The
Great Gatsby is one of the most outstanding pieces of
literature written. It’s filled with trust, betrayal, and most importantly
love. But is all love destined for failure? The story between Jay Gatsby and
Daisy Buchannan is a tell tale of misery. One of Gatsby’s greatest lines is, "I wasn't
actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity,". In short,
the
love we feel in society today is only plagued by the curiosity we feel towards
people we are attracted to.
Now I’m not here saying that everything associated with
this “love” concept is tainted by the undying feeling of nothingness. No. I’m
just saying in most “renowned” stories in great literature is based around failure.
Take for example Song of Solomon. Milkman
and Hagar started off as your star class lovers (besides the fact of incest and
such) but at the end of the day, they failed, quite miserably might I add. But besides
that, The Great Gatsby demonstrates
that book relationships are never meant to be written.
Gatsby is a man and Daisy is women. Just as Milkman is
a free-spirit and Hagar is a delusional psycho who only just wanted to be
loved.
It’s a tricky thing to take such a delicate topic and
then to crush it tiny pieces. I guess only time will tell with Gatsby and Daisy’s
love story (not that I’ve seen the movie or anything… twice…)
"It takes two to make an accident."
This whole blog was so interesting to read. I never thought of love like that and I think the take you had on it was very interesting and unique. I loved how you connected it back to Song of Solomon at the end!
ReplyDeleteI loveeeee your blog post!!! Especially the end because i’m in the same boat (-; . You took on a very interesting point of view and tied our current story of The Great Gaysby back to Song of Solomon in a beautiful and intriguing way, good job!!
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