Living behind the mask
Middle school bullies harass the another student because either they are insecure about themselves, or because they are jealous of the victim. People's actions, however do not always accurately reflect their true selves. In the third chapter of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals that one’s private self can be masked with the way they publicly carry themselves with the use of imagery, euphoric tone, and long syntax. Through the large parties Jay Gatsby holds, Fitzgerald claims that Gatsby’s parties are his method of hiding his true self from the public, so he can seem irresistible to his love interest, Daisy.
People in the roaring twenties use extravagance to fit the persona they so desperately want to have. …show more content…
Gatsby’s parties are so enjoyable that the upbeat aura needs to stay alive and can not die out. If the party dies, so does the mold Gatsby has made for himself. At the party, “laughter is easier minute by minute,spilled with prodigality,tipped out at a cheerful word”(40). As Gatsby’s parties are getting larger and longer, he continues to hide behind that public self that he has attained: the one where everything is good and there is plenty of time to waste. However, Gatsby doesn’t have time to waste, because he feels that he needs to secure his connections with his love interest fast. He has been waiting five years to get back to the relationship he had with Daisy, when they were young and in love. However, Daisy now has husband, and Gatsby roughly fits into the lines of her new life. His time really is wasted, but Gatsby’s will not have it and continues to push on with his true intentions of having a relationship are being once again covered up because he is so desperately trying to keep his confident persona fulfilled.
F. Scott Fitzgerald provides a deeper meaning of how Gatsby's true self is not being exposed. Through the use of descriptive imagery, a euphoric tone and longer syntax, he displays how a person will not show their private self through their actions. People tend to show their public self before anything else. While the school bully will harass other students because they are insecure, their public self is expressed much more easily than their private one. Gatsby is no exception to that
Middle school bullies harass the another student because either they are insecure about themselves, or because they are jealous of the victim. People's actions, however do not always accurately reflect their true selves. In the third chapter of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals that one’s private self can be masked with the way they publicly carry themselves with the use of imagery, euphoric tone, and long syntax. Through the large parties Jay Gatsby holds, Fitzgerald claims that Gatsby’s parties are his method of hiding his true self from the public, so he can seem irresistible to his love interest, Daisy.
People in the roaring twenties use extravagance to fit the persona they so desperately want to have. …show more content…
Gatsby’s parties are so enjoyable that the upbeat aura needs to stay alive and can not die out. If the party dies, so does the mold Gatsby has made for himself. At the party, “laughter is easier minute by minute,spilled with prodigality,tipped out at a cheerful word”(40). As Gatsby’s parties are getting larger and longer, he continues to hide behind that public self that he has attained: the one where everything is good and there is plenty of time to waste. However, Gatsby doesn’t have time to waste, because he feels that he needs to secure his connections with his love interest fast. He has been waiting five years to get back to the relationship he had with Daisy, when they were young and in love. However, Daisy now has husband, and Gatsby roughly fits into the lines of her new life. His time really is wasted, but Gatsby’s will not have it and continues to push on with his true intentions of having a relationship are being once again covered up because he is so desperately trying to keep his confident persona fulfilled.
F. Scott Fitzgerald provides a deeper meaning of how Gatsby's true self is not being exposed. Through the use of descriptive imagery, a euphoric tone and longer syntax, he displays how a person will not show their private self through their actions. People tend to show their public self before anything else. While the school bully will harass other students because they are insecure, their public self is expressed much more easily than their private one. Gatsby is no exception to that