The Great Gatsby's Failure
Dreams and goals, they are what people's daily lives are derived from. Dreams are what people strive to achieve and a failure to achieve a dream consequently leads to a void in someone's heart. If someone cannot achieve their dream , they are guilt-ridden until they achieve their dream. Gatsby is the perfect representation of someone who fails to achieve their dreams and yearns to try again. Fitzgerald makes Gatsby stand out of all the characters, this helps communicate his message about people's failure to accomplish their dreams. Fitzgerald Communicates that people are so blinded by their ambitions of achieving their dreams , they lose sight of what is going on around them. Gatsby sacrifices his status along with his wealth to win
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Going back to when life was carefree and simple. The truth is the second after being conceived in the womb , life is complex , and time waits for no one. “Gatsby and I in turn leaned down and took the small, reluctant hand. Afterward he kept looking at the child with surprise. I don't think he had ever really believed in its existence before.” (Fitzgerald 96). Gatsby looks at Daisy’s child and it represents how he missed his opportunity already and Daisy moved on. Gatsby refutes to this concept which makes him childish. Fitzgerald communicates that failure happens frequently for everyone , but as you mature you learn from these mistakes. Gatsby wants to shift time in his favor , but the concept of time is not real. It is a human perception that people chose to believe in , time is meant to organize and control society and not the other way around of society to control time. Fitzgerald tries to communicate that the result of Gatsby’s failure is he is trying to back in …show more content…
By using these two antagonists in comparison to the protagonist Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows that Gatsby has the opportunity to achieve his dreams , but his ambition gets in the way of his dreams. Similarly Tom and Daisy represent the American dream and the corruption of it during this time period. Fitzgerald also shows that Gatsby has the opportunity to achieve his dreams , but his ambition gets in the way of his dreams. Similarly Tom and Daisy represent the American dream and the corruption of it during this time
Going back to when life was carefree and simple. The truth is the second after being conceived in the womb , life is complex , and time waits for no one. “Gatsby and I in turn leaned down and took the small, reluctant hand. Afterward he kept looking at the child with surprise. I don't think he had ever really believed in its existence before.” (Fitzgerald 96). Gatsby looks at Daisy’s child and it represents how he missed his opportunity already and Daisy moved on. Gatsby refutes to this concept which makes him childish. Fitzgerald communicates that failure happens frequently for everyone , but as you mature you learn from these mistakes. Gatsby wants to shift time in his favor , but the concept of time is not real. It is a human perception that people chose to believe in , time is meant to organize and control society and not the other way around of society to control time. Fitzgerald tries to communicate that the result of Gatsby’s failure is he is trying to back in …show more content…
By using these two antagonists in comparison to the protagonist Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows that Gatsby has the opportunity to achieve his dreams , but his ambition gets in the way of his dreams. Similarly Tom and Daisy represent the American dream and the corruption of it during this time period. Fitzgerald also shows that Gatsby has the opportunity to achieve his dreams , but his ambition gets in the way of his dreams. Similarly Tom and Daisy represent the American dream and the corruption of it during this time