Health.
Success is based on the wealth that we have, and each and everyone of us have a different perspective about what is the right factor. For example, I believe that wealth is health. Health is something that not any man can have. Even if you have all the money in the word, there are thousands of diseases that can’t be cured once you are infected. There are others that cause you to lose something special, something dear to you. Health is not obtained by relationships, it is not obtained by money, it is not even obtained by knowledge. It is obtained through vitality. If you were hoping for an explanation, I apologize that I cannot give one. All I know is that, if you don’t have health everything else is wasted because you lose all that money, knowledge and happiness when you die.
“The loneliest moment is someones life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly,” (Fitzgerald). Sometimes success can be found, and other times your world crumbles before you even have the chance to enjoy your time spending it. Success is only obtainable when you have tried your hardest. That success and wealth may be different from others and this could cause arguments, it could cause your whole word to fall apart. Gatsby fell in love with one girl. Having her was his success among other thoughts. In my opinion, at the point where Gatsby thought he wanted Daisy, he was starting to become mentally unstable. Bot to the point where he was planning suicide or anything along those lines, but his mind was only filled with two things. Money, and a woman. By money, I don’t mean those scraps of paper we all call money, I mean his house, the yacht, the party. All of these “tools” we have but don’t need. With great power comes great responsibility, and with that responsibility comes great ravaging pressure.
Perhaps Gatsby was not the type of man to show that he was pressured. Perhaps he was the kind of man who didn’t like showing all of his issues to others, even though you could easily tell when he was confound. To all the people around him, Gatsby was just a kind, young man, living the American Dream. In reality, instead of the American Dream, he was clouded with darkness living a nightmare. This was not a short living nightmare either. It lasted till his death. “Life starts all over when it get’s crisp in the fall,”(Fitzgerald). Sometimes, it is true that life can start all over with the magical “reset button” we all have. Well, perhaps not all of us have it in our grasp. Gatsby's reset occurred when he died. All of his wealth, his relationships, his life, it had all been taken away the moment his breath left his body. That one bullet changed his fate. That one sinister bullet ended everything.
What more could Gatsby have been hiding underneath the dilatory life he was expected to be living? An incredulous lie? Perhaps a whole heap of them. Yes. Yes, indeed. Gatsby was not a very honest man. He had his fair share of secrets, some greater that others. Often these secrets were a pretense of his past, and like other secrets, they were a way to keep Gatsby sane. In a sense, they were the one thing Gatsby could cling to keep make sure that he was able to trust Nick. In a way that was what made his personality so strong, but it was also a way to drive him mad. "It takes two to make an accident." (Fitzgerald). Honestly, I don't think Gatsby was always the one who was at fault when the most absurd things happened in the story. The "accident" I would like to refer to, is Daisy. The one who basically lead Gatsby on to his death. She told him that she would go with him, but when the time came for Tom to hear the truth, she couldn't open up. Well, Gatsby must have been heart broken, but he still loved her, and n the end, died for her. Loneliness often leads to suicide, and honestly, Gatsby didn't seem like a weak man, he was never fractious but he didn't seem very strong either.
Let me ask you this. Was what Gatsby did, was the way he had died for the one he loved successful? After reading this novel, I had failed to think so. If he was truly in love with her, and as cheesy as this sounds, he would have given up on her. The was he clinged to her was not healthy in a mental way. Gatsby was truly insane. Blinded by his benevolence, love, money, and pressure, his success was far beyond where his life had ended, and it turns out that love, was the end of him.
“The loneliest moment is someones life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly,” (Fitzgerald). Sometimes success can be found, and other times your world crumbles before you even have the chance to enjoy your time spending it. Success is only obtainable when you have tried your hardest. That success and wealth may be different from others and this could cause arguments, it could cause your whole word to fall apart. Gatsby fell in love with one girl. Having her was his success among other thoughts. In my opinion, at the point where Gatsby thought he wanted Daisy, he was starting to become mentally unstable. Bot to the point where he was planning suicide or anything along those lines, but his mind was only filled with two things. Money, and a woman. By money, I don’t mean those scraps of paper we all call money, I mean his house, the yacht, the party. All of these “tools” we have but don’t need. With great power comes great responsibility, and with that responsibility comes great ravaging pressure.
Perhaps Gatsby was not the type of man to show that he was pressured. Perhaps he was the kind of man who didn’t like showing all of his issues to others, even though you could easily tell when he was confound. To all the people around him, Gatsby was just a kind, young man, living the American Dream. In reality, instead of the American Dream, he was clouded with darkness living a nightmare. This was not a short living nightmare either. It lasted till his death. “Life starts all over when it get’s crisp in the fall,”(Fitzgerald). Sometimes, it is true that life can start all over with the magical “reset button” we all have. Well, perhaps not all of us have it in our grasp. Gatsby's reset occurred when he died. All of his wealth, his relationships, his life, it had all been taken away the moment his breath left his body. That one bullet changed his fate. That one sinister bullet ended everything.
What more could Gatsby have been hiding underneath the dilatory life he was expected to be living? An incredulous lie? Perhaps a whole heap of them. Yes. Yes, indeed. Gatsby was not a very honest man. He had his fair share of secrets, some greater that others. Often these secrets were a pretense of his past, and like other secrets, they were a way to keep Gatsby sane. In a sense, they were the one thing Gatsby could cling to keep make sure that he was able to trust Nick. In a way that was what made his personality so strong, but it was also a way to drive him mad. "It takes two to make an accident." (Fitzgerald). Honestly, I don't think Gatsby was always the one who was at fault when the most absurd things happened in the story. The "accident" I would like to refer to, is Daisy. The one who basically lead Gatsby on to his death. She told him that she would go with him, but when the time came for Tom to hear the truth, she couldn't open up. Well, Gatsby must have been heart broken, but he still loved her, and n the end, died for her. Loneliness often leads to suicide, and honestly, Gatsby didn't seem like a weak man, he was never fractious but he didn't seem very strong either.
Let me ask you this. Was what Gatsby did, was the way he had died for the one he loved successful? After reading this novel, I had failed to think so. If he was truly in love with her, and as cheesy as this sounds, he would have given up on her. The was he clinged to her was not healthy in a mental way. Gatsby was truly insane. Blinded by his benevolence, love, money, and pressure, his success was far beyond where his life had ended, and it turns out that love, was the end of him.