For example, a common churchgoer could transform their aspirations by living as a missionary. Zeal serves as a key motivator for Jay Gatsby towards his relationship with Daisy Buchanan in ‘The Great Gatsby’. Likewise, zeal motivated me to further my connection to the community service group, Habitat for Humanity. Zeal alters the an individual’s disposition as seen in Jay Gatsby’s relationship with Daisy and my own experience with community service in Habitat for Humanity.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, ‘ The Great Gatsby,’ zeal transforms Jay Gatsby’s personality in his revitalized relationship with Daisy Buchanan. Zeal necessitates the component of devotion as to differentiate from the inconsistent passion found in enthusiasm. Zeal leads Jay Gatsby to purchase a house in West Egg of New York as to revitalize his relationship with Daisy Buchanan, who lives in East Egg. Jay Gatsby’s ardent devotion towards Daisy brings him to seek a life shared with her. In chapter 5, for example, during the date Nick Carraway catalyzed, Gatsby’s exhibits his fervent love for Daisy after not seeing her in five years. "He had thrown …show more content…
Last year, a friend of mine introduced me, along with others, to Habitat for Humanity, a service group that principally makes houses for the needy. That presentation inspired me to contribute to the work this organization sets out to do. A few fellow casemates and I recognized the opportunity of establishing our very own Habitat for Humanity service chapter at Archmere. From my friend’s passion in the group, he inspired and invigorated many others with a similar passion and attraction towards this community. Zeal motivated us to use our fervent belief in the Habitat service group in order to create this service club at Archmere. In a manner, I believe zeal altered my character as I justified my passion and ambition towards creating the club through a charitable deed. Furthermore, we established checkpoints for the Archmere chapter as to develop our small club for the succeeding school year. The major goals we set in place were to go to a Habitat build site, prepare for next year’s activity fair, and regularly attend Habitat related events. At the time of the activity fair in the beginning of the new school year, the original club founders and I worked towards that day by gaining a sense of the greater Habitat community. For the first time, all the current club members went to a Habitat build site and volunteered for about five hours on a Saturday. Our zeal towards Habitat for