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in case you are not familiar with this tale of jazz age shallowness (which also happens to be my favorite book), it tells the story of a young man born james gatz into a poor north dakota family who meets and falls for a rich girl named daisy, who refuses to marry him because he is poor. gatz then distinguishes himself in world war I and begins to lead a life of crime in order to become rich, which he does. he then settles on west egg, on long island, and changes his name to jay gatsby. daisy and gatsby meet again in the summer of 1922 through daisy's cousin nick (who is the narrator of the story), and continue their romance, but there's a catch: daisy now has a husband named tom. in the end, tom finds out about daisy's philandering (even though he philanders himself with myrtle, who is also married). gatsby runs over myrtle with his car and kills her. tom lies to george, myrtle's husband, and says that it was gatsby that was driving when really it was daisy who was driving. george murders gatsby and nick moves back west where he came from.
LOTS of symbolism, especially color symbolism, in this book. what is your take on the book? analysis of the characters, etc.?
