The Great Gatsby- A discussion

Hello there!! Today I am talking about The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books of all time. If you have read The Great Gatsby then you already know my blog is named after a quote from it. The quote is “I wasn’t actually in love, I just felt a tender curiosity.” I love this quote along with a BUNCH of others from this novel. This book has symbolism,metaphors,and color. The reason I say color is that it plays a big part in this book not only as a description of the parties or the city, but the world,people and time. The green light was a symbol for Gatsby of the hopes he had for the future. It represented Daisy and how he wished to see her and love her again. Gold means money and represents the rich. It also shows us a little more of Gatsby, and not the inexplicable “prejudice in your favor” Gatsby, but the Gatsby that needed the final golden piece. That Golden piece is Daisy. He needed her not only to go back to a place of peace and happiness, but he needed her to finalize his success. Daisy  was his motivation to become anyone at all, even if it wasn’t really him. It was apart of this “American dream.” The American Dream is this idea that anyone can become successful (Rich) as long as you work hard. This is not the case for everyone. Many books talk about the American dream and the hardships that those who try to achieve it face. Not all American dreams consist of failure, but this particular case in a way did. The reason Gatsby failed is because his dream was impossible. He wanted to go back to a time that had past. He wanted Daisy to reassure him that all of his dishonest actions and schemes weren’t for naught. The reason this american dream didn’t work is because this is a corrupt version of the idea. The Great Gatsby shows us a great example of the corrupt version of the American dream. It shows us that becoming rich and noble isn’t everything. It turns out to be nothing in the end. F. Scott Fitzgerald also shows the impossibility of repeating the past. It shows Gatsby who is stuck trying to re-live a happier time of his life, but doesn’t realize that he could have so much more. I hope you enjoyed this post, and I would love to discuss this further, so ask me questions or leave your opinions!! I will talk to you later!! Bye!~