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Self-Betrayal in American Pastoral and Great Gatsby
Title: Self-Betrayal in American Pastoral and Great Gatsby
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1129 | Pages: 4.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Self-Betrayal in American Pastoral and Great Gatsby
The final scene in American Pastoral and the first party scene at the Gatsby estate in Great Gatsby serve important functions in explaining common characteristics of Swede and Gatsby. The scenes convey that both protagonists share a common trait of not being true to themselves. In these scenes, both characters betray themselves so that they can attempt to live their version of the American Dream.
In Great Gatsby, Gatsby envisions his American Dream as marrying …showed first 75 words of 1129 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1129 total…achieve their American Dream. Gatsby’s American Dream is to marry Daisy, and everything about him is artificial and solely intended to impress her. The Swede wishes to live a calm, peaceful, and “perfect” life even if he has to turn his head the other way and ignore the truth about his wife and daughter. Both characters go to elaborate lengths to create and preserve artificial facades, and in the end, both characters loose everything.
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