Gastby Themes

Three of the most satisfying materials that a person could own is a home, money, and a car. At least one of these items is essential for a person no matter where they live. The home is the most satisfying material that a person could own. A home is a place that one can go to rest, eat, and just live. A home provides memories and a place for a family to grow. A home satisfies people with protection, an investment, security, safety, and privacy. The home is definitely a key item of satisfying materials. Another satisfying material that a person could own is money. Money is something that is very important to possess. Owning money can satisfy a person’s hunger, shelter, and just everything it takes for that person to live. A person would not be satisfied if they did not own any money. They would be depressed and have to live on the streets. Money alone cannot satisfy a person on a whole but it brings togeth

Gatsby is a firm believer in the American Dream of self-made success. He had, after all, not only invented and self-promoted a whole new persona for himself, but succeeded both financially and societally. Nick knows that Gatsby was a great man, "... and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor." Gatsby would have agreed that money, a home, and a car aren’t satisfying. He knows that he was all just a fake with all of these things and that he wasn’t satisfied with his success. He needed the loving and the honesty. He would agree that these qualities would have made him feel satisfied. He didn’t have someone that loved him and he was never honest himself. He became obsessed with Daisy because he wanted that satisfaction of love. Gatsby realized the first time he kissed Daisy that once he "forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God".

Dexter is a character that learned from his experiences as he grew. From the beginning of his career he knew what he wanted, “He wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people--he wanted the glittering things themselves. Often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it--and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.” He wouldn’t agree that money, a home, and a car bring satisfaction. He had them all and kept them throughout his life but still didn’t seem to be totally satisfied with his life. He would agree that relaxation brings satisfaction. Dexter was satisfied when he relaxed, “--and because the sound of a piano over a stretch of water had always seemed beautiful to Dexter he lay perfectly quiet and listened.” The act of relaxing reminded him of what his relaxing used to be like, “The tune the

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