Sunday, March 10, 2019

Villain, Hero, or Victim?

Katie Parlier Villain, Hero, or Victim? Jay Gatsby is one of Americas most prized antagonists who the reader genuinely wants to believe in only if his personae of a hero is rancidly presented and admired. Characters are commonly placed in any the hero or villain category, but Gatsby is the exception because he exhibits much qualities of a victim. Gatsby has fallen victimized by Daisys guise. During the initial blood between Daisy and Gatsby in Kentucky, Daisy continues to encourage Gatsbys affections even though she knows that thither is no future with Gatsby.Gatsby is not and will never be racy and in his pursuit of the impossible, Gatsby loses his identity along the way. A victim is specify as a person who has been harmed or tricked, and Gatsby unquestionably falls fair game to Daisys ability to smash up things and creatures and then retreat back end into her money or vast carelessness Before Gatsby and Daisy even met, Gatsby had flummox a name and address to leave behi nd his poor roots and farm a successful look full of wealth.Gatsby in the summer of 1924 has pure(a) exactly that but because of his encounter with Daisy his initial dream changes and beseems further compound because it now depends on the actions of another person. After Daisy and Gatsbys month of ro valet de chambrece, Gatsby has tacked on the ambition to not only become wealthy and successful for himself, but for the go for that Daisy will acknowledge his prosperity and select Gatsby as her husband. Daisy presents Gatsby with a false sense of hope because she knew all along that money was not enough, she must be involved with an aristocratic society.This fictitious sense of hope causes Gatsby to attain the maximum meat of money in the minimum amount of time even it is accomplished in unsavory ways. Gatsby is victimized by Daisys lies and becomes a felonious just to satisfy Daisys needs. His criminal activity caused as a result by Daisys actions clear Gatsby into a downwar d spiral that is recognizable throughout the smart with the eonian parties. Now that Gatsby has acquired his great wealth, he decides to imbibe Daisy by throwing ostentatious parties that attract people equal kids flocking to the wonders of a circus.The never ending flamboyant parties become so vast, that the host morphs into a ghostlike entity with his presence known lurking round the parties every once in a while without being accepted as an actual man. Gatsby becomes this grand and mysterious socialite who not known by the own people who visit his house. His personality does not exist for the partygoers, so they have to create their own versions of the great Jay Gatsby. Gatsby does not bother with reservation friends while he is in West Egg because his only goal is to attract the attention of Daisy.Because he does not socialize, he has lived the life of a hermit creating new ways to fascinate Daisy while Daisy is out supporting her life without the slightest memory of Gat sby. Daisy does not acknowledge the presence of others unless they are more or less use to her, and manipulation and deceit towards Gatsby only continues to escalate as the novel progresses. The final victimized act of Gatsbys life occurs when takes the blame for Daisys actions against myrtle that eventually lead to his death. Just before Daisys hits Myrtle with Gatsbys car, Daisy has chosen to stay with Tom because of Gatsbys suspicious trade practices.However Gatsby still believes that Daisy will come back to him because she never outright admitted to winsome Tom. Just like Gatsby and Daisys month of love, Daisy is never able to class Gatsby the truth and completely end her relationship with Gatsby because she likes the power. In both cases Gatsby is presented with the false sense of hope and once again becomes the victim of Daisys merriment and games. Daisy is too selfish to realize that she is playing with someones life and her actions could have long term consequences to o thers.Up until the very end Daisy continues to manipulate Gatsby like an inconsiderate puppet master. She controls the strings of Gatsbys life, but when things get mussy Daisy takes the quickest way out, to remove her fragile societal image from the unsure situation. Daisys influence on Gatsby turned him from a strong-willed man who created a destiny to make himself a better man to a disappointed fool who modeled his life actions after the feelings of another. Gatsby has become the last victim to the alluring qualities of a woman and never has the chance to recover.

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