Ignoring the reality of everyday life and how it works can obsure individuals perspective of the world, which has devastating effects, such as not being able to understand what it best for ones self in life. In ‘Paul’s Case’ by Willa Cather, the protagonist, Paul, experiences these devastating effects. In order to escape the misery of his everyday life, Paul ignores reality and devises an affluent life for himself, however it is these illogical measures that ultimately cause him to make irrational and harsh decisions that prevent him from securing self-fulfillment. Paul’s great misunderstanding about the relationship between work and money cause him to carry out decietful actions that lead to his downfall. Paul strongly believes that he belongs in the
As Gatsby puts his dream onto something unworthy (Daisy), his dream becomes less important as time progresses because it gets more and more unattainable. He puts so much stress on what he wants Daisy to be, rather than what she is, creating an infatuation in the idea of her, rather than the reality of her. Even Nick doesn’t believe Gatsby truly loves her anymore, stating that “he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy.” (Fitzgerald 110)His hopes spread past reality and reason. At one point, Gatsby believes he can repeat the past (Fitzgerald 110) and get Daisy back. Gatsby sacrifices everything he is, and completely changes himself for Daisy.
Jay Gatsby was a man who became trapped by his own dream and received in life what he deserved. Upon meeting Daisy, a beautiful women born rich they had an affair. Gatsby know he couldn’t live up to her expectations of the life style she was accustomed to for he lacked wealth. Gatsby became a man who inspired himself to achieve to be among the American rich society and win the love of Daisy. He was not
They got no family. They don’t belong a place.” Each character had dreams to follow but because of reality they didn’t achieve what was desired by them. The reality that was faced by each character stopped from achieving their dreams. For example, Curley’s wife wanted to become a superstar but the reality of life stopped her from achieving her dream and was forced to resign her to an unfulfilling marriage. Each character’s dream gets crushed from the reality that was faced in their journey, and this awakens George to the impossibility of his dream of owning land, and sadly proves that the Crooks were right: such paradises of freedom and safety are not found in this world.
Willy’s downfall is a result of his reluctance to face his shame, his guilt towards his affair and the way Biff’s life turned out, and the social pressures of success. Willy denies the feeling of shame, affecting him and his family. Willy turns to another woman out of loneliness for Linda, deeply within; his feelings of shame are related to the need of a woman. Shame, inadequacy and inferiority evince the need to “be liked and never want” (Arthur Miller 21). This is apparent within Willy and his sons.
During the 1930’s, men were also faced with the struggle of keeping a job and pursuing their American Dream; the belief of having and living off their own business and land. In this novel, we are introduced to a very complex character named Curley’s Wife. In the beginning, the way she presents herself and acts gives the reader the impression that she is a provocative, dangerous character that shouldn’t be trusted. However, towards the end of the story, the reader discovers she is a very misunderstood woman, who is looking for the love and attention she doesn’t receive from her husband. She’s desperate for her life to change after a long
This embarrasses Gogol so he is constantly trying to compensate by blending in with Americans. One of the main issues holding him back from being Indian under the radar is his name. It is different and does not go unnoticed which is why he begins to resent the name, his parents for choosing it, and ultimately everything that makes him different from other Americans. This is the main conflict that hangs over the Ganguli household, but it is manifested in smaller day-to-day conflicts. Gogol is teased about his name, his parent’s want him to identify with an aspect of Bengali culture, but he resists, the parents want to visit India, and Gogol and Sonia complain and feel their summer is ruined, Gogol has romantic relationships that his parents don’t understand, and finally Gogol moves away and changes his name, and barely keeps up with his parents.
Although his actions are very insane, they can be seen as rational to reader considering hedonism. Devotion to pleasure, hedonism, makes Dorian be deceitful about his true self by deflecting the attention of the public from the mad man to the beautiful and intelligent gentlemen. Dorian is, young, sensitive, and emotional, meaning that he is susceptible to manipulation. Lord Henry takes advantage of that opportunity and gives Dorian the yellow book; this book opens up the world of hedonism and aestheticism which eventually turns his young life into an eternal oblivion of misery. Dorian develops a fear of aging so he tries to live his life as if it was his last day on earth.
Bassam struggles everyday to find a way to leave the horror that has become his homeland. Tempted by the money that can be retrieved through criminal activity, Bassam gets caught up in a series of little jobs that lead him into fighting for his life., Bassam, unlike George, does not thrive in this type of behaviour, instead we see a young man who struggles with the inner conflicts and emotions of feeling abandoned by all sense of humanity and desires to find the element of peace that he sees within the images of Roma. Bassam’s inner turmoil is what causes him to leave Beirut in search of a better life. He desires security in his life, a sense of belonging and a new beginning, which Bassam is not receiving in Beirut. The disaster and devastation, emotional exile and the search for an ending are all the reasons to why Bassam has to leave his homeland.
They think that his recent behaviour has been strange as he has been very unhappy and seems to be avoiding the daylight. As soon as dawn breaks, he goes to his room and “makes himself an artificial night”. Shortly after this, we discover the reason for Romeo’s behaviour. He is in love with a girl called Rosaline and his desperate love is not returned, despite his best efforts, for example giving her money. This unrequited love is painful for him and he feels weighed down by it.