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Essay Archive - The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby is A Pathetic Character
The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby is A Pathetic Character
Pathetic is a term used to describe someone who is pitifully
unsuccessful. Success is not necessarily measured in wealth or fame, but
it is measured by how much one has accomplished in life. A successful
person is one who has set many goals for himself and then goes out in life
and accomplishes some of them, but goes on living even if failing on others.
In the novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a pathetic character because
he wasted his whole life chasing an unrealistic dream.
Gatsby's dream is unrealistic because "it....
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