Happiness In The Great Gatsby
14th March 2012
The Pursuit of Happiness
We go through life blinded by the green light of society, like primordial chaos embedded upon us. We lead superficial lives feigning ignorance, surrounding ourselves with the desires of social status. We exemplify the Max Weber philosophy of social stratification based on three dimensions of social interaction of wealth, prestige and power. F. Scott. Fitzgerald has demonstrated this in his timeless idealistic novel the Great Gatsby. Therefore what is it in the human physique that allows us to draw parallels between social status and happiness?
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote ‘the Great Gatsby’ during the era of the 1920’s, a time of decayed social and moral value. By removing the fourth wall Fitzgerald …show more content…
James’ Alter ego somehow exemplifies the American dream, by illustrating eternal faith. Throughout the novel Gatsby’s desire to have Daisy for himself is his idea of the traditional American dream. He never let go of his goals and aspirations and followed them through to the end. This admiration is shown when Nick first notices Gatsby “out to determine what share was his of our local heavens.” (Pg. 21) As the novel progresses so does the relationship between Nick and Gatsby, soon enough Nick begins to notice Jay’s desires “involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light.” (Pg. 22) The green light represents the longing for desires in Gatsby’s life from money, to Daisy to just having a sense of belonging. Fitzgerald reveals the green light is in fact symbolism of the American dream; he uncovers the truth that the green light is to the equivalence of your goals if you want something enough its always-in hindsight. He was a man of such resilience working through his hardships in life and never gave up on his dream, even up until the last few hours of his life Jay Gatsby still bared hope that one day Daisy would be his. He revealed all the personas of the old American dream however in the and he got lost in the egotistical jungle of
The Pursuit of Happiness
We go through life blinded by the green light of society, like primordial chaos embedded upon us. We lead superficial lives feigning ignorance, surrounding ourselves with the desires of social status. We exemplify the Max Weber philosophy of social stratification based on three dimensions of social interaction of wealth, prestige and power. F. Scott. Fitzgerald has demonstrated this in his timeless idealistic novel the Great Gatsby. Therefore what is it in the human physique that allows us to draw parallels between social status and happiness?
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote ‘the Great Gatsby’ during the era of the 1920’s, a time of decayed social and moral value. By removing the fourth wall Fitzgerald …show more content…
James’ Alter ego somehow exemplifies the American dream, by illustrating eternal faith. Throughout the novel Gatsby’s desire to have Daisy for himself is his idea of the traditional American dream. He never let go of his goals and aspirations and followed them through to the end. This admiration is shown when Nick first notices Gatsby “out to determine what share was his of our local heavens.” (Pg. 21) As the novel progresses so does the relationship between Nick and Gatsby, soon enough Nick begins to notice Jay’s desires “involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light.” (Pg. 22) The green light represents the longing for desires in Gatsby’s life from money, to Daisy to just having a sense of belonging. Fitzgerald reveals the green light is in fact symbolism of the American dream; he uncovers the truth that the green light is to the equivalence of your goals if you want something enough its always-in hindsight. He was a man of such resilience working through his hardships in life and never gave up on his dream, even up until the last few hours of his life Jay Gatsby still bared hope that one day Daisy would be his. He revealed all the personas of the old American dream however in the and he got lost in the egotistical jungle of