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Posted by betsy on August 17, 19100 at 09:21:19:
In Reply to: repeating the past, materialism and idealism posted by blipgirl on August 04, 19100 at 09:06:50:
Gatsby love was materialism- I don't know who's teaching you The Great Gatsby. Ask yourself what he truly loved about Daisy. I don't think it was her great personality. It was the fact that she was the best atleast the best that her cl defined- elitism- He thought by obtaining and winning the love of the best he would be accepted into their world and be a part of something grand that his idealism had built-up. Fitzgerald was an idealistic he came from simple beginnings and married Zelda who was from the high cl. He thought by achieving and obtaining the best things life would be perfect- but it wasn't- he was an alcoholic and his wife was mentally disturbed- tada Gatsby gets shot in a pool- reality- Fitzgerald may not have lived in reality but he was aware of the ironic points in his novel- a lesson to the reader- that's what I got out of it.
: what insights, into the world and the human condition, do you think TGG created?
: Is Fitzgerald saying that idealism is a virtue of today's society? But how come Gatsby is destroyed by his pion when he is the only one with a love untainted by materialism? Is it because of the 'colossal vitality of his illusion'?