The Theme Of Reality In The Great Gatsby
Forced Reality
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates how one’s imagination can often be more desirable than the harsh truth of reality. Gatsby is so enraptured with his own imagination, which has developed over five years, that all he can see is the hope behind the bright green light rather than how the light might be fading. This green light, which represents Daisy, was how Gatsby continued to have the presence of his love in his life. He had these idealistic expectations for Daisy, that after “almost five years, there must have been moments, when Daisy rumbled short of his dreams” and this was all because of the “colossal vitality of his illusion” (Fitzgerald 95). When the time came to face the reality of the situation, it
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates how one’s imagination can often be more desirable than the harsh truth of reality. Gatsby is so enraptured with his own imagination, which has developed over five years, that all he can see is the hope behind the bright green light rather than how the light might be fading. This green light, which represents Daisy, was how Gatsby continued to have the presence of his love in his life. He had these idealistic expectations for Daisy, that after “almost five years, there must have been moments, when Daisy rumbled short of his dreams” and this was all because of the “colossal vitality of his illusion” (Fitzgerald 95). When the time came to face the reality of the situation, it