Hope In The Great Gatsby

Hope….a sensation that can either destroy someone or cause them to hit bedrock. James Gats (Jay Gatsby) appears to have this profound sensation of hope for Daisy, which builds him up but also tears him down. This green light represent the future Jay Gatsby is striving so vigorously to achieve. Jay Gatsby’s problem throughout the entire novel is that he feels without money or an education he feels it is unfitting to associate himself with specific people. As sad as this may seem it is also quite inspiring how this light a fire inside him to change his circumstances for poor to wealthy. The strangest thing was Jay Gatsby’s hope was not for a better future, but instead to recreate the past as it was when he first met Daisy.

“Without obsession, life is nothing.”(John Waters) Gatsby is obsessed with being successful in life ever since he was little. He was a poor little boy that worked up from nothing, he didn't do it legally though. He did some shady things to get to where he is now and he isnt very proud of it. So he has to lie about his past to if people ask him or stretch the truth for say. So without being obsessed Gatsby wouldn't be very far.

In the Great Gatsby there is always a recurring theme of hope vs. despair and over the course of the book the character's ambition drives there hope that the worst won't happen. The hope changes them to either be better or worse off than before and in some cases it causes despair. We see this in many of the main characters of the story, they have a hope for the future to be better.

In the novel the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the observations of the character named Nick Carraway reflects upon the life of Jay Gatsby and his surroundings. The 20th century is masked by the glamour and parties. It displays a wondrous era full of wealth. Even though money is the key to this fantasy it is just that… a fantasy. The happiness and reality of life fails to complete on behalf of these rich people. Gatsby seems to have all the riches and fame, although these things cannot fulfil the happiness he desires of Daisy Buchanan.

“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired” (Fitzgerald 79). In Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” the protagonists live lives of secrecy, one in which is full of despair and desperation. This desperation is caused by an emptiness that resonates from within and in order to further eliminate it from their mind and hearts they aspire to fill the void they experience. The idea “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” from Henry Thoreau’s “Walden” becomes present as the characters find themselves unsuccessful in fulfilling their life goals to find happiness through the attainment of wealth, status, love, etc. Several characters in the novel mistakenly believe utmost fortune cause the desperation to cease, while

I believe that the three texts that I have studied contained moments of optimism and pessimism which in turn have shaped my opinion of the general vision and viewpoint. This alludes to the feelings and emotions portrayed through the omniscient camera in "The King's Speech", the morally inclined narrator Nick Caraway in "The Great Gatsby" and the protagonist in the novel "Foster". I was very intrigued to find out more about these societies and the vision the author/director hoped to convey.

“I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes — a fresh, green breast of the new world” F. Scott Fitzgerald uses this symbol in the novel The Great Gatsby to signify Gatsby's hope and dreams for a life that he has always wanted with Daisy Fay. Correspondingly, the Dutch sailors desired a new life, as Gatsby did with his one true love that he had to leave as he ventured off to war for 5 years. Gatsby’s entire existence depended on his goal of repeating the past with his love Daisy, who had moved on and created a family for herself. Although Gatsby did grasp Daisy for a short amount of time, his overall dream was an unattainable illusion, for which he had immense hope.

Overall the story of The Great Gatsby is a tragic story of gain and lost. It is a story of money over shadowing love and happiness. Through all of the pain and suffering Gatsby still loved Daisy and gave everything for her. Though there are many parts in this story that money and material things can block out love and happiness, through friendship and blind love I think in a sad way even though it killed Gatsby and sent Nick back to the Midwest love did

A few symbolisms in novels are as memorable as the green light in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Shining at the end of Daisy’s dock, it is close enough to be seen, but too far away to be reached. Still, Gatsby, an eternal optimist, stares at it at night, as if it showed him that all his far-away dreams were about to come true. The green light in The Great Gatsby is symbolic of hope, a source of inspiration, and a representation of the American Dream to Gatsby and to the novel’s readers.

Hope is a major factor in regards to The Great Gatsby much of what is going on is all bundled up into one maze of opportunities that leads each of the various characters into confusion especially Gatsby. Honesty, trust, liars, dedication, cheaters, lost, concerns all in one book. Concludes that “hope” is what triggers Gatsby to keep pushing forward to get Daisy. Green appears to be the color of hope in the Great Gatsby and it first appears when Gatsby stares across the bay towards a green light at the end of a dock. Gatsby exemplifies that his love for Daisy Buchanan’s was more than a sexual attraction; she had in all his eyes from the beauty to the innocence her in eyes to being extremely financially stable. The problem was that he felt the need to “be with her” even though he may not have been to her standards he was not going to give up on Daisy; he was a man full of passion and determined and destined for all his dreams to eventually come true.

Something Like That The Great Gatsby explores dozens of different themes ranging from isolation, religion, to even deceit, however none seem more prevalent than the ideas within the book about the corruption of the American dream, love and its fleetingness and Gatsby’s impossibly strong willingness to remain optimistic. Within The Great Gatsby, we see F. Scott Fitzgerald explore the idea that the American dream has become completely corrupted over time and is no longer actually plausible. Alongside that, he explores what it means to actually love by displaying many characters that struggle with being fully committed to their loved one. Finally, perhaps one of the most obvious, we see how unrelenting Gatsby is when it comes to being optimistic

A good friendship is hard to find, but easy to take for granted. In The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, Nick and Jay Gatsby are considered friends. On the outside, it seems like they are friends; however, when their friendship is looked at closely, they are far from true friends. Through untruthfulness and distrust, they form an artificial friendship that helps them accomplish their own needs. They both use each other and suffer greatly from it.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby”, is one of the only books Fitzgerald wrote during 1925. The novel covers the 1920’s proceeding the events of World War 1. The story portrayed to the readers is written by one of the main protagonists: Nick Caraway. Nick — coming from the east — moved to the west to learn about the bond business. As the plot progressing, Nick introduces us to the other three most influential characters of the novel: George Wilson, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy Buchanan. Each of these characters acquired wealth only to pursue their dreams and pleasure. Even though the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby appear as as carefree, their lives demonstrates the emptiness that results when wealth and pleasure

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, hope is a major theme throughout the novel. Hope is the act of wanting or wishing for something to happen. Gatsby, for example, is hoping that Daisy will leave her husband to be with him, this eventually leads to his death. Despite the recurring nature of the theme of hope, it is not portrayed in a completely favorable light. In fact, there is a complex attitude towards the nature of hope as shown through the narrator Nick. He believes hope is a human instinct, but it is something undoubtedly pointless in the long run.

The Great Gatsby is a historical and realistic fiction novel. This novel discusses and talks about the difference between true and attraction. The author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, uses symbolism and physiognomy to describe the relationships between men and women. This novel takes place in 1922 right in the midst of the roaring 20’s, a time where women were not seen as equals but as pleasure and compliments to men. It also takes place after World War I, a war that shook people’s faith in human goodness and that people were genuine in their actions. Many people lost faith in others and questioned if there was something at the heart of people or were they just driven by greed and power. Fitzgerald makes sure to emphasize the meaning of true love