Facebook Following Gatsby

The life of Gatsby was cut short due to his untimely death, though during his life he made strides in succeeding and putting on a show. Readers learn that the way he acted was all a front and his motivation behind a lot of what he was doing was to impress people around him. The story of Gatsby rendered a familiar story in my mind of creating a facade and why many consume so much of their time creating a face book profile for themselves.
The online image we create for ourselves when constantly changing our quotes and profile pictures ultimately doesn’t amount to more than narcissism and trying hard to show the world the very best version of us.For some, the images we hoard have special meaning as memories to be re-visited and the perfect picture of your best friends and you which is amazing that we can share these memories with others. Honestly though the majority of the motivation as to why people have 41 albums plus sometimes have no meaning beyond “I look pretty from this angle”... “look at me I’m having so much fun.” Visiting and revamping the repetitive images of ourselves turn us into people who care too much about what others think that we end up spending our precious time in constructing the person we want to be seen as. We can all learn a lesson from Gatsby who put on front and was visibly unhappy at the end by not spending so much energy for the sake of others views.