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Examples Of Jay Gatsby A Hemingway Hero

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Ernest Hemingway's works usually revolve around a character type called the “Hemingway Hero”. The "Hemingway Hero" usually shows no emotion and faces death in most of his works. One character considered a “Hemingway Hero” is Santiago from "Old Man and The Sea". One question is would Hemingway consider Jay Gatsby a "Hemingway Hero"? Does he follow Hemingway's standards of a hero? The purpose of this paper is to describe how Santiago is an ideal representation of a "Hemingway Hero" and if Jay Gatsby would be considered one based on Santiago. First, what exactly is a “Hemingway Hero"? The “Hemingway Hero" are "figures who try to follow a hyper-masculine moral code and make sense of the world through those beliefs” (Hemingway Code Hero). They …show more content…

Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". He is a man who wasn't raised into wealth and earned his wealth. One question is would Jay Gatsby be considered a "Hemingway Hero"? While he doesn't display some of the same qualities as Santiago did, I still think that Hemingway would consider Gatsby a "Hemingway Hero". I think that Gatsby would be a "Hemingway Hero" in Hemingway's eyes, even with some of his negative qualities because he shows individualism, determination, and courage. Gatsby shows a sense of individualism by being focused on his own goals and desires and not being swayed by the public opinions or expectations of society just like Santiago did. Despite being extremely wealthy and having a lot of power, he remained humble and displayed a strong belief in using hard work to obtain wealth, unlike the others that had wealth and power. Gatsby shows strong determination by doing anything to gain Daisy Buchanan's love. This includes throwing huge parties in the hopes that she shows up. He also shows determination in his rise to wealth and power. Gatsby would work hard to obtain wealth. Gatsby showed courage by being willing to sacrifice everything for his love of Daisy. One example is when Gatsby offered to take the blame for the murder of Myrtle after Daisy hit her while driving his car. While Gatsby showed some characteristics of a “Hemingway Hero”, there are some main characteristics he falls short of such as self-reliance

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Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, “Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.” His novel, The Great Gatsby, is a perfect manifestation of this idea. The main character, Gatsby is revered as a heroic figure by the story’s narrator, Nick Carraway. However, to attain this quality, Gatsby led a disastrous life constantly affected by the overwhelming pressure to attain his dream and ultimately fell to his death.

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Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby is a self made man and his character inhibits everything someone during this time could wish for. He has fame and fortune and ginormous parties quite frequently. But when you dig deeper into the opaque life of Jay Gatsby you will find that his motivation for almost everything he does is not for show, but is instead for a girl that he is hopelessly in love with.

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Jay Gatsby is mainly a byronic hero because of this passionate quest for Daisy. “The modesty of the demand shook me. He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths--so that he could ‘come over’ some afternoon to a stranger's garden” (page 85), in this chapter it is revealed that the location of Gatsby’s house is for the purpose to see Daisy, this shows how passionate he is about his quest of impressing and winning the heart of his love; the superficial Daisy. Even Nick feels ‘’inclined to reserve all judgements’’ (page 3) because despite of his disapproval of Gatsby’s actions, Nick has a certain amount of respect for the power of his ideals. Jay is also a byronic hero because of his troubled and mysterious past, as shown in the following quote: "Somebody told me that he killed a man once.”

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F. Scott Fitzgerlad’s The Great Gatsby does not have exact descriptions of villains and heroes, but not stereotypes either, but fully developed personalityes. Still, there are three characters that stood out. You would classify as a villain and or hero. Jay Gatsby is, both a hero and villain;Is in an illegal buisness, but would do anything for his love Daisy. Daisy Buchanan, a villain.

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Gatsby aspired to be an aristocrat and a man of great worth in order to receive Daisy’s love. Unlike Willy Loman, Gatsby strived for greatness. He was a hard worker and disparate to Willy, Gatsby did not depend on anyone to be a prominent figure. Achieving a remarkably high stature was important to both Willy Loman and Jay Gatsby. Contrary to Willy’s own illusions, Gatsby actually attained a reputable position in society.

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In litherce the author traditionally compares their protagonist with hero types; one type in particular is a Byronic hero, the other being a tragic hero. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the protagonist Jay Gatsby best fits into the role of the tragic hero. In spite of the fact that there are features of the Byronic hero that do fit Gatsby at hand are some areas that make the Byronic Hero role questionable. Gatsby's larger than life persona he has possession of is one of the reasons he fits the role of the Byronic hero but not quite. For instance, when Gastby talks to Nick about his past love life with Daisy in the text,Gastby says, “I can’t describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her old sport” (Fitzgerald

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Jay Gatsby is a great man due to his limitless ambition and his extensive wealth. Gatsby holds an extreme amount of determination and bravery which establishes

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In F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a great man who is loyal to others and will do anything to reach his goals. Claim:

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Jay Gatsby and James Gatz: Who was the Great Romantic Hero? A romantic hero is one who repudiates the standards and customs put upon them by society,they are spurned by society and positions themselves as an important character in their own lives There are three versions of a romantic hero, the Byronic hero, an antihero, and romantic hero. The type of romantic hero that resides in the novel The Great Gatsby, is a Byronic hero.

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Although Gatsby does not seem to be a selfish man on the surface, his intentions and success may. He builds a ginormous mansion and throws extravagant parties all to get Daisy and her love back. Gatsby does all this for his good since all it consists of is having Daisy all to himself. The corruption and obsession of wealth is displayed through the characters Daisy, Tom and Gatsby as they live their lives in

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Jay Gatsby is a man whose life is full of ambition and hope. My name is Cameron, and I am here to speak about Gatsby's life and the mark he left on the world. Jay Gatsby, born James Gatz, came from a poor family in North Dakota. Despite his humble beginnings, he dreamed of a life filled with wealth and success. Gatsby's dreams were big, and he worked tirelessly to make them come true.

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As defined by Aristotle, “a tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction” (“Tragic Hero” 1). In The Great Gatsby, Great historical writers like Sophocles and the aforementioned Aristotle used this character archetype while manifesting their works to create characters that were both larger than life, but also were human. Like these dateless litterateurs, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses this timeless archetype to create the titular character Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald likens Gatsby to fellow tragic heros like Antigone, Oedipus Rex, and Odysseus by describing him to be both a common man and larger than life. Furthermore, similar to other tragic heroes, Gatsby has a tremendous fall from grace.

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Though it is not much at first, Gatsby did what he could that would bring him food and shelter. His consistency allows him to meet higher individuals and work for them to receive greater pay. In addition to his rags-to-riches phenomenon, his longing for Daisy is his ultimate goal. Gatsby chases his dream of being with Daisy by impressing her with his wealth and lifestyle. He does so by revealing his collection of expensive shirts.

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His infinite power has been inspired. In order to shake off poverty, at first he joined the army. During the time of serving, Gatsby fell in love with Daisy who was a daughter of a rich businessman. And in his eyes, Daisy’s living style and her beauty were the ideal incarnation that Gatsby was always dreaming of. But the relationship between them were not possible, because he did not have enough money to afford Daisy a luxuriant life.

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The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatz also known as Gatsby can be portrayed as an example of tragic hero. From the very beginning of the novel, Gatsby might not be seen as a common man but in reality he is. At one point in the novel Gatsby’s parents are described as “ shiftless and unsuccessful farm person “. This shows that he is from a humble

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