Melissa WestI now know that deep within the human concept is something dark, selfish, and completely willing to do whatever is necessary to support the idea of humanity. Because that’s what it is, an idea. True humanity would never behave as we have behaved.
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In the short story, “The Great Gatsby,” author F. Scott Fitzgerald explains that a true person is selfless. They do not do things for personal gain or for themselves alone, but rather they do it to support mankind as a whole. In the story, Jay Gatsby is a beautiful character that embodies this idea of humanity.
He is full of life and movement and has enough money to throw around in order to make his life worth living. In the end, when his dream becomes a reality he becomes obsessed with Daisy Buchanan. She is the embodiment of what he wants in life, something that will make him happy without any personal gain involved in it.
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