lack of spirituality in the Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby, in love with a woman, Daisy, who is married to Tom Buchannan. He dreams that one day he and Daisy will get together. Gatsby has worked hard to become the man that he believes will impress Daisy. Even though he has an extravagant house, lots of money, and wild parties, he is without the one person he wants, Daisy. Even befriending Nick deals with Gatsby getting Daisy, because Daisy is Nick's cousin. In a meeting arranged by Nick and Gatsby, Daisy is invited over for tea and she sees Gatsby. It seems as if time is suspended for a moment, as they look at each other both thinking something. Then Gatsby tips over Nick's clock, symbolizing that he is running out of time to try to capture what he and Daisy once lost. Through the lonely and careless characters of: Jordan Baker Jay Gatsby, Myrtle, and G. Wilson, Fitzgerald is able to illustrate the lack of spirituality in this novel. The main place in The Great Gatsby that shows the lack of spirituality is the Valley of Ashes, where Myrtle and her husband, George Wilson live. It is a bleak, desolate valley including only one building, a car garage. One day while driving around Tom and Nick stop off at the valley
Tom ends the dispute by saying to Daisy: "Go on [home in Gatsby's car]. By his own choice Gatsby tries to remain secluded and Nick observes that he does this even at his own parties: "my eyes fell on Gatsby, standing alone on marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes. Jordan was right when she pointed out to Nick that: "it takes two to make an accident" (63). When Nick first meets Wilson he describes him as a "blonde, spiritless, man" the description fits him well because Wilson works on machines, especially cars (29). Even Nick knows that for Gatsby to imagine that what he thought he had with Daisy is over is too hard to believe and says: "he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. When she is murdered, all Wilson can think about is revenge. He is rarely seen among his guests, most of the time he is just watching them. Gatsby is a lonely man, although there was a small bit of romantic speculation between him and Daisy, that idea is crushed in the hotel room when Daisy admits to Gatsby that he wants too much. The concern here is with the corruption of values and the decline of spiritual life.
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