Examples Of Isolationism In The Great Gatsby

In the The Great Gatsby many important things are revealed about Gatsby, an isolated “Jazz Age” man. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald displays Gatsby's purposeful feeling and confusion in life. Christians recognize that these feelings are evidence for Gatsby’s need and lack of a savior . Gatsby attempts to satisfy himself by escaping his past, creating a new identity, and trying to achieve an unrealistic dream. The character struggles during the entire book to fulfill a needs that only a savior can meet.
He did not accept where he had came from ,and felt that his history must be more important. In chapter six, the protagonist and narrator of the novel, Nick, informs the readers that Gatsby’s parents were “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people”

He did not accept where he had came from ,and felt that his history must be more important. In chapter six, the protagonist and narrator of the novel, Nick, informs the readers that Gatsby’s parents were “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people” and that Gatsby’s “imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all”. In this passage it is evident that the character,Gatsby, feels that there is an absence of importance,in his past. Unfortunately, Gatsby never came to the important discovery of his prestige Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ. Instead, he creates a false identity that he believes is of higher status. Even after Gatsby's death, Fitzgerald still draws attention to the fact that Gatsby had the potential to fulfill the duties of his humble past. When his father arrived at the extravagant house, he showed Nick an impressively organized schedule that his son had made at a very young age. Proudly, Mr. Gatsby told Nick that “Jimmy was bound to get ahead”. Throughout the novel, several characters helped reveal Gatsby’s want to live for an important

In spite of him being surrounded by people, he still dwells in a constant state of isolation because the significant friend that he is searching for, can only be found in Jesus Christ. All through the book, Gatsby's dreary, solitary life becomes more and more apparent. Specifically, near the end of chapter three; Gatsby’s seclusive lifestyle becomes evident at Nick’s first party. In this bustling and busy atmosphere Nick managed to detect Gatsby's gloomy ambience. He noticed that even during a gleeful song, “no one swooned backward on Gatsby, and no French bob touched Gatsby's shoulder, and no singing quartets were formed with Gatsby’s head for one link”. He lived in extreme loneliness. As a result, when he finally did have a relationship with someone; he became obsessed with them. This obsession stemmed from his naturally want to serve a person and a purpose. Since he never discovered Jesus, he put a lot of pressure on the person that he thought would fill the lonely void in his heart. The individual that he became obsessed with, a young lady named Daisy, felt the pressure of having to fill that void. Overwhelmed, she cried out to Gatsby “Oh, you want too much!” Gatsby never came to the realization that void in his heart could not be filled with a false persona or any individual, besides