Key Quotes: Gatsby Quote | Analysis | ‘Foul dust that floated in the wake of his dreams’ Ch1 (pg4) | Gatsby has been destroyed/ruined because of the foul dust that followed his American dream. Possibly referring to people who took advantage of his money or used their power to try and destroy him. Achieving the American Dream doesn’t always result in happiness. | ‘He stretched out his arms towards the dark water’ Ch1 (pg16) | Gatsby truly loved Daisy. This happens when Gatsby thinks no one is watching him therefore we are able to assume it is not part of his image.
Because of his unhappiness Gatsby was blinded by his burning desire to have Daisy, whom was not rightfully his, making him yearn for more. American society exemplifies and glorifies the necessity of money. Americans are a meretricious lot, incapable of looking into the soul of a person and choose to rely on the judgments of their first outward appearance. They say Americans aim too high but if there were any other way to aim, we do not know it. The character James Gatsby is the perfect representation of this.
Gatsby’s pursuit for love is a timeline detailing the change of the real American Dream into the corrupt version. To Gatsby, Daisy’s love is once the “fresh, green breast of the new world.” (171) This love is pure and strong, as was the American society’s belief once that discovery and hard work would reward one’s own desires. However, even Gatsby realizes he “paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.” (153) He was trying, at all costs, to fulfill the impossible task--the corrupt dream--of wooing the heart of a married woman, even a woman as shallow as Daisy. Likewise, the original American Dream deteriorates to the assumption that status symbols like wealth equals success. People have lost their own ability to determine what they want and have succumbed to society’s great pressure that money is the answer to everything.
The difference is Tom believes he is in love with Daisy but just likes the idea of having some to always go back to. Tom makes this evident for everyone during a feud over Daisy with Gatsby. Tom says, “I love Daisy too. Once in a while I off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always comeback, and in my heart I love her all times.” Even though it is incontrovertible that Tom loves Daisy, he has a much different meaning of love. He believes love to be something that is parallel with infidelity as long as he goes back to Daisy at the end of the day.
Marco Munoz Mr. Marquez English 11 Per. 2 5/4/13 The Great Gatsby Most of the characters in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald put on fake mask in order to hide their imperfection. In this novel James Gatz creates a new persona for himself known as Jay Gatsby in order to start a new better life and be someone special or someone who will be remembered. Daisy who was once with Gatsby before he left out to war in World War 1, has a huge desire for perfection which leads to conflict between Gastby and her husband Tom. Everything that Gastby does is for the same reason, to have Daisy back.
In addition, Gatsby purposely shows off his colossal-size mansion and splendid clothes so that Daisy will finally see just how wealthy he is and come back to him. Despite Gatsby’s wealth and fortune, Gatsby is unsuccessful in winning back Daisy because it is highly improbable for one to buy happiness. All in all, Fitzgerald expresses to his readers that the underlying theme
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.
His motivation represents enlightened self-interest on one hand, but on the other hand, it is so wildly absurd as to be satirical. Thomas is credible enough as a character to criticize capitalism, yet at the same time, he is unbelievable
He is never satisfied with what he has and once he acquires what he wants he moves onto another dream. Such as after he changes his name and starts a new exciting life he dreams of being rich and powerful, then his dream is to win over a lost love and even after he has won over Daisy he still wants more from her which she is incapable of giving. Through Jay Gatsby’s tragic story, Fitzgerald is suggesting that the American Dream is unattainable if rooted in greed. Hickey suggests that he is also implying a warning to not future generations, “The Great Gatsby might be interpreted as a warning not only to Fitzgerald’s generation but to future generations as well. Beware of pursuing that “orgiastic future” with too much fervor; one might well be destroyed by it, just as Gatsby is.” (Hickey
From these thing, it is made clear that Lear is not only rash and insecure but also thoughtless and stupid. Based on these pieces of textual evidence, I think it is clear that King Lear is motivated by his self-concern, and nothing more. Shakespeare causes us to think this through both his words and his actions throughout Act