Thinking Activity- The Great Gatsby

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I am student of English department, at MKB University. This blog is my my thinking activity task given by our professor. Let's discuss about The Grate Gatsby novel written by Fitzgerald. 

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

And now I discuss about the some details on this movie derective by Baz Luhrmann'. Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" isn't a disaster. Every frame is sincere. Its miscalculations come from a wish to avoid embalming a classic novel in "respectfulness" — a worthy goal, in theory.

#How did the film help in understanding the symbolic significance of 'The Valley of Ashes', 'The Eyes of Dr. T J Eckleberg' and 'The Green Light'?

The Green Light:-

Situated at the end of Daisy’s East Egg dock and barely visible from Gatsby’s West Egg lawn, the green light represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby associates it with Daisy, he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal. Because Gatsby’s quest for Daisy is broadly associated with the American dream, the green light also symbolizes that more generalized ideal. In Chapter 9, Nick compares the green light to how America, rising out of the ocean, must have looked to early settlers of the new nation.

The Valley of Asheh:-

The valley of ashes between West Egg and New York City consists of a long stretch of desolate land created by the dumping of industrial ashes. It represents the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the plight of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result.

The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg:-

The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes painted on an old advertising billboard over the valley of ashes. They may represent God staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland, though the novel never makes this point explicitly. Instead, throughout the novel, Fitzgerald suggests that symbols only have meaning because characters instill them with meaning. The connection between the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg and God exists only in George Wilson’s grief-stricken mind. This lack of concrete significance contributes to the unsettling nature of the image. Thus, the eyes also come to represent the essential meaninglessness of the world and the arbitrariness of the mental process by which people invest objects with meaning. Nick explores these ideas in Chapter 8, when he imagines Gatsby’s final thoughts as a depressed consideration of the emptiness of symbols and dreams.

#How did the film capture the jazz age The Roaring Twenties of the America in 1920s?

The Jazz age is eterm coined by Fitzgerald to illustrate the condition of the American in 1920. It time for the first world war and that time also known for the great dipression. And the jazz age became a famous. And jazz music blossomed and became tremendously popular.  This music famous for the crazy and full of wealth, frivolity and carelessness. Young people against the traditional culture and morality of the previous generations. The Great Gatsby is the best example to show the America. Gatsby is come from the poor family but his Ambition to became a richest person in the America. He started the business and became the richest person. This age owns the most expensive carnival like Gatsby extravagant parties. Parties as symbolise to safe to real identity or crime. People spirituality became decadence gradually untill it's corruption as Gatsby's illegal business of bootlegging, as alcohol was banned in the entire Us. And other characters like Tom and Daisy also enjoyed the jazz age. Tom and Daisy attend the parties and dances, live in luxury lifestyle. Both driving cars it speedy and driking hard whisky. Here the whisky is also presented the life of the America in 1920s.

# How did the film help in understanding the character of the novel.

The Great Gatsby is the novel and so many characters here. first I read the characters of novel I not understand to role of the each characters and how to show the roaring twenties of the America in 1920s. Many characters represent here like, Nich, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, Jordan Baker, Myrtle and many more. I watch the film that time I read the short introduction of the characters and i confused to understand of each. But stared the film that time I implied the novel characters on the film characters. and It became a very  easy for me to analyse those character. We know the visual image create a more effect to mind and easily to remember. Film give to visual images and over mind capture in easily and understand to what is say and what detection to telling the novel. Difficult charcters became a easy only through the film. The film is very helpful to me to understanding the characters of the novel.

#How did the film capture the theme of racism and sexism?

The 1920s time for the great dipression and the 1930s social values were disturbing racist, sexist and a self contradictory mess trying to balance the needs of the people to maintaining order in a capitalist society. The film capture the theme of racism and sexism through the charcters of the Tom, Daisy, and Jay Gatsby.  The Jay Gatsby come from the poor family and he desire to became a richest parson and he far from the family and one day suddenly bacame a richer. And he attracted to all wealthy people. And particularly to attract to Daisy because he won to her love. Daisy belives "that the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beutiful little fool" whenever Daisy is spoken about its  not in relation to her intelligence, but rather that "Her voice is full of money" it show to she love to money. Tom is husband by the Daisy. And first he impress to her in dinner party. Where Tom proclaims his racism and xenophobia is there reality of Daisy's dependence on a society that limits her agency and time expression of musculise crisis. Jay organized the parties and Daisy come and spend her time with Jay. And Tom are always to tries imbalance to Jay. Dressing is also present to real role. Tom live a wealthy life and also know to sense of dressing in wealthy man but he also tries to imbalance to Jay and telling to pink suit man and Oxford man. Last scene of the film that is most interesting and heart touching scene. Tom is hopeful person and waiting to Daisy come and stay together. But she not come there and she stay in her husband Tom. All those scene represent the racism and sexism theme of the film.

#What the video on Nick Carraway and discuss him as a narrator.

I watch the video and here my interpretation of tha Nick Carraway as a narrator. Nick talk about the story of his neighbour Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy. He tries to communicate to the reader. He use the first person narrator technique of using an implied author. Which is to say that the grate Gatsby should really memoir. Nich is responsible for making b authorial choices that go beyond simple narration. Nick present himself in the most positive and sympathetic. He is carefully chosen language indented to evoke pathos. His father give to advise to write. And he hesitant to criticise others. Nick travels to New York 1922 to learn the bond business and here he observed love affair between Daisy and gatsby. He tells the story. He functions as Fitzgerald's voice as in his extended meditation on time and the American dream at the end of chapter 9. Death of Jay Gatsby that time he alone not come there to other people. Here interpretation of Nick is a far cry from a close reading of the novel. After the end of the novel he retired to Minnesota in search more traditional moral values.

#watch the video on psychoanalytical study of Jay Gatsby and write about this characters. 

I watch the video on phycho analytical and here my interpretation. This video speak about idea of shame and guilt in Jay Gatsby character. It drive to behaviour of people. Here Jay Gatsby shame for his identity. No one knows where he come from, what he does or how he made his fortune. But we find the last scene of the film death of Jay Gatsby. No one came there but one old person came and tells to Nick he was the father of jammie. It means we find the real name of Jay Gatsby as jammie but he shame about his name. And he go far his family and change his name jammie to Jay. It very suitable name for his identity of Gatsby. He shame for his life of poverty. He desire to became a richer man. And another way for the guilt. It good symbols for the purified his name. He became the richer man and he organized to the parties. It best example for his safe his guilt through the parties. And Jay Gatsby the best strength of  he ia a hopeful person. He waite for the Daisy, she came and stay together. He true love for Daisy. He also famous for lavish parties throws every Saturday night and also tries to impress Daisy. He  always tries to express the he was richest person and study in Oxford University. And Tom also tries to show the real face of the Daisy.  That time Tom became success and Jay bacame violence. It about Jay Gatsby.

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