How Does The Song Relate To The Great Gatsby

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In Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” we are painted a picture of a rich and lavish lifestyle filled with parties, money, and distractions. But this image eventually falls aparts from the roots as Gatsby’s true character is exposed. Likewise, in the song “Demons” by Imagine Dragons, we are allowed to see what’s truly inside the people with most. Through both pieces, several themes unfold regarding the obsession with material possessions and the pains of “having it all”. Together these pieces blend providing valuable lessons for the future of my life. At the start of the song, we are provided with the lines, “And the saints we see Are all made of gold”. These lines work together to provide context to the rest of the song, and explain that the “saints” seen are far from perfect and are only supported by “gold” or wealth. This theme of the people that are “looked up to” being hollowed out by money, is also shared in the opening chapters of “The Great Gatsby” as we are introduced to West Egg and East Egg. Both sides of the bay share a common interest in wealth but the people in East egg were born into fortune, while the people from West Egg marveled across the blue waves, wishing that the roles could be reversed. I think this division between the two cities helps to display the distinction between …show more content…

No matter what, protecting the people we care about is the most important thing we can do. Regardless of our outcome, as long as we protect the people that shed hope on our lives, everything will turn out okay. In the Great Gatsby, this hope is ultimately diminished with the death of Gatsby. The book sets up the reader to wish for Gatsby to finally get a break, but instead his death helps to dampen the traditional fairy-tail ending, leaving the story with a void unfillable by the

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