Movie Review Week 2

Title: The Great Gatsby

3 Interesting Words

1.       Colossal – extremely large

·         Paris’s colossal villa was broke into by a couple of professional thieves despite the state in the art security system installed.

2.       Splendid

  # very good/great

·         His debut solo stage performance was splendid!

           #very impressive

·         “What a splendid view!” Tania exclaimed as she saw the scenery of the Fuji Hill from our apartment.

3.       Virtue

#particularly good quality

·         Being trustworthy is not one of Carmen’s virtues, so you shouldn’t tell her any secret of yours.

              #advantage

·         The scientist foreseen a virtue in exploring the world of designing babies, in spite of the controversies arisen.

           

What advice would I offer one of the characters?

                         If I have the chance to meet Jay Gatsby, I will tell him how stupid he was waiting for his love who was married at the moment he came back for her. He used to say, “Can’t repeat the past? Of course we can!”He should stop living in the past and lead his life happily, looking to the future instead. Jay was a very ambitious person since he was young. Born in a very poor family, he despised it. He dreamed of being rich, powerful. He thought he was the son of God. As he was on journey to find a better life, he fortunately found a wealthy man whom he saved while he sailed. After the man’s death, Jay inherited his wealth, and started his business. He was in love with a beautiful lady named Daisy but then due to the war he went to fight in he could not reunite with her. She married Tom Buchanan.

              It remained as enigma to most people about Gatsby true identity. He is referred to as a murderer, a royalty and even a gangster. Hundreds of people in New York City end up every weekend at Gatsby’s. The parties were really huge. People came uninvited. Apparently, Jay did that to lure his girl Daisy who lived just across the bay on the East Egg to his party, to reunite with her.  When he befriend Nick, his neighbor who Daisy’s cousin he asked Nick to invite Daisy to tea. And then he met her again after years. They were exhilarated though awkward at first. Many conflicts happened. Tom’s mistress was hit and run by Gatsby’s yellow car which was drove by Daisy at the moment of accident. Daisy was torn in between her love for Tom and also Jay.

            Jay made a deal with Daisy to run away together. He waited for her call.  Unfortunately he was shot by Wilson, husband of Tom’s mistress since Wilson assumed it was Gatsby who killed her wife. It was really sad to see no one came for Jay’s funeral except Nick. Not even Daisy who refused to even answer a call from Nick. I can conclude that Jay is a very loving, loyal guy. He is stupid to think he can be with Daisy while she loved her husband as well. He spends his wealth on parties just because he hopes Daisy will come although it has been ages since they lost contact with each other. Love is something precious, yet it is a gamble, I would say.