How Does Tom Careless In The Great Gatsby
Living Careless Can Kill You
The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the poem “anyone live in a pretty how town by E. E. Cummings are about careless people and reveal that those who choose to be careless are generally unhappy and unable to achieve their true dreams. Both selections are about careless and reveal through the use of tone, diction, imagery symbolism and motifs, how people live their lives not caring about others and about the consequences, and therefore they generally will not be happy or successful.
Through the tone of both of these works, the authors show that they have a disdainful attitude towards people who are careless. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “anyone lived in a pretty how town”by E.E. Cumming that being careless can have bad consequences and hurt the people that they love.. In The Great Gatsby, Tom is abusive to Daisy, Nick and Myrtle.” daisy daisy daisy shouted mrs.wilson i’ll say it whenever i want to daisy dai- making a short …show more content…
In chapter 2 on page 21 Fitzgerald writes, “a single green light minute and far away that might have been the end of a dock” to describe Gatsby’s hope of getting Daisy back. He never forgot; in fact, for the past 5 years he has been following her and working hard to become rich in order to try to win her back. It is clear that Gatsby cares for Daisy, but his inability to realize she is in the past is what leads to his downfall. In the poem Cummings writes about the “sun moon stars rain” and “spring summer autumn winter” repeatedly in different orders to represent the passing of time and show how “most people” sit there and waste their time on nothing (Cummings 36, 3). Sitting and hoping for a dream to happen or not concerning yourself with others, is a careless way to go through life. Time waits for no one it is important to lead a meaningful life while given the
The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the poem “anyone live in a pretty how town by E. E. Cummings are about careless people and reveal that those who choose to be careless are generally unhappy and unable to achieve their true dreams. Both selections are about careless and reveal through the use of tone, diction, imagery symbolism and motifs, how people live their lives not caring about others and about the consequences, and therefore they generally will not be happy or successful.
Through the tone of both of these works, the authors show that they have a disdainful attitude towards people who are careless. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “anyone lived in a pretty how town”by E.E. Cumming that being careless can have bad consequences and hurt the people that they love.. In The Great Gatsby, Tom is abusive to Daisy, Nick and Myrtle.” daisy daisy daisy shouted mrs.wilson i’ll say it whenever i want to daisy dai- making a short …show more content…
In chapter 2 on page 21 Fitzgerald writes, “a single green light minute and far away that might have been the end of a dock” to describe Gatsby’s hope of getting Daisy back. He never forgot; in fact, for the past 5 years he has been following her and working hard to become rich in order to try to win her back. It is clear that Gatsby cares for Daisy, but his inability to realize she is in the past is what leads to his downfall. In the poem Cummings writes about the “sun moon stars rain” and “spring summer autumn winter” repeatedly in different orders to represent the passing of time and show how “most people” sit there and waste their time on nothing (Cummings 36, 3). Sitting and hoping for a dream to happen or not concerning yourself with others, is a careless way to go through life. Time waits for no one it is important to lead a meaningful life while given the