Essay Outline For The Great Gatsby
I. After many years of working hard and learning in school, students tend to become tired and stressed, seeking a way to escape it all. As J. Maarten Troost wrote, “Escapism, we are led to believe, is evidence of a deficiency in character, a certain failure of temperament, and like so many -isms, it is to be strenuously avoided. 'How do you expect to get ahead?' people ask. But the question altogether misses the point. The escapist doesn't want to get ahead. He simply wants to get away.” (Troost)
II. In F. Scotts Gerald’s, The Great Gatsby, wealth is a form of escapism for the many rich Americans in the early 1920’s due to the hollowness that they feel but never show because they throw parties often to distract themselves, the rich have no social manners or grace, and many people at the parties are social climbers who crave for wealth to obtain the supposed answer to the problem of depression.
III. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the rich throw parties to hide the present problems of the great depression from themselves …show more content…
In addition, the parties thrown by Gatsby represent the American dream that many of the guest at said parties believe to be what they experience, but really the guests are experiencing corruption.
1) Nick makes observations of how “Most of the remaining women were now having fights with men said to be their husbands.” (51), men at the party are disappointed with their marriage and Nick sees “One of the men was talking with a curious young actress, and his wife, after attempting to laugh at the situation in a dignified and indifferent way, broke down entirely and resorted to flank attacks – at intervals she appeared suddenly at his side like an angry diamond, and hissed: ‘You promised!’ into his ear.” (51), He also witnessed two men taking their wives away “In spite of this wives’ agreement that such malevolence was beyond credibility, the dispute ended in a short struggle, and both wives were lifted, kicking, into the night.” (51).
II. In F. Scotts Gerald’s, The Great Gatsby, wealth is a form of escapism for the many rich Americans in the early 1920’s due to the hollowness that they feel but never show because they throw parties often to distract themselves, the rich have no social manners or grace, and many people at the parties are social climbers who crave for wealth to obtain the supposed answer to the problem of depression.
III. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the rich throw parties to hide the present problems of the great depression from themselves …show more content…
In addition, the parties thrown by Gatsby represent the American dream that many of the guest at said parties believe to be what they experience, but really the guests are experiencing corruption.
1) Nick makes observations of how “Most of the remaining women were now having fights with men said to be their husbands.” (51), men at the party are disappointed with their marriage and Nick sees “One of the men was talking with a curious young actress, and his wife, after attempting to laugh at the situation in a dignified and indifferent way, broke down entirely and resorted to flank attacks – at intervals she appeared suddenly at his side like an angry diamond, and hissed: ‘You promised!’ into his ear.” (51), He also witnessed two men taking their wives away “In spite of this wives’ agreement that such malevolence was beyond credibility, the dispute ended in a short struggle, and both wives were lifted, kicking, into the night.” (51).