Everyone tends to look back at their lives every know and then. The past can be used a tool, a motivator and a guide to help drive their future. Many people rely on their past to help guide them and use it as a tool to help make decisions. Even though looking at ones past is a giid thing Some people rely too heavily on their past and they get lost in it. They dedicated their whole lives to trying to recreate something they once had. Jay Gatsby, Bosco, and Willy Loman are all guilty of such ideas. Each character relies on their past to fix their future, and yet none of them achieve the goal they set out to catch; all three of them are stuck in an endless rut of disappoint, and comparing their lives to what they once had. When someone hears the name Jay Gatsby they think of lavish parties, expensive decor, and amazing stories told by a handsome, charming man; Gatsby is man of riches, stories, and ambition. He wants one thing in life and that one thing is Daisy …show more content…
He was once a great musician, and loved to create music and had a very successful career going for himself, then he grew old, and fat and soon all he had left was his memories and an addiction to alcohol. memories. At one point during his chapter Bosco makes a refrence to time being a goon, and a goon is “a hired hoodlum or thug.”(dictionary.com) Egan writes Bosco so he is aware of his current state. He knows he is old, fat, and has problems yet he choses to handle his situation in a childish way his past self would have. He He wants to relive his glory days, and wants to go back to the musician he once was. His lack of fame and fortune and what he once had gives him the ambition to push through one more tour even though he know it will kill him. He wants to “flame away, not fade away” (Egan) Bosco was scared to lose all his status and achievements from when he was younger and to just pass away
His usual chipper attitude was replaced by a real fear of the danger he was in. He is in no condition to even move around to go looking for help and has lost all hope of survival. While his issues began with the cut off access to the real world because of the dangerous river, they only multiplied once he started to starve making him realize there was almost no chance of him making it out of the wild
Through Jay Gatsby and Frank Lucas’ goal orienting character, their characters are both destroyed due to the fact of their aspirations, although it destructs their persona both in a different manner. Gatsby’s dream is to become a wealthy man in order to reunite with Daisy and win her heart once again. All Daisy really wants is a man who can ensure her financial stability and Gatsby believes if he attains wealth it will ensure him that they can be together. On the other hand, as Gatsby consumes his time by becoming rich, it destroys his emotional sense of feeling guilty or sadness from wrongdoing. This is because he does not have an emotional conscious from achieving his wealth illegally.
Jay Gatsby is from a small town and poor town in North Dakota (Fitzgerald 173). As a child, he was “... bound to get ahead (Fitzgerald 173).” Mr. Gatsby observed a strict regimen driven by a rigorous schedule that pushed him each and every day (Fitzgerald 173). Gatsby never reaches his “Dream”, which is Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s ultimate goal, his most desirable object is exactly that, Daisy (Donaldson 197).
His direction was to become sober and try to change his image by wearing a suit and grooming. He was able to deal with things for a bit, but then he got stressed and
After time, his mind and body began to deteriorate and they drugs stopped working for him. The pressure of constantly staying on top began to take a toll on Gould, he couldn’t keep up with the pace of the music world anymore. His body was getting
He was a man who let the fear of looking weak get the best of him and he ended up doing things he didn’t want to do. His deadbeat father was the blame of how he ended up being in life. His life went downhill really fast. He dealt with things back to back and he didn’t see things getting any better. A tragic hero is defiantly what he
- After that, he thinks that alcohol might be an antidote to all the pain he has faced throughout his life and starts to drink alcohol. - However, in the end, he really becomes an alcohol addict and loses his whole identity because of it. He literally loses his personality and doesn't want to find it again. He thinks that being someone you are not is easier than being yourself.
Nick finds happiness in facing the present and the adversity it presents. However, true happiness can only be found in looking to the future and what it may hold. The first character, Jay Gatsby builds his world around his past. Throughout the novel, Gatsby strives to win back his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. To Gatsby, Daisy symbolizes the most beautiful, unattainable prize that he needs to be win.
Then his life was flipped and he had to make some hard decisions, an he became very troubled. He walked around depressed and if suicide wasn't
The characters in the novel pretend that they have their lives all figured out, but through their successes their downfalls and emptiness can be seen, to prove that money cannot buy happiness. Jay Gatsby is the newest and upcoming star in New York during the 1920’s. Through his business and inheritance he is one of the richest men of his time. One may think that his abundance of wealth would lead him to be eternally happy, but he is the opposite. Gatsby longs for his love of Daisy, which is his personal American Dream.
Gatsby has spent his whole life trying to prove to Daisy and everyone around him that he is worthy of her. The only way to be on the same social level as her is to turn himself into new money. Since this is not possible, he has to try to convince to others that he truly is old money. To do this, he becomes rich, and lies about his past, but the only way for him to complete this idea is if he is with Daisy. She is the final piece in his American dream.
Jay Gatsby, the title character of the novel “The Great Gatsby” is a man that can not seem to live without the love of his life. Trying to win Daisy over consumes Gatsby’s life as he tries to become the person he thinks she would approve of. What most readers do not realize is that Jay Gatsby’s character mirrors many personality traits and concerns that the author of novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald, had. In fact, Gatsby and Fitzgerald are similar in that they both had a girl they wanted to win over, took a strong stance on alcohol, and ironically both had similar funerals, also, both people also symbolize the American dream.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby portrays the lives of wealthy Americans living in the success and grandeur of the Roaring Twenties. Within the novel, the epoch’s legacy of material want and the need for human connection clash in the form of Daisy Buchanan. Her inner conflict between the two desires are symbolized in Jay’s letter and Tom’s pearls. Jay’s letter to Daisy Buchanan proves the romance of their relationship, while Tom’s pearls ultimately represents Daisy’s decision to abandon that love for wealth.
Unfortunately, he had to leave Daisy to go to war. After the war, he was determined to find Daisy but five years later, his feelings are not reciprocated; Daisy toys with him, uses Gatsby to make her husband jealous, and allows Gatsby to take the blame for the murder of her husband’s mistress. The most tragic of the three protagonists studied is Jay Gatsby because he demoralizes himself in a futile attempt at expired love, he has few genuine companions, and he cannot let go of the past. Throughout the novel, the contrast between Gatsby's pure past and corrupt future illustrates the degree to which he changes to impress his love, Daisy.
As a result of these adversities, he turned to alcohol and drugs and dropped out of school. When questioned, he believed without doubt that his current illness was the direct effect of his troubled childhood. He explains he has never fully recovered from the death of his mother and he has struggled to develop any trusting relationships in his