Theme Of Pride In The Great Gatsby

The USA is arguably the most prideful nations on earth. In few other places could one simply shout U-S-A three times and have a crowd gather passionately chanting the three symbolic letters. This pride affects not only our nation on a nation level with stereotypes but also influences every citizen to their very core.

Pride is not something new added into todays society- although social media has showcased it- but rather has existed from the second Christopher Columbus believe he was superior to the Native Americans and greedily took over their land with pride in his “exceptional” achievements. And this grievous fault of pride has continued to separate this nation as the land of free and home of the brave.

In the essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Theroux tastefully fills
Scott Fitzgerald. This novel embodies the theme of pride in the strongest sense. In the twisted society of West and East Egg, it is simply not enough to be wealthy but one must also show ones wealth to buy love and affection. This constant show of gaudy and impressive wealth numbs the society to real life and what is relevant at this time. Also this constant showcasing of excessive wealth can be embodied in the American Greed that Gatsby was so blinded by for when Nick said, “He (Gatsby) had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him; somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night. Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter – to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...and one fine morning” (p.149). This to me, means so much beyond the fact that he achieved the wealth he needed but was blinded by society to want more and