The Great Gatsby Multi Genre
Casey Mason
Epigraph
The dust that preyed on Gatsby, what caused him the greatest terror, was reality. The reality that he was really just James Gatz, that Daisy would never be his, that he was alone in that ivy mansion was incomprehensible. In his terror Gatsby invents an illusion. Running from reality, James creates Jay, the sort of man that a seventeen-year-old boy would likely invent, and steps into his new persona. To complete the facade he needs a woman, for who could deny an illusion that two people could both see. Without the girl, the dust had a chance to settle in his mind, and he would be forced to face reality. Through his fear and desperation, living in his illusion, Gatsby desperately tries to win his happy ending, Gatsby sacrifices himself, not for a genuine love for Daisy, but for the sake of his illusion. This theme, as well as Gatsby's mirage only get stronger towards the end of the novel. It is the most important theme because the illusion is Gatsby himself, making the novel "The Great Illusion". Gatsby believed in Daisy's love for him, his illusion, til his death, he was able to outrun the dreaded reality check. So yes Gatsby turns out alright in the end.
Chapter 1
Desperation
arms flapping wildly in open space trying to cling to something, anything, to stop reality from creeping in at the corners of my brain
I am a master carpenter
building elaborate fortresses of ivy
as if they'll hold me up
I'm afraid
too afraid to think rationally
if I could just stretch my arms far enough that green light would rest in the palm of my hand
the water, the distance, it isn't real
I am terrified of isolation
Him and his icy caress, his brooding cloak of a presence
he makes my carnations wilt
he is not real, he cannot be
Chapter 2
How to Make a Home Wrecker
- 1 thickish figured woman
- 3 quick change of dresses
- 1 blond, spiritless husband
- 1 rich brute of a man
- 2 watching eyes
- A dash of aspiration
Optional
- A puppy
- A new apartment
- A copy of the Town Tattle
Instructions
- Pair your thickish woman with the blond, spirtless man, but slightly handsome and place in garage for a couple of years until the marriage of flavors form a slight unpleasantness.
- Sprinkle a dash of aspiration onto your woman so that she becomes uncontent with her current condition, but put her under two watchful eyes so she cannot escape on her own.
- Add one rich brutish man ,make sure he is already married, to the pot until there is a reaction of flavors, this will allow your woman to develop into a more sophisticated flavor
- Change your woman's dress three times during the cooking to allow for an easier transition into sophistication
- Put you finished woman in a new apartment crowded with furniture and adorn with a puppy and a copy of the Town Tattle so she feels wealthier
Chapter 3
the glistening hors d'oeuvre, spiced backed hams, and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold, the yellow cocktail music and the opera voices
she will be the one that somehow ended up at my door
it could be testimony to romantic my speculation
I'm Gatsby
Absolutely real
because I found her again
I thought I loved her
Then it was something more
most affections conceal something eventually
Chapter 4
I cannot think to what it is I might have done that would cause you to lose faith in our love, but I hope that this letter may convince you to reconsider your marriage to Tom.
Ever since I first laid eyes upon your young delicate face I knew it would be you who would complete me. The world can tell you of your beauty for it is undeniable, but I will tell you of your value. You are the glue that holds me together. Without you I could never be Jay Gatsby. Without you he is just some fabrication, worthless. Your are so great, grand castles crafted of ivy, furnished with gold, elaborate monuments of wealth and power, hold no value. You are like a beacon that calls to me, please do not let waters separate us. Daisy, if you cannot accept my love now, know that I will never relinquish it. It is always yours and only yours. I am always yours and only yours. You are the last piece of me and I will never let you go.
With the Most Love,
Jay Gatsby
Chapter 5
Green Light
so bright that some have called me a beacon
and he must hear me calling
across the stretch of water
that man reaches for me
as if he dreams of holding me
I really am just a light
but he surely makes me feel like a star
I don't think Tom or Daisy even notices me
even if I am on their property
That man across the water
seems a little delusional to me
he cannot grab me he must know
he must know I am unreachable
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
- Gatsby 25%
- Wilson 30%
- Tom 3%
- Daisy 40%
- Myrtle 2%
Chapter 9
Daisy
Nick
Gatsby
Conclusion
Liar
With a, a heart of stone
Fell in love by some force
Just to make her own
Illusion
Dreamt of a fantasy
Where she held some purpose
But she's too weak
He's a liar
With a, rich man's face
He could blind her with riches
Such a, a foolish goal
Illusion
Dressed in cruel body
I met his lie
And she's a liar too
I am a liar
So they, they should have known
Just a boy for Dakota
I could not accept
Deluded
By her charming air
It her their ignorance
That I made me die
Originally Liar by Lianne La Havas reconstructed for the purpose of this project