The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
After reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, three particular themes stood out to me significantly; one’s wonder, unfulfilled dreams, and a journey revisiting the past. In my painting, I have depicted Nick’s curiosity of Gatsby in a dream. This dream demonstrates what Gatsby’s perspective was through Nick’s eyes. Earlier in the book, Gatsby fell in love before the war with social butterfly, Daisy. However, upon returning from the war, he discovers that Daisy is married. Gatsby finds himself surrounded with walls of lies in order to fulfill his desires of these idealistic dreams of Daisy. My painting incorporates these themes of love lost, what could have been, and as seen through another man’s eyes.
“And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the light at the end of Daisy’s dock” (P180). Nick wonders of Gatsby’s life of which he knew Gatsby to live. The old and unknown world is what’s left after Gatsby’s death. Nick calls the world “ unknown” because without Gatsby Nick feels a sense of abandonment. It also appears that Nick is seeking an explanation as to why Gatsby was so drawn to the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. In a way, Gatsby was staring at the light in a romantic way indicating symbolism between the green light and Daisy. Not only does the color green suggest the color of money, but also Daisy. In my painting, I interpreted Nick’s wonders of Gatsby through a dream. And, in the dream, Gatsby is represented by a boat that is floating past an island. The island is green and has a Daisy on it that symbolizes his sacrifices he has made to have Daisey’s love.
“He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night.” In this quote, Gatsby couldn’t figure out that he had lost Daisy already. “The vast obscurity beyond the city portrays darkness”, possibly meaning
“And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the light at the end of Daisy’s dock” (P180). Nick wonders of Gatsby’s life of which he knew Gatsby to live. The old and unknown world is what’s left after Gatsby’s death. Nick calls the world “ unknown” because without Gatsby Nick feels a sense of abandonment. It also appears that Nick is seeking an explanation as to why Gatsby was so drawn to the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. In a way, Gatsby was staring at the light in a romantic way indicating symbolism between the green light and Daisy. Not only does the color green suggest the color of money, but also Daisy. In my painting, I interpreted Nick’s wonders of Gatsby through a dream. And, in the dream, Gatsby is represented by a boat that is floating past an island. The island is green and has a Daisy on it that symbolizes his sacrifices he has made to have Daisey’s love.
“He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night.” In this quote, Gatsby couldn’t figure out that he had lost Daisy already. “The vast obscurity beyond the city portrays darkness”, possibly meaning