Gatsby
The Great Gatsby Essay
A dream that leads to destruction, pain and heartache, the wish of succeeding in life, to be seen and recognized by everyone: this are the themes of the The Great Gatsby. Pursuing the American dream was all the characters asked for. Living the perfect life, from being at the bottom of a social class to being at the very top of what they seemed to believe in. But was it an easy way to the top? Both Gatsby and Myrtle are obsessed with the image of possessing it all; the need of living the American dream walks them both through torment and torture, when all that was needed was for them to recognize that living the dream wasn’t everything to keep on breathing.
Gatsby, a mysterious character that lies all through his existence hoping he’ll own the American dream. The idea of following the perfect delusion leads him to an intense obsession of not realizing the pain he was causing to himself. All he needed to complete his dreams was to convince Daisy he was the perfect man for her. The fact that he had already loved her once when he had no money made him want to recreate the past all over again; he was now rich and capable of showing the power and love he could gift her. Gatsby was willing to risk anything for Daisy just to get her back. We see this when he lies about the accident Daisy committed, “Yes he said after a moment, but of course I’ll say I was” Gatsby told Nick the truth about the accident, but he would blame himself just for Daisy (151). Gatsby was so into living the perfect life that he risked anything to own a dream full of obsessions and lies without noticing the misery he was going through. Obtaining the American Dream caused Gatsby to feel pain from not being able to have Daisy for himself. Everything he does to get to the very top of the social class transports him to death. From building his house near Daisy, to confronting Tom and covering up Daisy for something he didn’t do makes him get killed by George Wilson whose wife
A dream that leads to destruction, pain and heartache, the wish of succeeding in life, to be seen and recognized by everyone: this are the themes of the The Great Gatsby. Pursuing the American dream was all the characters asked for. Living the perfect life, from being at the bottom of a social class to being at the very top of what they seemed to believe in. But was it an easy way to the top? Both Gatsby and Myrtle are obsessed with the image of possessing it all; the need of living the American dream walks them both through torment and torture, when all that was needed was for them to recognize that living the dream wasn’t everything to keep on breathing.
Gatsby, a mysterious character that lies all through his existence hoping he’ll own the American dream. The idea of following the perfect delusion leads him to an intense obsession of not realizing the pain he was causing to himself. All he needed to complete his dreams was to convince Daisy he was the perfect man for her. The fact that he had already loved her once when he had no money made him want to recreate the past all over again; he was now rich and capable of showing the power and love he could gift her. Gatsby was willing to risk anything for Daisy just to get her back. We see this when he lies about the accident Daisy committed, “Yes he said after a moment, but of course I’ll say I was” Gatsby told Nick the truth about the accident, but he would blame himself just for Daisy (151). Gatsby was so into living the perfect life that he risked anything to own a dream full of obsessions and lies without noticing the misery he was going through. Obtaining the American Dream caused Gatsby to feel pain from not being able to have Daisy for himself. Everything he does to get to the very top of the social class transports him to death. From building his house near Daisy, to confronting Tom and covering up Daisy for something he didn’t do makes him get killed by George Wilson whose wife