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 Gatsby Fan Fiction Wilson 's heart pounded in his chest as he stood hidden in the ashy shadows outside Gatsby's gold mansion. Feud by vengeance, his obsession was leading him to this desperate act. The stars shimmered in the night sky over West Egg. With trembling hands, Wilson clutched a revolver, the cold steel a chilling reminder of his intent. The extravagant party inside Gatsby's mansion raged on, the music and laughter echoing through the night. Gatsby, the host of these grand spectacles, stood at the center, and it was his presence that Wilson sought to confront. Wilson was in shambles, he didn’t know what he should do, his mind was conflicted. Pushing through the crowd, the music's crescendo urging Wilson to do it. Gatsby's eyes met his, and an unexpected look of surprise flickered across his face. The moment had come. The gun was drawn from Wilson's pocket, and he aimed it at Gatsby. Wilson shouted, “it’s over, I have become death destroyed of wo

My takeaway on the Great Gatsby

My takeaway Towards the ending of this book, I feel like the last chapter was extremely deep and sentimental, offering a deep theme: in a society filled with a lack of virtue and morality, chasing dreams in the company of these people will end in tragedy. In the book, after Gatsby and daisy originally fell in love Gatsby told Daisy to wait for him while he went to war and accumulated some wealth. However, during this time Daisy married Tom for his wealth and not for love. Fast forward 5 years when Gatsby becomes wealthy, he desires a reunion with Daisy. However even after realizing Daisy chose Toms wealth over his love, Gatsby still foolishly chased his dream of being with daisy. Gatsby did woo Daisy for a while, but Daisy was most likely only interested in his money not him. She couldn’t even choose Gatsby over Tom when she was given the choice. When Daisy ran over Myrtle Gatsby even said he would take the blame in order to protect her, thus leading to Gatsby unfortunate death. Dais

Modernism and Its Effects

                                                                                 Modernism and Its Effects Modernism has influenced the structure of America. In order to understand modernism, you must have to understand how it came to play at what it is. Modernism began in the early 1900’s and lasted almost until the 1960’s. It started because nobody wanted to deal with the trauma of World War I and World War 2, which both took place in a single era. So, people started to reject their traditional values and began to adapt to new lifestyles where could do whatever they want without being bound to social restrictions. However it didn’t only affect society, it also changed the way literature could be written. In literature, modernism gave birth to groundbreaking works that experimented with narrative forms, presenting new perspectives on reality and thoughts. However, it had huge changes on society, an example of this is flappers, the proper etiquette for women was to work in the home,