Gatsby and the frosted glass
All of us have ideas of what we want our lives to be. These ideas sometimes develop into dreams in our sleep or complaints against how things really are, but hardly ever do events play out exactly how we plan them. More often everything rushes in the opposite direction, disappointing us, and generally wrecking havoc on our puny little ideals. Luckily, there are some like Jay Gatsby of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who have invented new realities. They not only invent, but dwell in them so completely that their realities are the reality. These people have found a way to make all that happens to and around them fit into their fantasy worlds, not disproving but carrying along many of their disillusions. This is often accomplished by surrounding themselves with people who want to believe in their dreams, who willingly lend themselves to the tailoring of their fantasies. All of the characters in The Great Gatsby are guilty of this to some degree but none more than Gatsby himself. He is the only one with neither foot on terra firma, believing all of his own conception. Gatsby lives by looking at his life through a foggy window, through a dream that is enviable and just that Ð a dream, a persona
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Peter Pan, Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy GatsbyÕs, Jordan Nick, Frosted Glass, Poor Gatsby, Page159 Gatsby, Tom Gatsby, poor gatsby, dream dream,
Approximate Word count = 862
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
