The symbolism found on the novels Coming Through Slaughter and The Great Gatsby can be quite set in completely different worlds. Coming Through Slaughter tells the story of a jazz player living in the nasty neighborhoods of New Orleans while The Great Gatsby tells the story of a wealthy businessman in Long Island.
Both main characters searched for pleasure which sent them into oblivion Gatsby went too far with Daisy,, ‘’If that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high living too long with a single dream.’’ (pg.161)Gatsby’s quote really infers to how he (Gatsby) had stayed too much wanting to have Daisy and in his perseverance for his love and passion with Daisy, he sent himself towards a dangerous path, one in which, leading to a horrible death in his backyard pool. His death was the price he had top pay for a romantic affair with Daisy.
As with Buddy Bolden who appears to have trouble and the others try to see where the song ends, to tell what he chose to end with. “Something tells me to listen and see who wins. If Bolden stop son the hymn, the Good Lord Wins. If he stops on the Blues, the Devil wins.’’ This quote relates more to the idea of Buddy Bolden’s choice told from a metaphoric point of view; that depending on how the song ended, Godor (the Devil) would win. Since it depends all on Buddy’s choice, which was to be an alcoholic and sex addict, so we asume that he chose to make the Devil win. Obviously his madness only left him to live a complicated life in a mental institute.
So, in conclusion, the stories symbolisms talk about how the characters chose an ‘’Evil’’ path, one guided by greed and pleasure, which made them turn away from their morals and bring an end to their lives.
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