The Great Gatsby Hope Analysis
A Glimpse of Hope Love is a driving force in society that controls a person’s emotions and actions like a an addiction. It is over controlling to the user and can have negative influences on others as well. In the novel The Great Gatsby, the reader sees the progression of Gatsby’s obsessive craving for Daisy’s love through the eyes of the narrator Nick. The novel is a classic realistic fiction text written by F. Scott Fitzgerald that takes place in the roaring twenties in the lively city of New York. Fitzgerald’s use of the stylistic device of symbolism conveys the theme that trying to live in the past leads to misfortune through the evolution of the green lantern on Daisy’s dock. The description of the green light reveals the initial struggle
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Gatsby is full of “wonder when he first” saw the light at the end of Daisy’s dock (Fitzgerald 180). Despite the barriers, Gatsby still finds false hope in overcoming the distance when he sees how close he is to Daisy. He neglects to think about the consequences of his actions or the barriers he must endure to be with Daisy once again. His mental capabilities are dampened through his parochial mindedness of achieving the single goal of having Daisy once again. He is willing to do anything for Daisy, yet Daisy thinks for herself and leaves the used Gatsby on edge and broken hearted. Also, “Gatsby believed in the green light” and a future with Daisy (Fitzgerald 180). Gatsby naively thinks that with persistence and with hard work that he can revive his past with Daisy. The feeling of false aspirations he has is found in the relative distance of the light that Gatsby sees. Gatsby overcomes many challenges in his life such as poverty, leaving the romantic challenge between him and Daisy seem small and achievable. His strong feelings overcome his perception of the obstacles and results in a belief that he can be with Daisy. Gatsby’s love for who Daisy was makes him believe that he can have a future with her and she remains the same, however his love blinds him from the harsh reality that Daisy is selfish and wealth driven. Daisy does fulfil the expectations that Gatsby
Gatsby is full of “wonder when he first” saw the light at the end of Daisy’s dock (Fitzgerald 180). Despite the barriers, Gatsby still finds false hope in overcoming the distance when he sees how close he is to Daisy. He neglects to think about the consequences of his actions or the barriers he must endure to be with Daisy once again. His mental capabilities are dampened through his parochial mindedness of achieving the single goal of having Daisy once again. He is willing to do anything for Daisy, yet Daisy thinks for herself and leaves the used Gatsby on edge and broken hearted. Also, “Gatsby believed in the green light” and a future with Daisy (Fitzgerald 180). Gatsby naively thinks that with persistence and with hard work that he can revive his past with Daisy. The feeling of false aspirations he has is found in the relative distance of the light that Gatsby sees. Gatsby overcomes many challenges in his life such as poverty, leaving the romantic challenge between him and Daisy seem small and achievable. His strong feelings overcome his perception of the obstacles and results in a belief that he can be with Daisy. Gatsby’s love for who Daisy was makes him believe that he can have a future with her and she remains the same, however his love blinds him from the harsh reality that Daisy is selfish and wealth driven. Daisy does fulfil the expectations that Gatsby