Compare And Contrast Essay On The Great Gatsby

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The time period no matter what doesn’t change the fact that there is a pursuit of happiness going on behind the thoughts of achieving dreams. Starting with The Great Gatsby during the time period then which was during the 1920’s, although the narrator is Nick Carraway the main character is Jay Gatsby who is consumed with his desire to chase after a girl with the name Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby’s pursuit is driven to a point where he would even take the crime of killing Myrtle Wilson, “‘Was Daisy driving?’ ‘Yes,’ he said after a moment, ‘but of course I’ll say I was.’”(Fitzgerald 154) Even with the outcome of taking the hit for Daisy would mean that Gatsby would have to spend his time in prison he still wasn’t even phased by the fact he would have to face harsh consequences because Gatsby is dedicated to giving Daisy a life even if it means he loses his. Within Bodega Dreams however, Chino (Julio) who is the main character and narrator of the book, Chino’s …show more content…
Such as a rich neighborhood and a poor neighborhood they might be different in social status but in the end both neighborhoods want both more money and more love even if they are smothered with one rather than another. In Great Gatsby the environment is the less rich but still somewhat rich neighborhood of West Egg. Although in Bodega Dreams it takes place in the not-so-good neighborhood of Spanish Harlem, both Chino/Bodega and Gatsby are both trying to achieve success in their own ‘Missions’, such as within The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is constantly chasing after Daisy in the same way as Bodega is constantly chasing after Vera. Within the rap Eminem is mainly taking place when he, “moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara”(Eminem 65). Despite being in 8 mile and being separated from his beloved children it didn’t stop Eminem from wanting to fix his relationship with his daughters at