When it comes to the novel "The Great Gatsby," we can select the following themes developed by the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald:
1. Chasing a fantasy often leads to great disappointment when reality sets in.
3. Wealth, social status, and privilege do not guarantee happiness and may actually prevent it.
5. One cannot go back in time to regain that which is lost.
6. Life changes people, yet they still seek to recreate moments in time.
9. Money and privilege make people indifferent to the humanity of others.
<h3 /><h3>What happens in "The Great Gatsby"?</h3>
- Jay Gatsby was born extremely poor, but he always had ambitions to climb the social ladder and achieve great things. He meets Daisy, the love of his life, but goes to fight in the war, leaving her behind.
- While Gatsby is away, Daisy marries a millionaire, Tom. In order to get her back, Gatsby becomes a criminal. He wants to become wealthy as fast as he can.
- Gatsby wants to recreate the past. He wants Daisy to pretend that she never married Tom. Gatsby thinks they can just erase the past 5 years and act as if nothing ever happened.
- However, they have changed. Daisy is not the same naive woman Gatsby met 5 years ago. Her wealth has made her less sensitive. Gatsby's plan fails.
- Once Gatsby begins his affair with Daisy, he seems to lose something. She was his goal, and now that he got it, reality does not seem so sweet anymore. Still, he insists, but Daisy is unable to leave Tom, especially after finding out that Gatsby is a criminal.
With the information above in mind, we can select options 1,3,5,6, and 9 as the themes developed in the novel.
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