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What must it be like to be the underdog all your life? Well the only true person and also a horse would be Seabiscuit and Gatsby, Gatsby from The Great Gatsby and Seabiscuit from Seabiscuit. Both who have overcome so much and almost obtained the joy and happiness everyone should feel whether it be man or animal. For the both of them changed the underdogs in the United States forever. It is unbelievable the obstacles this horse and man had to overcome to make their dreams come true. For one it was to win races and lift America while the other was to get the girl of his dreams.
This horse and man had to be one of the greatest underdog stories that was during the early 19th century in the United States, and I am not just saying that Gatsby and Seabiscuit changed people's lives for ever and showed people nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it. This is where the name champion was made. A lame horse, now if you said that to someone who knew about horses they would tell you to put the horse down well in fact Seabiscuit was a lame horse and look at how he turned out to be, one of the best racing horses ever, and as in Gatsby's case as well turned out to be one of the wealthiest people in America, but he paid the price with his life unlike Seabiscuit. Even though the both of them might have been lame to start out, both ended up being one of the greatest race horse ever and the other being one of the most successful people in America.
No matter how fame or fortune gets to you, you still have your old roots to which you go back to and don't forget. Gatsby and Seabiscuit did not forget where they came from, for if they did they would have not been nearly as successful as they were in the end. Gatsby could have easily let fortune get to his head, but if it were not for his goal which was to get Daisy he would have easily gone off into no man's land and end up probably as a rich old drunk. For Seabiscuit though it was the people around him that kept him going and in return Seabiscuit kept them going, such as Tom Smith, Red Pollard, and Charles Howard. Seabiscuit brought new life to these people and millions of others around America, and also brought new life to himself.(Bucknell University Studies, Vol. 111, No. 3.)
Odds stacked against you. Jay Gatsby was just an average man in the military trying to get a pretty rich girl that was beyond his reach and he knew that, and knew that he had to make some money in order to get the girl of his dreams, whether it be gain that wealth by breaking the law or doing it by the law, he just knew he had to get it quick and fast, and he did just that. It took him a mere 5 years to gain his wealth and when he did that his one goal was to get united with his first love Daisy. He does get united with Daisy through a special friend he met at his party he through to try and grab Daisy's attention, named Nick Carraway. But finally when Jay did get back the love of his dreams, Daisy knew that she could not be with him, but in fact had to be with a person that beat her and not treat her like a lady she was, which Jay would have treated her like one. Which in turn ends in a tragedy, Jay Gatsby pays the ultimate price of love and that is his life, for one thing only and that is true love.(Reference Guide to American Literature, 3rd ed.)
Small, lame, broken leg, what more must I say for a horse not to race anymore, talk about odds stacked up against you. This was Seabiscuit's case of the odds stacked up against him. First of all for a horse to be lame that normally means your career as racing is pretty much done and will never be able to race again. But in this mighty horse's case he took it as a challenge and went on with it, and never looked back. Becoming one of the best race horses's ever to race in the sport, along with the greats such as War Admiral who Seabiscuit beat by a long shot, and Man of War,etc.( Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune.) With all the bad luck Seabiscuit has seen through his life he still accomplished the best of the best and that is being the best racing horse in the world, so if he could do it, anyone can. Even though being the underdog and under sized to race he proved to everyone that nothing is impossible.( Carrie rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer.)
Underdog-One that is at a disadvantage. Jay Gatsby and Seabiscuit proved that there is no such thing as an underdog. And proved this by accomplishing the things they did in the short amount of time the two had. Even though you may be considered the weakling or the little guy with no money, you still have the chance to change all that with hard work and dedication which Seabiscuit and Jay Gatsby had. With the right team behind you (or person as in Gatsby's case, Nick Carraway) anything is possible and you just need that one little push to get the ball rolling and have success. So to call someone an underdog just because of their appearance or how much money they have is not justified and as fast as you can blink your eye's that underdog might end up being your boss one day or being the President of the United States. At one point in our lives everyone is an underdog, and its then when you see your true colors, and see if you act like Seabiscuit or Jay.
This horse and man had to be one of the greatest underdog stories that was during the early 19th century in the United States, and I am not just saying that Gatsby and Seabiscuit changed people's lives for ever and showed people nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it. This is where the name champion was made. A lame horse, now if you said that to someone who knew about horses they would tell you to put the horse down well in fact Seabiscuit was a lame horse and look at how he turned out to be, one of the best racing horses ever, and as in Gatsby's case as well turned out to be one of the wealthiest people in America, but he paid the price with his life unlike Seabiscuit. Even though the both of them might have been lame to start out, both ended up being one of the greatest race horse ever and the other being one of the most successful people in America.
No matter how fame or fortune gets to you, you still have your old roots to which you go back to and don't forget. Gatsby and Seabiscuit did not forget where they came from, for if they did they would have not been nearly as successful as they were in the end. Gatsby could have easily let fortune get to his head, but if it were not for his goal which was to get Daisy he would have easily gone off into no man's land and end up probably as a rich old drunk. For Seabiscuit though it was the people around him that kept him going and in return Seabiscuit kept them going, such as Tom Smith, Red Pollard, and Charles Howard. Seabiscuit brought new life to these people and millions of others around America, and also brought new life to himself.(Bucknell University Studies, Vol. 111, No. 3.)
Odds stacked against you. Jay Gatsby was just an average man in the military trying to get a pretty rich girl that was beyond his reach and he knew that, and knew that he had to make some money in order to get the girl of his dreams, whether it be gain that wealth by breaking the law or doing it by the law, he just knew he had to get it quick and fast, and he did just that. It took him a mere 5 years to gain his wealth and when he did that his one goal was to get united with his first love Daisy. He does get united with Daisy through a special friend he met at his party he through to try and grab Daisy's attention, named Nick Carraway. But finally when Jay did get back the love of his dreams, Daisy knew that she could not be with him, but in fact had to be with a person that beat her and not treat her like a lady she was, which Jay would have treated her like one. Which in turn ends in a tragedy, Jay Gatsby pays the ultimate price of love and that is his life, for one thing only and that is true love.(Reference Guide to American Literature, 3rd ed.)
Small, lame, broken leg, what more must I say for a horse not to race anymore, talk about odds stacked up against you. This was Seabiscuit's case of the odds stacked up against him. First of all for a horse to be lame that normally means your career as racing is pretty much done and will never be able to race again. But in this mighty horse's case he took it as a challenge and went on with it, and never looked back. Becoming one of the best race horses's ever to race in the sport, along with the greats such as War Admiral who Seabiscuit beat by a long shot, and Man of War,etc.( Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune.) With all the bad luck Seabiscuit has seen through his life he still accomplished the best of the best and that is being the best racing horse in the world, so if he could do it, anyone can. Even though being the underdog and under sized to race he proved to everyone that nothing is impossible.( Carrie rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer.)
Underdog-One that is at a disadvantage. Jay Gatsby and Seabiscuit proved that there is no such thing as an underdog. And proved this by accomplishing the things they did in the short amount of time the two had. Even though you may be considered the weakling or the little guy with no money, you still have the chance to change all that with hard work and dedication which Seabiscuit and Jay Gatsby had. With the right team behind you (or person as in Gatsby's case, Nick Carraway) anything is possible and you just need that one little push to get the ball rolling and have success. So to call someone an underdog just because of their appearance or how much money they have is not justified and as fast as you can blink your eye's that underdog might end up being your boss one day or being the President of the United States. At one point in our lives everyone is an underdog, and its then when you see your true colors, and see if you act like Seabiscuit or Jay.
