Outsider In his novel THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST mohsin hamid explores changez attempt to make a life for himself in America. While at first he is successful at Princeton and then in securing a job with a well-respected American firm, the reader becomes aware that he finds it increasingly difficult become he is marginalized as an outsider. As he strives to live the American dream, seeking money and status, he begins to question his own values and those of American society. This self-examination triggers such a crisis of identity that he rejects the persona he is trying to fabricate. ‘I did not know where I stood on so many issues of consequence; I lacked a stable core.
With all the irresponsibility, came a man filled with hopes and dreams. This man hoped that one day he could live his version of the American Dream, and own a business. When trying to talk about it or work towards his goal, it seemed everyone shot him down. Even his own wife, “…his woman say…your eggs is getting cold!” (34) who would just ignore his words, and tell him to
They are called “industrial statesmen” for the great economic power they helped America become. At the same time, they are regarded as “robber barons” because they built their great wealth by abusing the system, abusing employees, and destroying their competitors to satisfy their own needs. They grew America, but brought down many on their path. Document F is concentrated on John D. Rockefeller. A great man, really, in charge of having possibly the biggest oil refinery company in the world.
Finally it led to his own death because he wanted to pick up where he left off in the past which wasn’t going to happen because things had changed and times were different. The Great Gatsby as he came to be known, was just a young boy who wanted love more than anything else in life. His pursuit of happiness and desire to achieve his dream took him to his grave. The American dream was corrupted in this book because they all wanted what other people had. They all wanted to be wealthy and to live the life of the rich and famous.
* Life taught him to do it to others before they do it to you. * We are developing nation, we are wealthy, we are more selfish, we are interested in instant gratification. * Terry wants it both ways; he was angry that he was told to throw a flight, but at the same time, he was given money and other promises to make his life more “cushy”. This shows the flaws in his morality. * Question the degree of the influence Edie has on him and his future.
He is so obsessed hat he is willing to break up a family just to have his love. In Gatsby’s mind, he might believe that he is truly in love. However, in reality, its not love but is his obsession. He gathered all his wealth, power, and possessions just to impress Daisy. He intentionally bought a house in West Egg just so he can be close to Daisy and watch her every night.
It is also revealed that Gatsby, as a child, had a list of things that he wanted to improve, and the fact that his father said that he always was a hard worker, proves his determination. As the book comes to a close, Gatsby’s “job” is exposed as an illegal bootlegger and a fraud. When Gatsby loses all chances of winning back Daisy from Tom, it foreshadows his actual death, as his main goal and dream in life to make Daisy his wife is crushed. This in a sense portrays Gatsby as a tragic hero because everything he worked for, although it was illegal, is over, and none of his friends attend his funeral. Gatsby’s feeble and pathetic side are therefore
Charles Foster Kane, publisher of the New York inquirer and numerous other papers, and one of the richest men in the world, influenced America’s thinking for half a century. However, Kane is flawed, self-serving, destructive opportunist, a classic tragic figure doomed to fall. Because he had lots of money, Kane believed he could buy anything including the friendship and love. Message is simple: success, power, riches cannot replace love and tranquility. Many people walked out on Kane’s life: first wife Emily, the best friend Leland, and second wife Susan.
Tragic Desire In Willa Cather’s short story “Paul’s Case”, Paul makes selfish adolescent decisions to feed his desire for a wealthy and upper class lifestyle. Paul’s struggles to break apart from what his life is and what he wants it to be. Paul’s family and mentors send him into a sea of lies and fables that he uses to create his perfect world. There is always something we may want and cannot have but we will make moves to try to achieve them. As Cather explains: “He had no desire to become an actor, any more than he had to become a musician… what he wanted was to see, to be in the atmosphere, float on the wave of it, to be carried out, blue league after blue league, away from everything” (Cather ).
n The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby represents a man blinded by his own greed and imagination. He wants only money and love and must work hard to achieve both. The era of this book reflects greatly on the actions and ideas of Gatsby’s character. This book is a good example of corruption brought upon a person who goes after something that is filled completely with empty promise. Jay Gatsby wants so deeply to experience love that he puts his faith completely into someone that could never fulfill his expectations.