Gatsby And The Pink Suit Essay

Todays world is full of copycats and stereotypes of people who do not know how to really be themselves. It is obsolescent that a true individual comes along. Although many may try, it is hard to differentiate oneself from the rest of the world. Gatsby, the main character in F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, has a homophile(a) way of drawing himself away from the usual stereotypical wealthy man. During one chapter of the book, Gatsby was dressed in a bright tip suit. This uniqueness, such as the pink suit, reflects Gatsbys need for attention from his love, Daisy his desire to show power and wealth and his poor upbringing. Gatsby has a unique way of fertilization and presenting himself that portrays his odd placement in this wealthy and prestigious class.One reason why Gatsby dressed and acted so differently from everyone, was, in fact, to make himself stand out for his love, Daisy. Gatsby had been in love with, and look for for Daisy for almost five years. hes read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisys name (84). It is possible that he dressed so lavishly and extremely to make her neb him. He finally found Daisy, but he did not want to simply run out and marry her. Gatsby wanted to draw her to him, and he wanted her to see his wealth and substance. He even threw signally extravagant parties and . . . he half-expected her to wander into one of them, some night . . . but she neer did (84).He hoped that his extreme attire would help him to stand out of the bunch and attract Daisy. Gatsby succeeded in attracting Daisy because just the mere sight of his colorful shirts in his closet brought Daisy to tears. the soft rich heap mounted highershirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple green and lavender and faint orange with monograms of Indian blue . . . Suddenly . . . Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily . . . It makes me said because Ive never seen such-such beautiful sh irts before (98). He knew that Daisy would be attracted to a man who dressed and acted as an individual, not as a specific class.Gatsby also knew that Daisy would not just notice any man, but she would notice a man with power and money. When people dress and own things so outrageous, it is most likely to show their wealth and power. Others knowthat these people have money because they buy the most heinous clothing and unreasonable items, and when people have a great deal of money, they mechanically have a great deal of power. Those with the most outlandish clothing and possessions portray power and authority. Gatsby was aware that Daisy would surely fall for the extravagant and powerful gold-hatted lover over the regular, ho-hum guy any day. He attracted her with his huge car (cream colored and monstrous) and his rather large house. It was a colossal interest by any standard . . . with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsbys mansion (9). Gatsby showed his power by not abiding to the wealthy dress mandate and making himself appear different from everyone else.Also supporting Gatsbys reason for being so different, is the fact that Gatsby does not know the proper way to affect the prestige of being wealthy because of less than proper life as a child and boyish man. His real parents were by no means wealthy. They were ambitionless and unsuccessful farm people-his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all (104). Gatsby was not raised in a distinguished or notable household therefore, he never really knew how to act properly. Even after his childhood, he was not trained to be well-mannered and in his recent teens he lived quite a plain life. For example, . . . he had beaten his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam spadeful and a salmon fisher or in any some other capacity that brought him food and bed (104) .When Gatsby became rich all of the sudden, he obviously had to counterchange the way he acted and dressed. He never conformed to the all-too-familiar wealthy dress code. Not only were his nonconformist ways seen in his clothing, but also in other items he owned, such as his car. Everybody had seen Gatsbys car. It was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length . . . (68). Gatsbys outrageous car and house portray that because of the fact that he was not brought up wealthy, when he became so, he desired to have the best and biggest of everything. He never knew the right way to dress and act, and this ignorance caused many of his lavish clothing and items. Gatsby went over the top when he became wealthy, because of his plain and non-extravagant environment as a child and young adult.Gatsby was the opposite of a normal wealthy man of the 1920s. He dressed in bright colors and owned outrageous possessions. Gatsby acted this way to make his lo ve, Daisy, notice him to show his power and wealth and simply because he was never taught the basic mannerisms of being rich. Gatsby did not need or want to conform his ways of dressing and living with those of his high upper class. He was an individual and went against the flow, as plainly seen with his crazy pink suit. He attracted his love, and showed his power by not doing what was said to be normal and typical for his upper class position.