Everyone tends to look back at their lives every know and then. The past can be used a tool, a motivator and a guide to help drive their future. Many people rely on their past to help guide them and use it as a tool to help make decisions. Even though looking at ones past is a giid thing Some people rely too heavily on their past and they get lost in it. They dedicated their whole lives to trying to recreate something they once had. Jay Gatsby, Bosco, and Willy Loman are all guilty of such ideas. Each character relies on their past to fix their future, and yet none of them achieve the goal they set out to catch; all three of them are stuck in an endless rut of disappoint, and comparing their lives to what they once had. When someone hears the name Jay Gatsby they think of lavish parties, expensive decor, and amazing stories told by a handsome, charming man; Gatsby is man of riches, stories, and ambition. He wants one thing in life and that one thing is Daisy …show more content…
He was once a great musician, and loved to create music and had a very successful career going for himself, then he grew old, and fat and soon all he had left was his memories and an addiction to alcohol. memories. At one point during his chapter Bosco makes a refrence to time being a goon, and a goon is “a hired hoodlum or thug.”(dictionary.com) Egan writes Bosco so he is aware of his current state. He knows he is old, fat, and has problems yet he choses to handle his situation in a childish way his past self would have. He He wants to relive his glory days, and wants to go back to the musician he once was. His lack of fame and fortune and what he once had gives him the ambition to push through one more tour even though he know it will kill him. He wants to “flame away, not fade away” (Egan) Bosco was scared to lose all his status and achievements from when he was younger and to just pass away