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Great Gatsby Expository Paragraph
In
The Great Gatsby
,
F. Scott Fitzgerlad illustrates Daisy and Gatsby’s dreams of the jazz age as unrealistic and unachievable by portraying specific character traits such as optimism, impulsiveness, and recklessness. In the beginning of the book, when Nick describes Gatsby’s love for Daisy as
"foul dust floated in the wake of his dream" (6). It portrays that his dreams are unsustainable and so unrealistic that it was hard for him to function in real life. His love for
Daisy took him far out of reality and turned him into a temporary zombie. The imagery of foul dust floating shows that Gatsby’s love for Daisy is a parasite in his mind and that the dust is pointless, like his love for Daisy. Daisy truly takes Gatsby away from his current state of mind, when he thinks of her thats all he can focus on. Also, after Gatsby has given Nick and Daisy a tour of his house, he describes Gatsby’s doubtful expression and how that even “Daisy tumbled short of his dreams” (95). This shows that Gatsby’s idea of Daisy maybe even more powerful than the reality of the situation. Having committed so much time to Daisy, anything that “falls short” of his perfect outcome with her will let hurt him very emotionally in a bad place. This shows how Gatsby’s visions of Daisy take him out of reality and make his dreams unachievable.
When Gatsby is thinking about Daisy, he is taken out of reality because his expectations of this extraordinary life with her are not realistic. Right after Gatsby’s party when Nick describes
Gatsby as reminiscent and “talked a lot about the past” and that “he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy” (110). This goes back
to how unacheivable something in the past is, it was already over and cannot be changed. Also,
Gatsby’s idealism is taking him away from reality and its implying that part of Gatsby’s past has
been
P.3
11/2/14
Great Gatsby Expository Paragraph
In
The Great Gatsby
,
F. Scott Fitzgerlad illustrates Daisy and Gatsby’s dreams of the jazz age as unrealistic and unachievable by portraying specific character traits such as optimism, impulsiveness, and recklessness. In the beginning of the book, when Nick describes Gatsby’s love for Daisy as
"foul dust floated in the wake of his dream" (6). It portrays that his dreams are unsustainable and so unrealistic that it was hard for him to function in real life. His love for
Daisy took him far out of reality and turned him into a temporary zombie. The imagery of foul dust floating shows that Gatsby’s love for Daisy is a parasite in his mind and that the dust is pointless, like his love for Daisy. Daisy truly takes Gatsby away from his current state of mind, when he thinks of her thats all he can focus on. Also, after Gatsby has given Nick and Daisy a tour of his house, he describes Gatsby’s doubtful expression and how that even “Daisy tumbled short of his dreams” (95). This shows that Gatsby’s idea of Daisy maybe even more powerful than the reality of the situation. Having committed so much time to Daisy, anything that “falls short” of his perfect outcome with her will let hurt him very emotionally in a bad place. This shows how Gatsby’s visions of Daisy take him out of reality and make his dreams unachievable.
When Gatsby is thinking about Daisy, he is taken out of reality because his expectations of this extraordinary life with her are not realistic. Right after Gatsby’s party when Nick describes
Gatsby as reminiscent and “talked a lot about the past” and that “he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy” (110). This goes back
to how unacheivable something in the past is, it was already over and cannot be changed. Also,
Gatsby’s idealism is taking him away from reality and its implying that part of Gatsby’s past has
been