Love is a feeling that forever makes humankind crazy and fall over its heels. There is a natural sense in every human to look for a soul mate, a partner, an other half. In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, love leads to the tragedies each plot encounters. While The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao focuses on a fat Dominican teenager named Oscar trying to find love, The Great Gatsby focuses on a new rich man trying to alter an environment to make it exactly like it was years ago and gain back a love he thought belonged to him; this man is Gatsby. Although the characters of Gatsby and Oscar are built upon their reactions to their love lives, the contrast between these two characters
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Oscar’s character is shaped up based on his attempts to find love. In one of these attempts, Yunior, a close friend of Oscar’s family, states, “He just kept hitting on her with absolutely no regard for self” (Diaz 183). Oscar thought he had fallen in love with La Jablesse; however she did not feel the same way. This rejection led to Oscar attempting suicide. However life gave him a second chance that Oscar undoubtedly took. This second chance was him persevering at finding love. Oscar discovered he was not ready to give up his hopes of a happy ending and an accomplished love. Oscar moved on from his past still with his goal in mind and at heart. He might of attempted suicide, but he took the second chance he was offered. At the end of the day, this rejection made Oscar persevere in his goal to attain love, making him a determined and accomplished person. On the other hand, Gatsby was never able to leave his past leading to his ultimate failure.The Great Gatsby gained his wealth and everything he had because of his desire for Daisy. Gatsby met the love of his life in …show more content…
These contrasts occur because of the approaches each character had in their final attempts to love. Oscar decided to take the second chance life was giving him, but Gatsby decided to stick on a path with no future. Oscars second chance was presented as Ybon, to whom he lost his virginity and felt loved. Oscar went above and beyond in accomplishing his goals even though the pleasure did not last long. On the other hand, Gatsby was too stubborn to let Daisy go. Gatsby’s ultimate destruction was holding to the past and giving everything for an unrequited
Oscar’s character is shaped up based on his attempts to find love. In one of these attempts, Yunior, a close friend of Oscar’s family, states, “He just kept hitting on her with absolutely no regard for self” (Diaz 183). Oscar thought he had fallen in love with La Jablesse; however she did not feel the same way. This rejection led to Oscar attempting suicide. However life gave him a second chance that Oscar undoubtedly took. This second chance was him persevering at finding love. Oscar discovered he was not ready to give up his hopes of a happy ending and an accomplished love. Oscar moved on from his past still with his goal in mind and at heart. He might of attempted suicide, but he took the second chance he was offered. At the end of the day, this rejection made Oscar persevere in his goal to attain love, making him a determined and accomplished person. On the other hand, Gatsby was never able to leave his past leading to his ultimate failure.The Great Gatsby gained his wealth and everything he had because of his desire for Daisy. Gatsby met the love of his life in …show more content…
These contrasts occur because of the approaches each character had in their final attempts to love. Oscar decided to take the second chance life was giving him, but Gatsby decided to stick on a path with no future. Oscars second chance was presented as Ybon, to whom he lost his virginity and felt loved. Oscar went above and beyond in accomplishing his goals even though the pleasure did not last long. On the other hand, Gatsby was too stubborn to let Daisy go. Gatsby’s ultimate destruction was holding to the past and giving everything for an unrequited