to the state where we would be fine. Nobody's going to feel sorry for you and you will have to realise that in the end of any situation, you will only have yourself to count on.