Great Gatsby Week 2

After finishing the book, I again found many more similarities in Gatsby and Key's life that I found very interesting. I think that the Great Gatsby was a reflection in many ways of aspects that Key was not proud of in his life. Although Gatsby was born to rise from his mediocre childhood status into becoming very wealthy, he did it in a way that was not as straight edge or the "right" way to go about doing things. He obtained his wealth by crime, stealing, and distributing alcohol. He did these things because he yearned for wealth and a high status in society. This reflects on Key's personal life because he was born into an upper middle class family who acted with the traditions of the wealthy but didn't have the money to support that lifestyle. Key constantly yearned for wealth because of this lesser status, and continued to try to obtain it to try to support the love of his life, Zelda. In the book Gatsby's main reason for obtaining wealthy was to gain the attention of his "lover" Daisy, just like key's main reason for obtaining wealth was to earn the affections of his lover "Zelda". Just like this one many other situations reflect Key's life in a direct fashion, and reflect on the struggles he went through throughout his life.