The Great Gatsby
ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
"Reality versus illusion" and "Isolation of man" are two main themes for the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Some readers might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme but i support that reality versus illusion is more a dominant theme in the book because the situation of Gatsby being isolated is due to his own illusion.
One reason that readers might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme in the book The Great Gatsby is because Gatsby always find himself alone after his party. Even though he was surrounded by a lot of people, he was isolated in himself, always stood apart and very sneaky. Since the whole story has started, the narrator talks about Gatsby as someone that no matter what will be by himself even when he is hosting his parties, he does not fully participate. As the narrator said after one party was over a sudden emptiness seemed to appear from the windows and the great doors, endowing the dignitary of the host, Gatsby, with complete isolation who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell (Fitzgerald, p.55, chap.3). That is to say that despite people constantly being at his house Gatsby always finds himself alone. An other reason that people might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme for the book is because Gatsby has changed his name, moved away from his poor parents in North Dakota which he talks about as they were dead (Fitzgerald, p.98, chap.6). So readers would probably said that he changed his name because he did not want people who had known him to stick around him to much so he moved away where there are new people who did not know him before. Sometime there are people who came to his parties who don't even know him and he don't even know in other words they only know his parties not him.
The reason why I support Reality versus illusion as a more dominant theme in the book The Great Gatsby, it is because after five years Gatsby came out of
"Reality versus illusion" and "Isolation of man" are two main themes for the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Some readers might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme but i support that reality versus illusion is more a dominant theme in the book because the situation of Gatsby being isolated is due to his own illusion.
One reason that readers might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme in the book The Great Gatsby is because Gatsby always find himself alone after his party. Even though he was surrounded by a lot of people, he was isolated in himself, always stood apart and very sneaky. Since the whole story has started, the narrator talks about Gatsby as someone that no matter what will be by himself even when he is hosting his parties, he does not fully participate. As the narrator said after one party was over a sudden emptiness seemed to appear from the windows and the great doors, endowing the dignitary of the host, Gatsby, with complete isolation who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell (Fitzgerald, p.55, chap.3). That is to say that despite people constantly being at his house Gatsby always finds himself alone. An other reason that people might agree that isolation of man is the dominant theme for the book is because Gatsby has changed his name, moved away from his poor parents in North Dakota which he talks about as they were dead (Fitzgerald, p.98, chap.6). So readers would probably said that he changed his name because he did not want people who had known him to stick around him to much so he moved away where there are new people who did not know him before. Sometime there are people who came to his parties who don't even know him and he don't even know in other words they only know his parties not him.
The reason why I support Reality versus illusion as a more dominant theme in the book The Great Gatsby, it is because after five years Gatsby came out of