Seeking Happiness

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The Great Gatsby is a non-fictional story about the incapability of wealth and power to guarantee happiness. Similar areas of unfulfillment are present, in Rules of Civility, but in a more reality based world. Indeed, in both the two novels, the narrator (guide) in the end is separated from everyone else, due to carelessness relationships around revolving around the characters. Wealth and power can assist in gaining a great reputation amongst other, however fails to give self-gratification from satisfied relationship. In novels, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Rules of Civility by Armor Towles the protagonist are all misled by their belief in an idea of the super-rich, but ultimately cannot find happiness because their relationships are unfulfilling.
Both narrators, Kate and Nick, are under the influence of the richness during 1920s and 1930s. The events in their life indicate that everything happening to them is new and have never witness before and feel like outcastes. In parallel, both the reluctant narrators become involved with the super-rich from the modest backgrounds.
The 1920s was time for dramatic, social and political changes. Societies went from being rural based to more urban. The cities included numerous parties hosted by the rich. Nick Carraway’s character also experiences such changes in his lifestyle as he is exposed to these new atmospheres. He has just moved in the city of New York in a village called “West egg”. After meeting Daisy, Nick hears of a man named Gatsby, a wealthy well repudiated man that throws big parties and ironically, is Nick’s neighbor. Nick has always had a suspicion about someone form the big mansion next door is watching him. Until one day he gets an invitation to ...

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...tagonist are all misled by their belief in an idea of the super-rich, as they have previously only been exposed to modest backgrounds. They also encounter disappointment by seeking authentic relationships from inauthentic characters. These events result in both protagonists feeling isolated and regretful of their actions. Both characters in the end, ultimately cannot find happiness because their relationships and surroundings are unfulfilling.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Austraila: n.p., n.d. The Great Gatsby. Planet EBook. Web. 19 Dec. 2013.
Towles, Amor. Rules of Civility. New York: Penguin, 2012. Kindle.
"The Roaring Twenties." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013
Bruccoli, Matthew J. "Fitzgerald's Eras." Fitzgerald's Eras. N.p., 28 Mar. 2003. Web. 19 Dec. 2013. .

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