Companionship In The Great Gatsby And The Box Man

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Companionship Means More

We will always be caught up with pleasing others, but we do not realize companionship is not the key to being happy. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the essay The Box Man by Barbara Ascher, and the Beautiful and Cruel vignette written by Sandra Cisnero can all relate to the importance of companionship. The meaning of companionship is a feeling of fellowship or friendship. The importance can be understood in various ways. For instance companionship can be whether or not you need a companion to feel happy. A person can be so content, yet choose to be alone while others feel the need to be crowded around by many people; however, the importance shows more of how a person deals with the idea of being alone.

In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the main characters named Gatsby has an issue of missing out on opportunities that could have affected his future. Gatsby's life would have been completely different if he …show more content…

Different people live their life according to how events occur and people can affect how a one lives their life as well. “Although it would appear to be a life of misery, judging from the bandages and chill of night, it is of his choosing”. A quote meaning a person doesn’t have to be sad because they are alone. The importance of companionship in The Box Man shows how one person can be happy living their life all by themselves.

A vignette called Beautiful and Cruel written by Sandra Cisnero is related to the importance of companionship because once a person realizes they can live a happy life without any company they will grow to do bigger and better things. “I am an ugly daughter. I am the one nobody comes for”. People get to live their life with freedom and how they choose their lifestyle while others have to follow a set plan that they do not get to

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