The Great Gatsby - Illusion

Illusion is often orientated as an aspect of love. Love traps one in a state of daze and becomes lethal to its prey. In the famous novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan so deeply that he begins to lose his true self and undergoes a drastic change. He devotes his life to obtain Daisy’s heart; however, what Gatsby thought to be the best for him …

…and this led to his death. If there is a lesson to learn from Jay Gatsby, it is to distinguish between persistence and stubbornness. On the road of life, persistence drives men and women to their goals, while taking many different routes and roads to get there. Stubbornness drove Gatsby into a roadblock, and all he did was attempt to move straight forward. As a result, he crashed, and he crashed conclusively and unfortunately, hard.