Matthew Kern 3/27/15
Love as Attraction, yet Failure to Persevere
Love is a vital part of a relationship and is an intricate provision to the attraction between two people. This however is not the only component that calculates how well a relationship truly works. The Great Gatsby and Coming Aphrodite dually offer aspects of individuals who are immensely in love with each other, but end up ending their relationships. It is clearly evident in Coming Aphrodite by Willa Cather and in The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald that even though love between two parties is indisputable, it is not enough to overcome significant individual …show more content…
Hedger’s view of success, placed emphasis on customization and not on commercialization and tangible prosperity. Eden Bower’s ideals were based on the principal that successful people were well known and visibly flourishing. Hedger liked to produce his art in a manner that fit his social ethics and beliefs. Eden did not agree with this and attempted to establish Hedger with an art dealer that would make him famous. These two opposing viewpoints on life, came to a clash when Eden pursued this commercial art dealer. “Eden was annoyed. Burton Ives had been very nice to her and had begged her to sit for him. You must admit that he’s a very successful one” (Cather 37). Eden is disgruntled by Hedger’s lack of desire to gain success in terms of adoration from society. Riled up by this confrontation, Hedger ends up retreating to Long Island to get away from Eden. This disagreement upon modes of success places a virtual barricade to the progression of their …show more content…
After moving to Kentucky and becoming an officer in the military, Gatsby meets a woman named Daisy. Daisy is an upper class woman, who does not initially know that Gatsby is not a wealthy man. Gatsby does not marry Daisy while they are living in Kentucky even though he loves her, and they lose contact while he is away in the military. When Gatsby returns from the military, Daisy is already married to a wealthy man named Tom. Realizing he is still in love with Daisy, Gatsby moved near Daisy on Long Island. Gatsby and Daisy soon met again and knew that they mutually still had love for each other. A secret relationship further enhanced their love; Gatsby received his desired romance with Daisy, and Daisy received the adoration and love that her husband Tom refused to give her
Love as Attraction, yet Failure to Persevere
Love is a vital part of a relationship and is an intricate provision to the attraction between two people. This however is not the only component that calculates how well a relationship truly works. The Great Gatsby and Coming Aphrodite dually offer aspects of individuals who are immensely in love with each other, but end up ending their relationships. It is clearly evident in Coming Aphrodite by Willa Cather and in The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald that even though love between two parties is indisputable, it is not enough to overcome significant individual …show more content…
Hedger’s view of success, placed emphasis on customization and not on commercialization and tangible prosperity. Eden Bower’s ideals were based on the principal that successful people were well known and visibly flourishing. Hedger liked to produce his art in a manner that fit his social ethics and beliefs. Eden did not agree with this and attempted to establish Hedger with an art dealer that would make him famous. These two opposing viewpoints on life, came to a clash when Eden pursued this commercial art dealer. “Eden was annoyed. Burton Ives had been very nice to her and had begged her to sit for him. You must admit that he’s a very successful one” (Cather 37). Eden is disgruntled by Hedger’s lack of desire to gain success in terms of adoration from society. Riled up by this confrontation, Hedger ends up retreating to Long Island to get away from Eden. This disagreement upon modes of success places a virtual barricade to the progression of their …show more content…
After moving to Kentucky and becoming an officer in the military, Gatsby meets a woman named Daisy. Daisy is an upper class woman, who does not initially know that Gatsby is not a wealthy man. Gatsby does not marry Daisy while they are living in Kentucky even though he loves her, and they lose contact while he is away in the military. When Gatsby returns from the military, Daisy is already married to a wealthy man named Tom. Realizing he is still in love with Daisy, Gatsby moved near Daisy on Long Island. Gatsby and Daisy soon met again and knew that they mutually still had love for each other. A secret relationship further enhanced their love; Gatsby received his desired romance with Daisy, and Daisy received the adoration and love that her husband Tom refused to give her