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At what point does hope become delusional?

Asked by Strauss (23630points) August 16th, 2015

SPOILER ALERT! If you’ve never seen or read The Great Gatsby, and would like to approach it with no spoiler, stop reading now!

While watching with my daughters and my wife, I became aware that at some point in the movie it became apparent that hope, which always has some chance of being fulfilled, had turned to delusion, a false hope based on nothing related to reality.

Is there a point, generally speaking, when would you give up hope and get on with your life?

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