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This 4 page paper discusses two of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s characters, George O’Kelly and Jay Gatsby, and explains that O’Kelly can be considered a “blueprint” for Gatsby. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Fitzgeralds short story The Sensible Thing. This paper discusses the two characters and how OKelly served as a blueprint for Gatsby. Discussion When we compare the two men, the thing
that stands out immediately is that they are both dreamers, and they are pursuing the same thing: a lovely young woman who is out of their reach. For Gatsby its
Daisy Buchanan; for George, its Jonquil Cary. Both the girls are indifferent, or seemingly so, to the desires of the men, and yet neither OKelly nor Gatsby will give up
on the idea that he might finally win her. The fact that they are both essentially dreamers is a very strong bond between Gatsby and OKelly. However, there are a
lot of differences as well. For one thing, Gatsby comes from the Midwest and has gone East to make his fortune. Fitzgerald makes a point of that fact, especially when
it comes to Nick Carraway, who narrates The Great Gatsby. Nick, and to a lesser extent Gatsby, are "grounded" by their solid Midwestern upbringing. George, however, is an Easterner, and
has graduated from MIT. But unlike Gatsby, who is a millionaire, George is broke, at least when the story starts. Toward the end, he comes back to try and win
Jonquil again, and by then he is a success; in addition, he has made his fortune in civil engineering, which is a difficult profession, while Gatsby, we find out, was
a bootlegger. But his illegal activities had given him the means to buy a huge mansion, whereas George is subletting a room. Another difference between the two is in
the success of their relationships. Of course Gatsby is murdered at the end of the novel, but even if he had survived, he would not have won Daisy. Daisy and
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