I Pronounce Thee “The Great Gatsby” The pinnacles of history and memories are The Greats. Alexander the Great, The Great Wall of China, both have significantly left their legacy on human existence. And what more do individuals want in life than to be remembered? Due to the unadulterated recognition, people often establish their goals as ‘greathood’. However, to be constantly situated in someone’s memory requires attention seeking aimed away from satisfying self over others. These people, distracted by societal norms, take the road most traveled by diverging from their path of self actualization. Living in false perceptions, individuals juxtapose the idea of greatness by failing to fulfill their potential. This causes people to idealize perfect
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He is continuously fascinated by the purely innocent Daisy, however his personality is blinded as the present Daisy is the opposite from what she presents herself to be. Gatsby is always pondering over past experiences and is never quite satisfied with what the present brings him, “he had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity.’ ‘Now, in the reaction, he was running down like an overwound clock’”(Fitzgerald, 93). This illusion of Daisy that was developed in the past mesmerizes Gatsby and therefore causes his grip on reality to dwindle. He opposes the definition of authentic greatness as he is fixated on former events rather than existing actualities. As his fixation on Daisy’s persona increases, he is drawn away from the importance of reality. Confliction occurs as he is unable to accurately uphold the title The Great Gatsby because of his infatuation with a concept from the past. His expectation for individuals exceeds their capability, “there must have been moments even in the afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams—not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion” (Fitzgerald, 97). Building up fantasies from the past, Gatsby isn’t fulfilled with what the current brings him. Pursuing visions of the future that are determined by the past, Gatsby’s entire current existence is constructed so Daisy will notice him. Daisy fails to meet the idealistic expectations within the illusion Gatsby created. Consequently, someone who withholds the true definition of greatness isn’t upheld with past occurrences, but is rather striving to accomplish realistic goals. Spending the present engrossed in the past tends to create a useless feeling. With no practical dreams to
He is continuously fascinated by the purely innocent Daisy, however his personality is blinded as the present Daisy is the opposite from what she presents herself to be. Gatsby is always pondering over past experiences and is never quite satisfied with what the present brings him, “he had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity.’ ‘Now, in the reaction, he was running down like an overwound clock’”(Fitzgerald, 93). This illusion of Daisy that was developed in the past mesmerizes Gatsby and therefore causes his grip on reality to dwindle. He opposes the definition of authentic greatness as he is fixated on former events rather than existing actualities. As his fixation on Daisy’s persona increases, he is drawn away from the importance of reality. Confliction occurs as he is unable to accurately uphold the title The Great Gatsby because of his infatuation with a concept from the past. His expectation for individuals exceeds their capability, “there must have been moments even in the afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams—not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion” (Fitzgerald, 97). Building up fantasies from the past, Gatsby isn’t fulfilled with what the current brings him. Pursuing visions of the future that are determined by the past, Gatsby’s entire current existence is constructed so Daisy will notice him. Daisy fails to meet the idealistic expectations within the illusion Gatsby created. Consequently, someone who withholds the true definition of greatness isn’t upheld with past occurrences, but is rather striving to accomplish realistic goals. Spending the present engrossed in the past tends to create a useless feeling. With no practical dreams to