Essay OutlineIntroduction: ANTA=Attention Getter:N=Necessary Information: In “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carroway, the narrator, has recently moved from the Midwest to begin his career in New York. He lives on the island of West Egg, next to a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby. Nick befriends him and learns that Gatsby is in love with his cousin Daisy. They never married because Gatsby had to go off to the army and he wasn't rich enough for her. So when Gatsby was sent overseas, Daisy married another man named Tom Buchanan. When Gatsby returns from his service and discovers this, he takes up bootlegging to earn enough money to try to impress and convince her. After Gatsby uses Nick to get Daisy's attention, Tom becomes suspicious of both Daisy and Gatsby. He confronts Gatsby, and after learning the truth, he misleads a man named George Wilson into believing that Gatsby ran over his wife - who had an affair with Tom - and then George kills Gatsby. T = Thesis: Jay Gatsby fits the mold of the modernist tragic hero through the presence of a flaw in him that leads to his demise, the fact that he suffers more than necessary, and the depiction of Gatsby as doomed to failure from the start. First body: Gatsby refuses to understand that he cannot relive the past. “I feel far from her. It’s difficult to make him understand” (109). Goal - Gatsby believes that he and Daisy can be together like they were five years before the novel begins. Meaning – Daisy isn’t the one who doesn’t understand, it’s Gatsby. They can't be together. Tom and Daisy had a child and a lot of things changed. Their lives are so different now that their relationship would never... middle of paper... he was committed to following a Grail” (156). Daisy's romantic pursuit is compared to the impossible task of finding the Holy Grail. The comparison alone shows that Daisy was never going to marry a man like Gatsby. She wanted someone who was rich and could take care of her. “She wanted her life shaped now, immediately - and the decision must be made by a force - of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality - which is at hand. This force took shape in mid-spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan (159). Daisy does not wait for Gatsby to return from the war to get married because she is impatient. She took the first opportunity that seemed logical to her to get married. Daisy didn't really like Tom, but his vanity and desire for social advancement made her forget about Gatsby. Conclusion Restate your thesis