The Great Gatsby Response Essay

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For Saturday, please choose a book, movie, play, or a show where you had empathy for one of the characters. Describe the character and the situation, and analyze why you had deep empathy for this character. Please cite in APA style, and minimum 75 words.
I recently watched The Great Gatsby (2013) Two-Disc Special Edition, “based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless epic. The Great Gatsby mirrors the struggles of modern times in a dazzling visual journey from the mind of Baz Luhrmann, director of the Oscar-winning Moulin Rouge” (Luhrmann, 2013). I am also reading the book version of The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925).
The character is Jay Gatsby, (played by three-time Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, in the film version). “The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchannan” (Fitzgerald, 1925).
In the film and book version of The Great Gatsby, the main character, Jay Gatsby suffers from “unrequited love or one-sided love is love that is not openly reciprocated or understood as such by the beloved. The beloved may not be aware of the admirer's deep and strong romantic affection, or may consciously reject it” (Wikipedia, 2017). …show more content…

As mentioned above, “unrequited love or one-sided love is love that is not openly reciprocated or understood as such by the beloved” (Wikipedia, 2017). I felt deep empathy because of what lies in the hearts of humanity, absent from a personal loving relationship with God. The Bible says, “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander” (Mathew 15:19, ESV). How much of humanity understand love? Love that “covers a multitude of sins” (1st Peter 4:8,

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