The Great Gatsby Truth Analysis

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What is your definition of truth? Everyone has a different definition of truth. Truth to me is something that is an actual fact. Fitzgerald says “I don't care about truth. I want some happiness.”. Hansberry opinion on truth is “ Perhaps I will be a great man... I mean perhaps I will hold on to the substance of truth and find my way always with the right course.”. Another opinion of truth from O’Brien, “I want you to know how I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening truth.”. There are many different thoughts on the question, “What is truth?”. So today I will explain why my definition of truth is the one that is the most accurate.
Fitzgerald describes truth as if it isn't of much importance in our lives. He …show more content…

When hs called to war he doesn't want to deal with it.so he runs off towards canada but he has to try to decide on whether or not he wants to go to canada or to the war. He finally decides to go to the war because he thought the truth was that everyone would think he's a coward for not doing it. So the truth of his cowardice led him to make the decision that could be considered “the right course in life” like hanberry talked about. Another quote that would support hansberry's definition of truth is “Whenever he looked at the photographs, he thought of new things he should’ve done.”(ch. 1 pg.5). In this chapter Lieutenant jimmy cross is looking at martha's photos and thinking about how he should’ve tried to be with her. She didn't love him back. The truth of her not loving him back might have helped him go down the right path of going to war. The truth might lead you down the right path whether it hurts or not. If the truth is a fact then it will lead you down the right path like hansberry thinks. I think that as long as it's the real truth you can do with it what you …show more content…

I think that O’Brien’s interpretation of truth is erroneous. Something isn't the substantial truth if it didn't really happen in real life. A quote that supports my point of view on O’Brien’s evaluation of truth is “It's safe to say that in a true war story nothing is ever absolutely true.”(ch.7 pg.82) Someone might not know the real truth and might have built some fictional story in their mind and made them self think it's true. But if it didn't really happen then it didn't happen and it's not true. That's all there's to it. Another quote that supports my idea is “It wasn't a question of deceit. Just the opposite; he wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.”(ch.9 pg.89) People sometimes use the truth and add some untruthful details only to make it more interesting. Even though people do that they shouldn't. If you're trying to tell the truth you have to tell the entire truth and not add anything else. If you're telling a true story it has to be true. That's why O’Brien’s interpretation of truth is

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