The Great Gatsby: Difference between revisions

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{{quote| ''Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men''}}

* [[Animal Reaction Shot]]: In the movie, after Tom and Myrtle have a fight in the middle of the party, the scene cuts to the dog they bought alert and whimpering.

* [[Anti Hero]]: {{spoiler|Gatsby}} is a crook, but he's more compassionate than most of the "law-abiding" characters.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: {{spoiler|Gatsby}} is a crook, but he's more compassionate than most of the "law-abiding" characters.

* [[Ate His Gun]]: George Wilson in the movie.

* [[Beta Couple]]: Nick and Jordan. Their romance isn't exactly happy-go-lucky, but in comparison to the epic [[Love Dodecahedron]] they're playing off, they're positively ecstatic.

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* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: The world of the [[Idle Rich]] is ultimately hollow and depressing despite the pretty trappings.

* [[Daydream Believer]]: Gatsby really believes that millionaires are [[Gentleman Adventurer|Gentleman Adventurers]] and his [[Multiple Choice Past]] are stories everyone thinks are ridiculous… at first. But given Gatsby is [[The Charmer]], he manages to make others believe, even for a little while, in his story. In chapter 4, he is confessing his past with the skeptical Nick:

{{quote| "[[Idle Rich|After that I lived like a young rajah]] [[Scenery Porn|in all the capitals of Europe--Paris, Venice, Rome]] [[~~Everythings~~ Sparkly With Jewelry|--collecting jewels, chiefly rubies,]] [[Great White Hunter|hunting big game]], [[Wicked Cultured|painting a little, things for myself only,]] [[Dark and Troubled Past|and trying to forget something very sad that had happened to me long ago.]]"<br />

{{quote| "[[Idle Rich|After that I lived like a young rajah]] [[Scenery Porn|in all the capitals of Europe--Paris, Venice, Rome]] [[Everything's Sparkly With Jewelry|--collecting jewels, chiefly rubies,]] [[Great White Hunter|hunting big game]], [[Wicked Cultured|painting a little, things for myself only,]] [[Dark and Troubled Past|and trying to forget something very sad that had happened to me long ago.]]"<br />

With an effort I managed to restrain my incredulous laughter. [[~~Cliche~~ Storm|The very phrases were worn so threadbare]] that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned "character" leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursued a tiger through the Bois de Boulogne … My incredulity was submerged in fascination now; it was like skimming hastily through a dozen magazines. }}

With an effort I managed to restrain my incredulous laughter. [[Cliché Storm|The very phrases were worn so threadbare]] that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned "character" leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursued a tiger through the Bois de Boulogne … My incredulity was submerged in fascination now; it was like skimming hastily through a dozen magazines. }}

** And after Gatsby produces a medal from Montenegro Republic and a photo of him with the actual Earl of Dorcaster, when they were at Oxford, Nick was forced to believe:

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What he really said was, "Yes... yes... all right." }}

* [[Inter Class Romance]]: Gatsby and Daisy; Tom and Myrtle

* [[Jade Colored Glasses]]

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]

* [[Jerk Jock]]: Tom is the embodiment of this trope.

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Jerk]]: [[Jerk Jock|Tom Buchanan]], seems to genuinely be in love with his wife, Daisy. However, Tom only really cares about himself, and it is implied that he loved Daisy as an object of affection, rather than as a person. Tom also cheats on Daisy several times.

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** [http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=259 WHAT BABY]

* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: The word coined at the end of the book's closing paragraph, "orgastic".

* [[Precision F Strike]]: Owl-eyed man's funeral oration briefly conveys Gatsby's life and death.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Owl-eyed man's funeral oration briefly conveys Gatsby's life and death.

* [[Rags to Riches]]: [[Deconstruction|Deconstructed]]. The truth about Gatsby's income turns out to be a whole lot less exciting than the party guests' speculations, not to mention the high-flying stories he tells Nick.

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** Nick's list of Gatsby's (parasitic and moneyed) guests is from July 5th, symbolically after the hope-filled founding of America.

** Owl-Eyes, one of the few not to overlook Gatsby's funeral, just happens to wear a set of rimmed glasses that Dr. Eckleburg might wear.

* [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]]: Pretty much every rich character in the book, escept for Nick. Although Nick comes from a very wealthy family, he works for his own money. Some might argue that, despite coming from old money, he is the only character who has moral values.

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Pretty much every rich character in the book, escept for Nick. Although Nick comes from a very wealthy family, he works for his own money. Some might argue that, despite coming from old money, he is the only character who has moral values.

* [[Setting Update]]: ''Cena Trimalchionis'' recycled IN 1920S NEW YORK! F. Scott Fitzgerald even intended to call the book ''Trimalchio in West Egg'' until he was persuaded that his readers [[Genius Bonus|wouldn't get it.]]

* [[Single Target Sexuality]]: Gatsby, in regards to Daisy.