Hard to dismantle

Cecelia 2022-03-21 09:01:07

I haven't read the original novel, but I can understand that this story is basically about the disillusionment of the "American Dream".

Gatsby was born as a poor boy, holding the beautiful vision of his first love, step by step climbed to the so-called upper class, thinking that he could find true love among the drunken fans, but encountered layers of setbacks, ushered in an unexpected death, farewell This snobbery world. The dust returns to the dust, the soil returns to the soil, whether it is a tycoon or a turtle, all return to nothingness.

In fact, he can't do anything about it.

At the end of the film, the supporting actor did not tell Gatsby the truth. Daisy was actually not as good as he had imagined. He died in the self-persistent love illusion, which happened to confirm a Chinese proverb: People are hard to dismantle.

The last words the supporting actor said to him: "They are all bad guys, and they all add up to nothing like you." This is probably what the original author did to Gatsby's stubborn idealism under the guise of the supporting actor. A little humble tribute.

Becoming a tycoon like a gangster, and then die like a rock musician, this kind of tragedy is very much like the "Five Decays of Heaven and Man" written by Yukio Mishima (The Sea of ​​Plenty series, the protagonist can't escape the cycle of disillusionment).

Although the story takes place in the early United States, how many people are repeating Gatsby's mistakes in the so-called Chinese dream we are facing now? How many people, like Gatsby, were full of dreams and perseverance when they were young, and finally stood up and rebelled, and after they became famous, they found that behind the glitz, the hearts of the people have long been behind, the true love can no longer be found, and the ideals are shattered? ......

OH, so, in this world full of tall, handsome, rich, and white, life has been so difficult, don't expose some things.

Be GREAT.

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The Great Gatsby quotes

  • Jay Gatsby: You see, I thought you ought to know something about my life. I didn't want you to think I was... Well, I didn't want you to think I was just some nobody.

  • Policeman: Pull over! Pull over to the curb!

    Jay Gatsby: All right, Old Sport. All right.

    [shows him his business card]

    Policeman: Right, you are! I'll know you next time, Mr. Gatsby.