James L. Tinker 1 December 2015
Life After A Book
When I think of myself my mind immediately shifts to The Great Gatsby, the inviting story of which whose main topics comprise loneliness, corruptness of wealth, and loss of a loved one.
Mr. Gatsby showed that the worst emotion to sense is being alone in a filled room. Loneliness is not essentially being alone but feeling alone, over the years I’ve come across friends, and family members whom may or may not still be in my life but still, I feel as if no one is around to perceive me discourse about my difficulties in life. Though, I have realized loneliness is not a bad thing, being able to ride out my negative emotions without anyone around to coach me or give me advice on how I should be going about a certain situation give me, in my opinion a sense of self dependency, and responsibility.
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As I grew up I began to understand what the constant arguments where about, child support. All my life I felt looked at as simply just a dollar sign to my mother, since she was the one receiving the money every week. I was never deprived of what I needed as a child, but as my father discontinued the pay to my mother, she began speaking to me less and then I felt as if I was only worth 225 dollars a week to her. So recently I moved in with my father, and besides the very personal comments about my mother, I feel so much more comfortable. The Great Gatsby shows a well displayed thought of how wealth can corrupt one’s mind and cause them to become blind to anything but money, and I experienced this first hand with my