Why Is Happiness Important In The Great Gatsby
Great Gatsby Economics of Happiness
Today’s society teaches people to be happy but in that, they focus on the material items to make them happy. Many people in the world define happiness as living a good life or exceeding the expectations of others. But happiness begins with finding what is within, what is one’s true desires in life. People focus more on the price of life than life itself, and they tend to make happiness out of material objects and then not being happy in the end.
Wealth and being attractive changes the way people think and treat one another as well as themselves. Gatsby is one of the many wealthy people in this world that built their life alone without the comfort of good friends the help them. “In his single-minded pursuit …show more content…
People develop happiness through the things that they do whether it is work, school,or sports. “Finding work that you value for its own sake is thus not only a promising path to happiness, it may also increase your chances of becoming rich (Frank).” Those who find their happiness through doing the things they love ultimately achieves greatness. Daisy made the decision the go with Tom because she “loved” him or so she once thought. She was stuck at a crossroads between Gatsby and Tom but Daisy knew which one could make her happy. “The decision must be made by some force--of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality--that was close at hand (Fitzgerald 159).” Daisy wanted to get her life together to try to make the right choice so that she would be happy but she chose the money that would make her think that she was happy.Nick is one of the main characters in the book The Great Gatsby that did not find his happy ending. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past (Fitzgerald 189).” Nick’s happy ending is to move on, move on from Gatsby, Daisy, Tom and Jordan and to continue to live his life as if they did not exist. No one in this book fulfilled their dreams, they just moved
Today’s society teaches people to be happy but in that, they focus on the material items to make them happy. Many people in the world define happiness as living a good life or exceeding the expectations of others. But happiness begins with finding what is within, what is one’s true desires in life. People focus more on the price of life than life itself, and they tend to make happiness out of material objects and then not being happy in the end.
Wealth and being attractive changes the way people think and treat one another as well as themselves. Gatsby is one of the many wealthy people in this world that built their life alone without the comfort of good friends the help them. “In his single-minded pursuit …show more content…
People develop happiness through the things that they do whether it is work, school,or sports. “Finding work that you value for its own sake is thus not only a promising path to happiness, it may also increase your chances of becoming rich (Frank).” Those who find their happiness through doing the things they love ultimately achieves greatness. Daisy made the decision the go with Tom because she “loved” him or so she once thought. She was stuck at a crossroads between Gatsby and Tom but Daisy knew which one could make her happy. “The decision must be made by some force--of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality--that was close at hand (Fitzgerald 159).” Daisy wanted to get her life together to try to make the right choice so that she would be happy but she chose the money that would make her think that she was happy.Nick is one of the main characters in the book The Great Gatsby that did not find his happy ending. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past (Fitzgerald 189).” Nick’s happy ending is to move on, move on from Gatsby, Daisy, Tom and Jordan and to continue to live his life as if they did not exist. No one in this book fulfilled their dreams, they just moved