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Rich Men In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby is a book about the rich but empty lives of the upper class in the 1920s. The book is centered on a man named Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is a rich man that likes to throw rich parties. But he throws parties for a reason.He is in love with another man's wife. Her name is Daisy. The she was once in love with him a long time ago. She loved him for his money and was ready to marry him. But when Gatsby went off to war she did not wait for him. Daisy marries a different rich man. The story is told from the view point of Nick Carraway. Nick is a cousin of Daisy's.

The author of the Great Gatsby was F. Scott Fitzgerald. A man's work reflects who he is. The characters are really parts of F. Scott Fitzgerald. He makes the …show more content…

Scott Fitzgerald had a hollow life and so is the life of rich men. Men like Gatsby. This may have been a fictional story but it is not a fictional reality.

Men strive for pleaser and comfort. They try to use it for fulfillment. Money and fame is a hollow road that leave men hungry. Men lay sleepless for fear that they will lose it. There is no end game. Gatsby thought that Daisy would fill him. But who or what can fill a space meant for God. Men are vessels that are needing to be filled. F. Scott Fitzgerald understand or want to believe it. But men are dead and lifeless. Filling ourselves with acceptance of others or sinful pleasure. We reach for false love but are really looking for God yet we don't know it. It's madness.

Gatsby was a slave to his desire. His desire was to be rich and impress Daisy so that he could live his fantasy. She still was willing to divorce her husband whom she married for money and pleaser. Not for real love. If only they could have found satisfaction in God. If they would have just left there money and their fame. They don't want to be with God. Which will be the worst mistake of their lives. No one can be forced to do something they don't want to. They must have God change them. Gatsby was a fool to follow his lust. He failed. There is no silver lining in this story. Gatsby dies for the revenge of man. Gatsby's lust killed him. Justice was

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