Showing in Cinemas Near You: "The Not So Great Gatsby"

Surrounded by a society that is so indulged in self- image and status, I find it very evident that I, along with many others, have a false identity and it is so easy to get caught up into trying to prove that we are someone that we are not.  By a simple click of a mouse, one can change their appearance on a photo editing app and post it on Instagram, then wait anxiously to see how many likes they get.  If someone gets a bunch of likes, they might just convince their peers that they are “popular” or more worthy of attention.  Social medias play such a huge role at the moment in defining who we want to be and how we want others to see us.  I have been a witness to seeing the inside story of someone’s life, and then seeing them act in a completely different manner in public, distorting the image of themselves because they fail to grasp the fact that no one is perfect.  We fail to realize as people that everyone has faults and everyone has demons that they don’t need to hide, yet we spend countless hours trying to convince others of a falsity.  Even in the 1920s, people tried to get others to think that they were someone that they were not.  Jay Gatsby spends most of his time trying to prove that he was not poor and that he went to school in Oxford, while his past was much different and full of hardship.  He is so embarrassed of his past, something he couldn’t change, and needed to prove to Daisy and to everyone else that he was worthy.  As I said, the past cannot be changed, but how others perceive it can be changed.  Even if others view one’s past in a distorted way, the truth will always win over dishonesty which is seen countless times in Gatsby’s life.  The irony of it all is that the thing that makes Gatsby so great is a lie.  If everyone came to terms with their true identities, so much time would be saved and people would learn to love others for the people they truly are.