Perhaps that is the central conceit of refusing to hope; wanting desperately not to be wrong and knowing that it would be easier to be pleasantly surprised by something unexpected and wonderful happening than to live with a double dose of disappointment from both losing what you thought was yours and being wrong to have had the thought.
The problem is that the more you refuse to wish for the ideal outcome, the more you insulate the mechanisms inside of you that feel that pleasant surprise from those unexpected joys. If cynicism is what you encourage than your ability to see goodness even outside of your own experience is diminished in accelerating degrees. Letting optimism color the way you look at every person particularly at the people that have the elusive potential for being yours forever will transform you.
Cultivating your own incorruptible dream will improve yourself and help the people around you to be a little more like the glowing parts you see in them. To move forward boldly and make choices as though everything you hope for is not only possible, but probable may not mean that you get exactly what you wished for or saw for yourself, but you will run faster and stretch farther and in stretching farther you will find things within your reach that would not have been there without that hope to drive you.
And we have one additional advantage in the construction of our dreams and in clinging to our hopes. No Comments Post or read comments. Well, the answer is quite simply: no. Since its beginning, America has been known as the land of opportunity.
Millions of immigrants left their own homes to find something in our country not readily available in their own: an opportunity to succeed. A large part of that success is defined by having a job. Scott Fitzgerald believed, due to his own personal experiences, that the American dream was a cruel mistress whom presented all peoples with opportunity, yet even with success made happiness constantly out of reach. Scott Fitzgerald uses Daisy Buchanan to represent the American Dream because she is wealthy, sought after, and unattainable.
Daisy represents the upper class women, and is a very frail character who is easily led into evil and physically and morally weak, which reflects on her character in the book.
Hover for more information. Gatsby befriended the shady Meyer Wolfsheim, who introduced him to the criminal world of bootlegging.
Yes, he killed many. Fitzgerald makes it very clear that the wealth that Tom and Daisy has is superior to the wealth that Jay Gatsby has. Tom and Daisy were highly educated and came from money, while Gatsby got his money from selling illegal alcohol and throwing extravagant parties with the alcohol. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Why did Daisy marry Tom? Why does Gatsby arrange for Nick to have lunch with Jordan Baker?
How does Tom find out about the affair between Gatsby and Daisy? How does Gatsby make his money? How are West Egg and East Egg different? What is the importance of the character Owl Eyes? Does Daisy love Gatsby or Tom?
Why does Tom insist on switching cars with Gatsby when they go to the city? Why is Nick the narrator of the story?
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