Love and Gatsby
Rosario Terracina
August 20th
The Great Gatsby Essay The way an author concludes a story can be key in the success of the novel. Whether the ending is satisfying or not, it needs to be conclusive. The reader should be able to answer and adjust to a novel’s uncertainties. The conclusion to The Great Gatsby could be see as one of the most well-designed in American Literature. Fitzgerald’s ability to wrap his novel up with only a few sentences that leave the reader in awe but still lifted from all confusion. The Great Gatsby concludes so that the themes of the novel are in entirely understood. Fitzgerald’s approach to retouch on the themes throughout the novel: hope, love, and the burden of the past in the conclusion refreshes the reader’s mind allowing him/her to comprehend the overall message of the novel. Fitzgerald captures the overall notion of The Great Gatsby with the simple scheme of the final phrases with the use of the green light on the end of Daisy’s dock. To you and me a green light is no more then just a light, but to Gatsby it’s much more. The light first appeared when Gatsby started across the bay towards that light at the end of the dock. The green light signifies hope that motivates Gatsby to chase his love, Daisy. “Gatsby believed in the green light” (180) this quote shows how desperate Gatsby is to win back his love. This conclusion shows that Gatsby was no more that a dedication to chasing a lost love. For this it is ironic that Fitzgerald named the novel “The Great Gatsby” since Gatsby was no more then a failure in settling down with Daisy. How can Gatsby be considered “great” when the one thing he pleased will never be his? Well Fitzgerald did not accomplish settling down with Daisy, but still he could be seen as a success as he held on to his hope and followed through until the end. All this hope was driven by one thing, his love of Daisy. Love, an important theme in The Great Gatsby, in Gatsby situation was also completely definite by
August 20th
The Great Gatsby Essay The way an author concludes a story can be key in the success of the novel. Whether the ending is satisfying or not, it needs to be conclusive. The reader should be able to answer and adjust to a novel’s uncertainties. The conclusion to The Great Gatsby could be see as one of the most well-designed in American Literature. Fitzgerald’s ability to wrap his novel up with only a few sentences that leave the reader in awe but still lifted from all confusion. The Great Gatsby concludes so that the themes of the novel are in entirely understood. Fitzgerald’s approach to retouch on the themes throughout the novel: hope, love, and the burden of the past in the conclusion refreshes the reader’s mind allowing him/her to comprehend the overall message of the novel. Fitzgerald captures the overall notion of The Great Gatsby with the simple scheme of the final phrases with the use of the green light on the end of Daisy’s dock. To you and me a green light is no more then just a light, but to Gatsby it’s much more. The light first appeared when Gatsby started across the bay towards that light at the end of the dock. The green light signifies hope that motivates Gatsby to chase his love, Daisy. “Gatsby believed in the green light” (180) this quote shows how desperate Gatsby is to win back his love. This conclusion shows that Gatsby was no more that a dedication to chasing a lost love. For this it is ironic that Fitzgerald named the novel “The Great Gatsby” since Gatsby was no more then a failure in settling down with Daisy. How can Gatsby be considered “great” when the one thing he pleased will never be his? Well Fitzgerald did not accomplish settling down with Daisy, but still he could be seen as a success as he held on to his hope and followed through until the end. All this hope was driven by one thing, his love of Daisy. Love, an important theme in The Great Gatsby, in Gatsby situation was also completely definite by