The Great Gatsby Obstacles

Everyone will occur obstacles in their lives. The way you end up after facing an obstacle is entirely based on how you faced the obstacle when it first hit you. If you gave up on whatever it was you were trying to do you will forever be unsuccessful in life. If you found a way to get around this obstacle and persevered you will always find ways to do what you want. In Hamlet, The Great Gatsby and my own life there have been many obstacles that have been important to the characters in the texts and to me in my life.

In The Great Gatsby an obstacle of a conflict that Gatsby faces is that he could not marry Daisy because he was not wealthy enough and he had to go to war. Once he was back from being at war him and Daisy did not communicate much so she chose to marry Tom. After that moment Gatsby did everything he could to try and get wealthy and get Daisy back for himself. Once he got wealthy he started throwing parties every weekend hoping one day Daisy would show up so he can try and get her back. Even though Gatsby Showed great perseverance in the end none of it worked out for him and he ended up dying because he tried too hard to get Daisy.

In my life there have been a few obstacles that I have faced and sometimes face every day.

For example, there are many times I will say I have no time for school work or other important things I have to get done. Ways I found to get around this were, learning to say no to others when asked to do something for them or to go out, not getting sidetracked by my phone and other things online and lastly, putting school work and other important things at the top of my to do list. Another obstacle in my life has been me always over thinking about the past and not focusing on what is coming in the future. To overcome that obstacle I started to realize that what’s happened in the past cannot be changed but everything that will happen is yet to happen and I can be the decider of what will

happen.

In Hamlet, the biggest obstacle he faces is getting back at Claudius for what he did to his father because Claudius is king. Hamlet cannot just act without thinking because if he does something wrong Claudius will most likely find out what he’s up to. To overcome this he thought about what he was going to do and made sure he could do it at the right time. In the end he does succeed with this but it was at the cost of his and his mother’s life.

In conclusion, obstacles will come to you in your life but you must approach them with an open mind and find a way to overcome it. In The Great Gatsby, Hamlet and my own life there were great examples of overcoming obstacles due to perseverance.