Gatsby's dream, unfortunately, is the latter. ... Gatsby is a man with great audacity and determination. ... This quote highlights Gatsby's inability to accept that reality is what "preyed" on him. ... This is a consequence that Gatsby can not afford. ... Gatsby never truly possesses Daisy. ...
Gatsby smothered himself in popularity to try and block out the memory of the man he was before his change He is a person full of secrets; rumours surround his past and present. ... He "detest- is parents and the poor people, so he turned from James Gatz into the "Great- Gatsby, who is immortal and "untouchable-. ... Gatsby created himself to be his own hero, through the eyes of a seventeen year old boy. ... Also this quote shows that he was very ripe for his age. ...
Three Problems of the World So long as there shall exist, by reasons of law and custom, a social condemnation, which, in the face of civilization, artificially creates hells on earth, and complicates a destiny that is divine, with human fatality; so long as the three problem of age-the degradation ...
