The Great Gatsby: As a Whole

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was a novel worth reading.  Although I became very upset at points because of the decisions the characters made, it made me realize that true happiness isn't something you can just have because you want it.  To attain true happiness you have to work hard everyday to help others in their pursuit and if you can just help one person than your life is worth something.  That is what true happiness is, helping others.  If everyone helped everyone around them, then we would all be happy.  The book made me realize that while life is one big party, you still have to be responsible and take responsibility of your actions.  True happiness can only be found if you are not only with the people you truly love, but are doing what you truly love.  Being true to yourself is the first step toward happiness.  If you can be confident in yourself then you will make it through.  I think this book was a really good way to reflect on how I want my senior year to be, along with the rest of my life.

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past," (Fitzgerald, 180).