THE VALUES OF JEALOUSY FOUND IN F.SCOTT FITZGERALD NOVEL THE GREAT GATSBY
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ABSTRACT
This paper is entitled “The Values Of Jealousy in F. Scott Fitzgerald Novel The Great Gatsby”. It is about the causes of Gatsby’s jealousy found in The Great Gatsby Novel that written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The writer aims to explains about a feeling where someone cannot accept the presence of third person in a relationship. In this Novel the writer found the jealousy caused by love, money, and wealth. In composing this paper the writer uses qualitatif research and library
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to thank to my Father, Jesus Christ, for all the
blessing and gives me health, strength, and inspiration to finish this paper as one
of the requirements to get Diploma III certificate from English Diploma Study
Program, University of Sumatera Utara.
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Siagian for supporting, loving, caring, praying, financial support, time and believing in me. I present this paper for them.
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Siagian, Fernando Sandro Siagian and Rainhart alvian Siagian for supporting and encouraging me to finish my study from the Diploma III of
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ...i
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... ii
ABSTRACT ... iii
ABSTRAK ...iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vii
1. INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Problem of the Study ... 4
1.3 Purpose of the Study ... 4
1.4 Scope of the Study ... 4
1.5 Reason for Choosing the Topic ... 4
1.6 Method of the Study ... 5
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERARTURE ... 6
2.1 Literature ... 6
2.2 Novel ... 9
3. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE JEALOUSY ... 13
4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 23
4.1 Conclusion ... 23
4.2 Suggestion ... 24
REFERENCES ... 26
ABSTRACT
This paper is entitled “The Values Of Jealousy in F. Scott Fitzgerald Novel The Great Gatsby”. It is about the causes of Gatsby’s jealousy found in The Great Gatsby Novel that written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The writer aims to explains about a feeling where someone cannot accept the presence of third person in a relationship. In this Novel the writer found the jealousy caused by love, money, and wealth. In composing this paper the writer uses qualitatif research and library
ABSTRAK
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
History, mystery, and fact of the life are always interested to be discussed.
This is not only because everyone has his or her own life in various ways, but also
because life has its answer for each individual question. Therefore, life and
literature have a close connection.
Literature can be defined as the attempt to describe human experience by
means of written language. The authors can convey their expression of ideas or
mind and their imagination of life to the readers through literary works. Taylor
(1981: 1) says, “Literature like other arts is essentially an imagination act of the
writer’s imagination in selecting, ordering, and interpreting life experience.”
Thus, literary work is able to enlarge human knowledge about life, social
problems, and philosophy because there are some literary works describe certain
situation and illustrate something important for us, as Wellek and Warren
(1956:111) say that to be sure, literature can be treated as a document in the
history of ideas and philosophy, for literature parallels and intellectual history.
Frequently either explicit statements of allusion show the allegiance of a poet to a
specific philosophy once well known or at least that he is aware of their general
assumption.
Literature, as a discipline, has its own characters, which makes it different
from other disciplines. It has literary elements, which convey direct object of
complex expression of actions, characters, setting, point of view, and style. These
elements arranged in such a way in order to make sense and have a direct relation
to actual life.
Taylor in Understanding the Elements of Literature (1981:2) says that
more than, any other arts, literature reflects or comments on actual experience;
social, philosophical, psychological, and more concern. By analyzing a literary
work, we also learn about moral lesson. It describes about human attitude more
than psychologist can do as what is written in Theory of Literature by Wellek:
The novelist can teach you more about human nature.
Literature is mainly divided into three genres classified in accordance with
certain characters and features. The common genetic divisions are prose, poetry,
and drama. And in Richard Taylor’s opinion, that narrative fiction including novel
is the only genre that is meant to be written down for private reading.
Jealousy plays a huge part in The Great Gatsby. Not only is it a theme, but
it is what the whole story is based upon. The definition of jealousy is a "jealous
resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, or against
another's success or advantage itself." It is wanting or desiring something that is
not yours or something that you cannot have. In The Great Gatsby, different types
of jealousy exist such as jealousy with money, jealousy with other people's
spouses, and jealousy of being wealthy.
In the story, jealousy is heated up in the affairs that the characters have. In
the beginning, Tom receives a call from his mistress, Myrtle and Daisy follows
having an affair. Daisy is oblivious even though she knows something fishy is
going on with her husband. Unaware of his wife's past relationship with Jay
Gatsby, Tom breaks off when he finds out about Daisy and Gatsby's affair as
well. In the end, jealousy is in each of the character's hearts and also regrets with
having an affair and cheating on their spouses.
Jealousy with money and wealth is also another big theme in The Great
Gatsby. Most of the people are not content with what they have even if it's already
a luxurious life because they just want more and more. For example, the West Egg
people are jealous of the inherited wealth of the East Egg because they didn't have
to work for it to earn it. While on the other hand, the West Egg people had to
obtain all their riches some way of working or illegal business. Nick is also
another good example for jealousy. At first, he meets Gatsby and envies Gatsby's
mansion and luxurious life. Then later on, he accepts it and becomes very close to
Gatsby. Although Nick has a very beautiful home, he wishes he had a little more
riches, though he is a content person and grateful for what he has.
Jealousy plays a big part on the Great Gatsby because it truly shows the
true colors of people. Whether it's jealousy of other people's wealth and riches, or
desiring some other else's spouse, we learn that we should be content with what
we were given and not envying others.
1.2 Problem of the Study
The problems of the study that the after discussed is that:
2) What the causes of jealousy in The Great Gatsby novel?
1.3 Purpose of The Study
The purpose of the study in this paper, as follows:
1) To describe the values of Gatsby jealousy in The Great Gatsby novel
2) To find out the causes of the jealousy in The Great Gatsby novel.
1.4 Scope of The Study
The focus of the study in this paper is to analyze the values of
jealousy of The Great Gatsby novel, and the writer limits the analysis just on this
problem that about causes of jealousy. The Great Gatsby is taken as the context
of this paper because of its jealousy. And the other topics which have no relation
to the context will not be included in this paper.
1.5 Reason for Choosing the Topic
The writer is interested to analyze this title because of several reasons.
First, the story in this novel is very interesting and easy to understand. Second, the
novel tells about the affair that happened in a marriage. Third, the writer is
amazed by a loyalty of a man, Gatsby, who keeps a long lasting love to the
woman, Daisy. As we know, it’s really rare that a man can be stuck in one
1.6 Method of the Study
In writing this paper, the writer collected some research methods, such as
data collecting method and method of data analysis. In data collecting, the sources
of data were taken from books and other sources such as internet and literary
criticism. Since this research is focused on documented data, the research is better
known as library research. The method of analysis is descriptive in terms of
describing the intrinsic elements as portrayed in the novel The Great Gatsby.
The writer has two steps in writing this paper. First, the writer read the
novel The Great Gatsby several times to make her understand about the story.
Then, the writer selected to find out the strategies to fight against injustice in
Suzanne Collines Novel. The last, the writer browsed data from internet to look
for the compliment sources and also to know the biography of the writer, and then
the writer made interpretation and analysis before coming to the conclusions about
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Literature
Literary work classified into four categories or genres namely prose fictio,
poetry, drama and nonfiction prose. Usually the first three are classed as
imaginative literature. The genres of imaginative literature have much in common,
but they also have distinguishing characteristics. Originally fiction meant anything
made up, crafted, or shapped, but today the world refers to prose stories based in
the author’s imagination.
The relationship between literature and ideas can be conceived in very
diverse way. Wellek (1976: 115) says that literature is not philosophical translated
into imagery and verse, but that literature expresses a general attitude towards life.
Rudolf Unger classifies literature and ideas such as: The problem of faith, by
which it means the relation of freedom and necessity, spirit, and nature; the
religious problem, including the interpretation of Christ, the attitude toward sin
and salvation; the problem of nature which would include such question as the
feeling for nature but also question of myth and magic; the problem of man, which
concern questions of the concept of man but also of man relation to death, man
concerns of love, finally there are a group of problem of society, family and state.
Literature can be treated as document in the history of ideas and philosophy, for
literary history, parallels and reflects intellectual history. History of ideas is
simply a specific approach to general history of thought using literature only as
document and illustration. It recognizes that thought is frequently determined by
Roberts and Jacobs (1993: 1) say that literature refers to compositions that
tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, analyze and advocate ideas.
Through literature, everybody may not just get entertainment but also ideas
contained in the literature itself. As generally known that literary works contain
various aspects in human life such as culture, social or moral that readers may get
some lesson and knowledge from them. Furthermore, literature brings many
essential meanings for human’s life. It helps human to grow both personally and
intellectually because literature lets human see and learn more about a lot of
different points of view, ideas, culture and so many more which may open,
increase their knowledge, grow their intellectuality and personality to be better.
Literature makes human as a human.
Peck and Coyle (1984:38) basically divide literature into three genres,
namely poetry, drama and novel. Poetry is dominated by the rhythm and melody;
drama is the combination of dialogue and stage; and novel is a narrative kind of
fictitious writing.
Roberts and Jacobs (1995:3) elaborate the kinds of literature by stating that
literature may be classified into four categories or genres: (1) prose fiction, (2)
poetry, (3) drama and (4) nonfiction prose. Usually the first three are classified as
imaginative literature. The genres of imaginative literature have much in
common, but they also have their distinguishing characteristic for instance, the
distinguishing characteristic of prose fiction or narrative fiction is depicted by
myths, parables, romances, novels and short stories.
nowadays ‘fiction’ refers to prose stories based on the author’s imagination. The
essence of fiction is narration relating or recounting of a sequence of events or
actions. Works of fictions usually focus on one or a few major characters that
undergo a change of attitude or character as they interact with other characters and
deal with problems. While fiction, like all imaginative literatures, may introduce
true historical details, but not the real history. For instance, Dicken’s which
describes revolutionary era in 1834 when the child exploitation occurred but the
character ‘Oliver Twist’ did not exist. Its main purpose is to interest, to stimulate,
to instruct and to divert, not to create precise historical records.
Non-fiction prose is the literary genre that consists of news reports, feature
articles, essays, editorials, textbooks, historical and biographical works and the
like, all of which describe or interpret facts and present judgments and opinions.
Major goals of nonfiction prose are truth in reporting and logic in reasoning.
Whereas in imaginative literature the aim is the truth to life and human nature, in
nonfiction prose the goal is truth to the factual world of news, science and history.
Wellek and Warren (1997:1) says that literature can be treated as a
document in the history of ideas and philosophy for literary history parallels and
reflects intellectual history. So it is clear that if someone wants to know further
about the history or the real condition in certain era, it is better to look at the
literary works in the period itself because a literary work is a directly reflection
2.2 Novel
A novel is a fictional piece of
style and presented as a bound book. Novels tell stories, which are usually defined
as a series of events described in a sequence. The novel has been a part of human
culture for over a thousand years, although its origins are somewhat debated.
Regardless of how it began, the novel has risen to prominence and remained one
of the most popular and treasured examples of human culture and writing. Its form
and presentation tends to change with the times, but it remains an essential part of
the literary cultures of nearly all societies around the novels are different from
stories, poems, and narratives in a number of key respects. Though they are
presented in the form of a book, they are much more than that — in most cases,
any bound paper constitutes a book. All novels are books, therefore, but not all
books are novels.
There are some methods of characterization. The rendering of creation of
character far more than the commonplace ideas of direct description and reported
dialogue: what the character says and does or what others say about him. Directs
statement of character analysis and motive are often stated by authors or narrators,
but more subtle methods are also used in every work of fiction. The simple fact of
choosing a name is a real indication of character. Repeated mannerisms, such as
and physiques of individuals are generally explicit indications of character or
personality and an author may even include physical elements, which have
conventional associations or meanings in order to build up the desired qualities of
personality. Characterization through association with physical setting is another
effective method for authors who wish to imply and suggest qualities of
personality, while the use of figurative language and patterns of images associated
with different character is still another indirect way of investing a fictional
creation with character. Regardless of what methods are used in characterization,
all characters are not developed to the same degree or depth. For the purpose of a
particular plot and theme, the author may need a character or characters of great
psychological complexity, or, on the other hand, characters of great are of little
interest in themselves but who represent a particular attribute or quality. There are
two kinds of character. The first include those fictional creations who have
complex many-faceted personalities and an independent inner life which invites
the reader’s interest, while flat characters are those who exhibit only one character
trait or motivation and whose main claim to the reader’s interest is in the actions
they perform or the quality they represent.
Novel is devided into two forms namely popular and serious novel.
Popular novel or better known as ‘pop novel’ is a popular novel of it’s time and
has a lot of fans, especially among young readers in which is displays the actual
problem.
Popular novel does not show the problem in a more intense life, it does not
quickly outdated and does not force people to read it again. It is usually quickly
forgotten especially with the emergence of new novel that more popular in the
period there after.
Taylor (1981:460) says that novel is a form of literary work. Novel is
normally a prose work of quite some length and complexity, which attempts to
reflect and express something of the quality or value of human experience or
conduct.
Rees (1973:106) says that novel is a fictitious prose narrative of
considerable length in which characters and action representative of real live are
portrayed in a plot of more or less complexity.
Most literary scholars define novels by what they contain and how they are
presented. First, a novel must be written down rather than told through an oral
account. Many ancient stories were passed down from generation to generation
through story tellers, and though many of these may have been long enough or
complex enough to be novels, they do not qualify unless they are recorded in
some permanent way.
The work must also be wholly fictitious. Personal reflections, recounting
of actual events or historical reports do not qualify; neither do myths, which tend
to have their basis in reality or theology. So long as it is written down and is
entirely a work of the author or authors’ imagination, it will usually qualify. There
is no universally established guideline for a novel’s length, point-of-view, or even
establishment of a moral or philosophical point. Most of the time, though, the
narrative. The main differences between a short story and a novel are length and
plot development. As a general rule, works up to 100 pages are short stories;
longer works cross the line into novel territory.
The only exception to this rule is the novella, which is usually held to be
a work o
no defined rule for when a work transitions between these phases, and much is left
up to the discretion of the reader. Novellas are typically shorter than ordinary
novels and often contain only a few characters, but not always. The distinction is
3. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE JEALOUSY
The Great Gatsby novel is a love story; it tells sweet and bitter journey of
a relationship between humans including many elements such as sacrifice, loyalty,
honesty, trust, and jealousy−which is going to be explained further. Jealousy is
among the most human of all emotions. It can be defined as the thoughts and
feelings of insecurity, fear, concern and anxiety over an anticipated loss or status
of something of great personal value, particularly in reference to a human
connection. You feel jealous when you think you are going to lose a relationship
you really value. It often results in worried and mistrustful behaviors and strikes
men and women with equal fury. Jealousy itself can take on a sort of wicked
presence in our lives. Actions taken on its behalf have been known to crush a
budding romance, slowly erode a longstanding union or even lead to serious
abuse. In a blog I recently wrote for The Huffington Post
accessibility of technology now breeds even more distrust and
couples. Email, text messaging and
forging new connections. And as the floodgates of communication open, the green
waves of jealousy begin to flow.
Jealousy isn't something we have much control over. In truth, it is a
natural, instinctive emotion that everyone experiences at one point or another. The
problem with jealousy is that it masks other feelings and attitudes that are even
more hurtful to us and those closest to us. Its intensity is often shielding
the heart of jealousy very often isn't the threat itself, but a drive we have within us
to torment ourselves and berate ourselves with self-critical thoughts.
Think about the thoughts we have when we feel jealous. Lurking behind
the
threat, are often critical thoughts toward ourselves. Thoughts like, "What does he
see in her?" can quickly turn into "She is so much prettier/thinner/more successful
than me!" Even when our worst fears materialize and we learn of a partner's affair,
we frequently react by directing
ruined or unwanted. For example, when we end up searching our partner's cell
phone for suspicious texts or restricting our partner from having friends of the
opposite
do with current circumstances.
Even if we do then find a text message from an ex in our partner's phone
or hear that our partner hung out with an attractive co-worker at a company event,
we may overreact in a way that neither we nor our partners are likely to respect.
Accepting these negative attacks and not challenging them can lead to a
self-fulfilling prophecy by creating actual distance between ourselves and our partners,
pushing them further away from us, perhaps ultimately into another person's arms.
Even when our "worst fears" are realized, no act of dishonesty or
even
has been leveling against us
feelings of jealousy is an important part of maintaining a healthy relationship. To
self-doubt. If we can
them as the "smiling enemies" they are, the ones that want us to wind up alone.
We can act against the thoughts that tell us to be suspicious, mistrusting and
accusatory. Though challenging these thoughts may initially make us anxious and
may even intensify the voice attacks in the short run, in the long run it will
strengthen us as individuals and improve our trust and communication with our
partners. The more we weaken this internal enemy, the more we strengthen a
positive sense of self. This will enable us to accept the reality that we are loved
and reject the misperception that we are going to be betrayed. And if there were
an infidelity, we would be much better able to get through it if we weren't letting
our critical inner voice get the better of us. I want to correct some assumptions
here – because it is obvious, if you look around you enough, that there are people
who do not ever really feel jealousy. I am one of them. Such people do not have
shallower emotions; rather, they have an inbuilt understanding that channels
negative emotions away from feelings of jealousy. This holds a lot of hope for
those other folks who tend to become prisoner to jealousy’s grip: it’s not an
inevitable process.
Some people even think jealousy is a healthy thing, because it means that
you care. You know that you are in love, it is said, when you feel tremendous
pangs of jealousy about that special love that you share being shared with
somebody else. Without jealousy and other associated negative involuntary
emotions, the relationship might as well end, it is said, because then you have no
can turn your emotions on and off at a whim, and thus no more organic drive
exists to feel.
Jealousy is different; it is an altogether negative, regressive state of mind.
The jealous thought says “I want what you have, and thus until I have it, you
shouldn’t have it either.” This is very different from simple envy, because now the
emphasis is not on you moving forward, but rather on keeping the other person
back. That’s why jealousy can be so destructive and all-consuming; the jealous
individual gets into a state of mind that presumes the right to control other
people’s pleasure! Yikes. Even if they say nothing at all, the feelings are still
there, and the air becomes heavy with them.
Little feelings of jealousy are understandable sometimes, and I will talk about why
in a minute. However, once we get into a situation of chronic jealousy, I don’t
think it is extreme to say that there is potential abuse down the road, since
jealousy involves that sense of entitlement to control. There’s definitely a really
big incentive out there for folks that are prone to jealousy to work on themselves
to minimize the recurrence of such all-consuming feelings. Jealousy is not an
emotion that should be embraced as a sign that strong love exists. In fact, it’s the
opposite; jealousy comes from a perspective of self-preservation, not love towards
others. Now let’s talk about why that is.
professor in The University of Michigan states that jealousy comes in two very
common forms: reactive jealousy and suspicious jealousy. This distinction is
that a partner has been unfaithful. However, people vary in their tendencies to feel
suspicious jealousy in the absence of any real threat. Reactive jealousy occurs
when a person becomes aware of an actual threat or danger to the relationship -
for example, when one of the partners realizes that the other has, in fact, been
unfaithful. This type of jealousy is always in response to a realistic danger.
Suspicious jealousy, meanwhile, occurs when your partner hasn't misbehaved.
There is no proof that a relationship partner has engaged in any behavior that
would significantly and perhaps legitimately threaten the future of the
relationship. For example, you are seated at a bar and notice that an attractive
stranger across the way is smiling at your partner. A victim of suspicious jealousy
might perceive such a gesture as a threat to his or her stature in the relationship
and get angry at the partner for
it so often is in books, movies and on TV, this brand of jealousy frequently is
followed by a punch in the nose or two partners arguing about the suspicions.
There are some values of jealousy found in The Great Gatsby novel by F.
Scott Fitzgerald. The author shows that this jealousy sometimes becomes the main
cause of complicated conflicts in the story. It’s proved by some sentences that
expresses the jealousy itself which make the story get hotter and hotter to the end.
“The butler came back and murmured something close to Tom’s ear whereupon Tom frowned, pushed back his chair and without a word went inside. As if his absence quickened something within her Daisy leaned forward again, her voice glowing and singing.” (The Great Gatsby, 2013:17)
Here it is clear that there is jealousy daisy on Tom, this is beginning to
‘Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’ shouted Mrs. Wilson. ‘I’ll say itwhenever I want to! Daisy! Dai...; Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand. (The Great Gatsby, 2013:41)
Here is jealousy. Myrtle brings up Daisy's name most likely because she is
jealous of the girl and her close connection to Tom. Tom, while he loves Myrtle
and not Daisy, feels like Daisy is turf to be defended, and so he reacts very
aggressively when Myrtle dares to bring her up. This also highlights Tom's
possessiveness once again- he wants to keep Myrtle in her place, and so he does
so with force.
"I was immediately struck by the number of young Englishmen dotted about; all well dressed, all looking a little hungry and all talking in low earnest voices to solid and prosperous Americans. I was sure that they were all selling something; bonds or insurance or automobiles. They were, at least, agonizingly aware of the easy money in the vicinity and convinced that it was theirs for a few words in the right key." (The Great Gatsby, 2013:46)
In this part, Nick describing what he saw when he first enters Gatsby's
party. The Englishmen described here are very jealous and desire the Americans'
money. They were so jealous because Gatsby is very rich in this place.
This is the first time in the novel that Nick, Tom and Gatsby are all
together in one room. Obviously, Gatsby feels a sense of jealousy towards Tom.
Tom has Gatsby's ultimate dream: Daisy.
"In one of the windows over the garage the curtains had been moved aside a little and Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car. So engrossed was she that she had no consciousness of being observed and one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture. Her expression as curiously familiar- it was an expression I had often see on women's faces but on Myrtle Wilson's face it seemed purposeless and inexplicable until I realized that her eyes, wide with jealous terror, were fixed not on Tom but on Jordan Baker, whom she took to be his wife." (The Great Gatsby, 2013:131)
Myrtle is jealous not of Jordan, but of Daisy. She just believes Daisy to be
Jordan in that moment. Myrtle is obviously jealous because Daisy is married to
the man that Myrtle believes she loves, and also who she believes loves her. She
wants to be in Daisy's place, both because of her husband and also because of the
riches she could have.
"Crossing his lawn I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall, heavy with dejection or sleep.Nothing happened, he said wanly. I waited, and about four o'clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light.” (The Great Gatsby, 2013:154)
This is when Nick comes over to Gatsby's house the day after Tom figures
out Daisy and Gatsby's affections for each other. Gatsby had told Daisy that he
would be waiting for a signal should anything go wrong in her house and she
needed him, but she ended up not needing him. There might be a touch of jealousy
"What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy's but he was a tough one. He ran over Myrtle like you'd run over a dog and never even stopped his car." (The Great Gatsby, 2013:187)
Even at the end of the novel, Tom was what he was at the beginning: a
jealous and possessive man who only thought of himself and not others. He was
jealous that Gatsby had stolen his wife's affections and his possessiveness led him
to rat out Gatsby to Wilson, ultimately causing Gatsby's death. While knowing
that, Tom still doesn't apologize.
There are some causes of the jealousy; insecurity, fear, competition. The
writer will explains the causes of jealousy. Feelings of insecurity usually arise
when one member of the relationship questions the feelings of the other.
Insecurity often has roots in low self-esteem but can also stem from a lack of
attention from one's partner. If one partner has low esteem or little
self-confidence, feelings of jealousy become easily triggered by seemingly harmless
stimuli, such as one's partner talking to a member of the opposite sex or glancing
at someone who passes by on the street. People who compare themselves to others
or constantly try to live up to unrealistic expectations of themselves may find
these feelings arise frequently.
“Did you give Nick a little heart to heart talk on the veranda? demanded Tom suddenly. Did I? She looked at me. I can’t seem to remember, but I think we talked about the Nordic race.” (The Great Gatsby, 2013:38)
Here Tom gets lack of confidence on Daisy knowing that she used to have
a relationship with Nick in the past. The fear of losing one's partner remains a
feelings of jealousy can prove natural and can encourage a couple not to take each
other for granted. Having an awareness that one can lose one's partner can actually
strengthen the bonds between couples, but not when this feeling of fear becomes
obsessive or irrational. People may fear that their partner want to replace them
with someone "better" or more desirable. Providing or seeking reassurance can
help to assuage some of these fears.
“I saw them in Santa Barbara when they came back and I thought I’d never seen a girl so mad about her husband. If he left the room for a minute she’d look around uneasily and say ‘Where’s Tom gone?’ and wear the most abstracted expression until she saw him coming in the door.” (The Great Gatsby, 2013:40)
It’s shown here that Daisy’s jealousy on Tom comes from a sense of fear.
When Tom suddenly went without telling a word, many question were crossing
her mine: Where did Tom go? Why didn’t he tell me? Did he meet another
woman? Is he cheating on me?; which freak her out.
Feelings of competition are normal human emotions from which jealousy
can stem when felt on an extreme level. An article by James Park of the
University of Minnesota points out that many people suffering from jealous
feelings waste energy trying to be better than others instead of trying to be their
"best" self by becoming unique individuals. They may constantly compete with
others and they may view anyone as a potential threat. Competitiveness can
sometimes help one to do one's best, but can result in constantly questioning
In the novel, it’s clearly shown that Tom and Gatsby are racing each other
to win Daisy’s heart which proves that competition is a major factor that causes
4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
4.1 Conclusion
The Great Gatsby novel is a love story; it tells sweet and bitter journey of a
relationship between humans including many elements such as sacrifice, loyalty,
honesty, trust, and jealousy−which is going to be explained further.
Jealousy is among the most human of all emotions. It can be defined as the
thoughts and feelings of insecurity, fear, concern and anxiety over an anticipated
loss or status of something of great personal value, particularly in reference to a
human connection. You feel jealous when you think you are going to lose a
relationship you really value. It often results in worried and mistrustful behaviors
and strikes men and women with equal fury.
There are the causes of jealousy found in The Great Gatsby novel:
1) Insecurity
Feelings of insecurity usually arise when one member of the
relationship questions the feelings of the other. Insecurity often has roots
in low self-esteem but can also stem from a lack of attention from one's
partner. If one partner has low self-esteem or little self-confidence,
feelings of jealousy become easily triggered by seemingly harmless
stimuli, such as one's partner talking to a member of the opposite sex or
glancing at someone who passes by on the street. People who compare
themselves to others or constantly try to live up to unrealistic expectations
2) Fear
The fear of losing one's partner remains a main trigger for feelings
of jealousy. The BBC's article points out that sometimes feelings of
jealousy can prove natural and can encourage a couple not to take each
other for granted. Having an awareness that one can lose one's partner can
actually strengthen the bonds between couples, but not when this feeling
of fear becomes obsessive or irrational. People may fear that their partner
want to replace them with someone "better" or more desirable. Providing
or seeking reassurance can help to assuage some of these fears.
3) Competition
Feelings of competition are normal human emotions from which
jealousy can stem when felt on an extreme level. An article by James Park
of the University of Minnesota points out that many people suffering from
jealous feelings waste energy trying to be better than others instead of
trying to be their "best" self by becoming unique individuals. They may
constantly compete with others and they may view anyone as a potential
threat. Competitiveness can sometimes help one to do one's best, but can
result in constantly questioning oneself, wondering what others have that
they don't.
4.2 Suggestion
After describing the values of jealousy found in The Great Gatsby Novel,
because it is so widespread. No matter where you go in the world you encounter
it. The jealous person always wants to deny the other person whatever it is that
desired. One’s sense of security rests on being the sole owner something, or the
only person in a particular position or relationship.
The writer hopes this paper will make the reader understand about novel
and the values of jealousy in this novel and those are not read the novel will set
interested and get more knowledge about how important the values is in a novel.
So many things found in this novel that are very interesting to analyze further. The
writer realizes that the paper is still far from being perfect and in writing this
paper, the writer only used simple word. There will be more can be studied from
this novel in relation to life, for instance. The intrinsic approach is only a part
from many that can be explored more. So, the writer hopes this paper will be
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APPENDICES A.The Biography of the Authors
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, and named
after his ancestor Francis Scott Key, the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Fitzgerald was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. Though an intelligent child, he did
poorly in school and was sent to a New Jersey boarding school in 1911. Despite
being a mediocre student there, he managed to enroll at Princeton in 1913.
Academic troubles and apathy plagued him throughout his time at college, and he
never graduated, instead enlisting in the army in 1917, as World War I neared its
end.
Fitzgerald became a second lieutenant, and was stationed at Camp
Sheridan, in Montgomery, Alabama. There he met and fell in love with a wild
but her overpowering desire for wealth, fun, and leisure led her to delay their
wedding until he could prove a success. With the publication of This Side of
Paradise in 1920, Fitzgerald became a literary sensation, earning enough money
and fame to convince Zelda to marry him.
Many of these events from Fitzgerald’s early life appear in his most
famous novel, The Great Gatsby, published in 1925. Like Fitzgerald, Nick
Carraway is a thoughtful young man from Minnesota, educated at an Ivy League
school (in Nick’s case, Yale), who moves to New York after the war. Also similar
to Fitzgerald is Jay Gatsby, a sensitive young man who idolizes wealth and luxury
and who falls in love with a beautiful young woman while stationed at a military
camp in the South.
Having become a celebrity, Fitzgerald fell into a wild, reckless life-style
of parties and decadence, while desperately trying to please Zelda by writing to
earn money. Similarly, Gatsby amasses a great deal of wealth at a relatively young
age, and devotes himself to acquiring possessions and throwing parties that he
believes will enable him to win Daisy’s love. As the giddiness of the Roaring
Twenties dissolved into the bleakness of the Great Depression, however, Zelda
suffered a nervous breakdown and Fitzgerald battled alcoholism, which hampered
his writing. He published Tender Is the Night in 1934, and sold short stories to
The Saturday Evening Post to support his lavish lifestyle. In 1937, he left for
Hollywood to write screenplays, and in 1940, while working on his novel The
Love of the Last Tycoon, died of a heart attack at the age of forty-four.
he dubbed “the Jazz Age.” Written in 1925, The Great Gatsby is one of the
greatest literary documents of this period, in which the American economy soared,
bringing unprecedented levels of prosperity to the nation. Prohibition, the ban on
the sale and consumption of alcohol mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to
the Constitution (1919), made millionaires out of bootleggers, and an underground
culture of revelry sprang up. Sprawling private parties managed to elude police
notice, and “speakeasies”—secret clubs that sold liquor—thrived. The chaos and
violence of World War I left America in a state of shock, and the generation that
fought the war turned to wild and extravagant living to compensate. The staid
conservatism and timeworn values of the previous decade were turned on their
ear, as money, opulence, and exuberance became the order of the day.
Like Nick in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald found this new lifestyle
seductive and exciting, and, like Gatsby, he had always idolized the very rich.
Now he found himself in an era in which unrestrained materialism set the tone of
society, particularly in the large cities of the East. Even so, like Nick, Fitzgerald
saw through the glitter of the Jazz Age to the moral emptiness and hypocrisy
beneath, and part of him longed for this absent moral center. In many ways, The
Great Gatsby represents Fitzgerald’s attempt to confront his conflicting feelings
about the Jazz Age. Like Gatsby, Fitzgerald was driven by his love for a woman
who symbolized everything he wanted, even as she led him toward everything he
B. Summary of Novel
First-person narrator, Nick Carraway, introduces the novel, insisting that
he strenuously avoids judging people based on advice his wealthy father once
gave him; however, he admits that this habit often causes him problems, with
particular reference to events concerning a man named Gatsby. Nick leaves
NewYork—where these events took place—to return to the Midwest. Toward the
end of the novel, Nick says that a year or two has passed since the story took
place.
Nick opens his story by recounting that he, a young Minnesotan, has
moved to New York, renting a low-cost cottage located in West Egg, the less
fashionable of two fictional seaside communities alongside one other on Long
Island Sound (the other one being East Egg). Nick visits his second cousin, Daisy
Buchanan, whose husband, Tom, is a phenomenally wealthy former college
athlete. The Buchanans have an opulent mansion in East Egg. Here, Nick meets
Jordan Baker, a lady friend of Daisy's and well-known golfer.
Nick is the next-door neighbor of Jay Gatsby, an extremely wealthy man
known for hosting lavish soirées in his own enormous mansion, where every
Saturday, hundreds of people come. Although many of the guests are uninvited,
Nick is soon personally invited by a rather formally written letter by Gatsby
himself to one of Gatsby's parties and finds himself becoming involved in this
party scene, although he states that he despises the entire concept of mindless
Gatsby seems to be a mysterious character whose great wealth is a
subject of much rumor; none of the guests Nick meets at Gatsby's parties know
much about his past. A man begins a conversation with Nick by asking him if they
had been together in the Third Division during the war. Nick affirms that he was
in the Division, and remarks on the strange absence of their host. The man reveals
himself to be Gatsby, surprising Nick who had expected Gatsby to be much older
and not as personable. In fact, Nick and Gatsby begin a close friendship.
Nick is initially confused as to why Gatsby throws parties without
introducing himself to his guests, and even more so when Gatsby drives him to
New York and tells Nick all about his seemingly far-fetched version of his own up
bring without letting loose of any of his intentions. Jordan eventually reveals to
Nick that Gatsby was holding these parties in hopes that Daisy, his former love,
would stumble into one of them by chance. Also through Jordan, Gatsby requests
Nick to arrange a meeting with Daisy. After an initially awkward reunion, things
appeared to turn more communicative when Gatsby begins to relax, and so Daisy
and Gatsby soon begin an affair. In the meantime, Nick and Jordan Baker, whom
Nick re-encounters at one of Gatsby's parties, start a relationship, which Nick
already predicts will be superficial.
Eventually, in an explosive scene at a hotel in Manhattan, Tom notices
Gatsby's love for Daisy and alleges that Gatsby is a bootlegger. Tom claims that
he's been "researching" about Gatsby and expresses his hatred towards Gatsby by
tactlessly accusing Gatsby of illegal activities. During this scene, Gatsby attempts
five years of her past so that she may simply come back to him. Daisy says what
Gatsby tells her to say, but hesitantly. Tom, noticing this uncomfortable bond
between Daisy and Gatsby, orders them to drive back home from the hotel back to
Tom's house on Long Island together, mocking Gatsby by saying that he knows
nothing can happen between Daisy and Gatsby. Tom takes his time getting home
with Nick and Jordan.
George Wilson, owner of a garage on a desolate road between Manhattan
and northern Long Island, and his wife, Myrtle (with whom Tom is having an
affair), are also arguing. She runs out of the house, only to be hit by Gatsby's car,
driven by Daisy; and she is killed instantly. On the way back home, Tom, Jordan,
and Nick notice the car accident. Tom remarks that Wilson, who is an auto
repairman, will finally have some business, but stops shortly after noticing
something wrong. Tom soon realizes that his lover is dead. During this grotesque
scene, Wilson comes out of his shop, half-insane and half in shock, and talks
about a yellow car. Tom leads Wilson into a private place and tells him that the
yellow car was not his; that Tom was driving Gatsby's yellow car earlier when the
were driving to the hotel and stopped by at Wilson's for gasoline. Wilson does not
seem to listen and after the confrontation, Wilson seems to become insane. He
stays up all night rocking back and forth, muttering nonsense, while his neighbor
patiently watches over him. He finally makes the connection that whoever was
driving that yellow car must have been the man Myrtle was having an affair with
and makes up his mind to find the yellow car.
By this point, Nick has abandoned his role as an outsider observing the
drama and has instead become Gatsby's closest friend. Nick finds himself
returning the bond of loyalty Gatsby has for him, and when he finds out about the
accident, he advises Gatsby to run away for a week, for his safety. The two end up
having breakfast at Gatsby's pool, with Nick telling him "They're (Daisy, Tom,
Jordan) a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." Upon
hearing this, Gatsby smiles his trademark smile, which Nick described as "It
faced—or seemed to face—the whole world, then concentrated on you with an
irresistible prejudice in your favor.
Wilson finds himself in Tom's house with a gun and Tom, while packing
for an escape trip with Daisy, gives Gatsby's name to Wilson. In the meantime,
Gatsby is floating in his pool, overwhelmed with depression, thinking that Daisy
no longer loves him. While he is still hoping for a call from Daisy, Wilson comes
and shoots Gatsby. He then commits suicide on the lawn not far away. With
Gatsby dead, Nick tries to find people who will attend his funeral, only to find
that not even his crooked business partners will be there to mourn for him.
Finally, Mr.Gatz, Gatsby's father (Gatsby apparently gave himself a new name
after leaving home) comes to the funeral, apparently still trapped in the past. He
shows Nick a well-worn photograph of Gatsby's house and a notebook that Gatsby
wrote in as a child.
Only three people attend Gatsby's actual funeral: Nick, Mr.Gatz, and
"Owl Eyes," a random man who had enjoyed one of Gatsby's parties earlier that
connections between himself and Jordan, Tom, and Daisy, Nick leaves New York
