He “ranged freely over music, literature, art, and other subjects,” but could not agree with what was taking place at Coney Island. Critics like him who had visited the island could not deny the fun environment, but felt that when people arrived a Coney Island, they lost their mind and moral values. Not only were they concerned about human character; they were also concerned about the economy as a whole. Coney Island was changing America “from a ‘pain economy,’ where scarcity of resources demanded a struggle for subsistence, to a ‘pleasure economy,’ in which abundance was potentially available to all” (Kasson 90). People would avoid sin to be sure not to be punished by unemployment and bad economic standings, but without this fear, it was unknown what citizens of the United States would start acting like.
His levelheadedness also juxtaposes with the frivolity of his wealthy cousins and neighbors thus developing a contrast in which Fitzgerald deliberately criticizes the lunacy and wastefulness of the 1920s upper class. Furthermore, Nick never complains about his own life but endures the constant complaining from the wealthy about their own lives which develops Nick's trustworthiness and the contrast between the wealthy and middle class. Daisy lives constantly in a state of ever changing emotions and ideals. With very contradictory behavior, she intimidates those not close to her in an effort to conceal her destructiveness, detail not readily shared with those around and gradually revealed to the reader in order to develop the character. The only excuse for her concealed cruelty is that she did not know any better as a fool which she shares in the beginning by wanting her daughter to be a fool.
This changes the viewers reaction to Chris as at the start, he is very arrogant to his family, but these things shows how he can be compassionate. Another reaction to Chris' personality was his arrogance to his family. His parents looked after him and at the start offered him a car, but he was arrogant about the life he had. He threw it all away, traded the life so many would want for a life in the wild. He realises that his family and the people who were part of his journey cared for him but he rejects their love and goes to live alone.
His family is quite wealthy, and he visits a private boarding school. Like every other teenager, Holden acts typically like a teenager. His statements and assertions are often unnecessary and uninteresting, and have an arrogant tone. Holden judges people based on their suitcases, since he thinks it is “really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are better than theirs.” This statement just comes out of nowhere and completely irritates the reader. Holden implies by mentioning his thought, that roommates with cheap suitcases are hard to be with, that he is a special person that everyone envies and is jealous of.
He starts out as an examining magistrate in the reformed judicial institutions and moves to a new province. Here he meets his future wife Praskovya. Things go fine for a while between them until Praskovya and Ivan start having disagreements and because of these disagreements, Ivan starts to engulf himself in his work. Ivan quick moves up in rank and with each promotion he gains more and more money until and an unexpected event occurs and Ivan does not get a promotion he believes his is deserved. Ivan travels to St. Petersburg to demand a higher paying job, since he and Praskovya begin to have a hard time paying for their upscale life style.
Pip also begins to spend too much money and goes into debt even with his secret benefactor giving him money. Once Pip discovers who his benefactor truly is all his dreams are shattered. He cannot believe a criminal had been supplying him with money all this time. Stage two ends with Pip being broken and destroyed with all the problems he faces. In the third stage Pip tries to repair all his relationships with people he mistreated and loved.
Taking his father’s place at the Building and Loan, he gives up (temporarily, he thinks) travel and education. When there’s a run on the banks George and Mary both give up their honeymoon and divvy up their cash among the people. At each defining moment, he sacrifices something in order to do what he feels is right. The irony is that George feels trapped in his own life, but whenever he has a chance to change his situation, such as the offer from Potter to work at the bank, he not only passes it up, but also invests himself more fully in the Building
He does not understand the concept of time and is blinded by his desperation and naivety. To those around him, Jay Gatsby is the epitome of the American dream; he is wealthy, successful, and has a name for himself. Yet no one really knows or tries to understand who he really is. Jay Gatsby is a hopeless but hopeful dreamer, lost in deception and stuck in a fantasy that blinds him from living his life in the present and will eventually even lead to his death. Jay Gatsby not only believes he can relive the past but he also believes he can rewrite it.
Clifford is a stereotypical aristocrat of the 20th century, he does not value or respect women, he is obnoxious, emotionally negligent and is constantly preoccupied with making money, and everything else is of little significance to him; he pursues money and fame through the manipulation of words. Curiously though, he needs Connie’s presence to feel safe and he depends on her influence for his writing, much like Lawrence himself who said
In the Great Gatsby, when Nick goes with Tom to New York and the book that Tom is reading are both perfect example of why this decade will forever be known as the Lost Generation. Tom, a character from the famous Great Gatsby, is a person who falls into the category of being “lost”. Many of his actions depicted prove why that statement would be considered true. For example, the way he spends most of him time getting wasted and cheating on his wife openly. He shows no remorse for his actions and is inconsiderate of how Daisy might feel.