A Comparison of the Ways in Which Fitzgerald and Bronte Present Their Heroes. (2742 Words)

Also, they both fell in love with people that were higher up in society and they both died trying to pursue what they wanted. Gatsby fell in love with Daisy, although she wouldn't marry him because she wanted someone who had money he had nothing. He thought to earn Daisy’s love he had to become rich, so he got into an illegal-strode business and he “bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores…in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter…”(133). “Gatsby bought [a] house so that Daisy would be across the bay” (78). He threw huge parties “[expecting] her to wander into one of his parties some night”

To what extent does Gatsby’s wealth, and all the luxuries that it provides, affect his ability to achieve what he deserves? Gatsby’s wealth in “The Great Gatsby” By F. Scott Fitzgerald does truly affect what he really wants and that is Daisy. When you have a lot of money like Gatsby it is hard to live your life in peace, everyone wants to know what you're doing, where you are, and they criticize people with money a lot more than people with none. If you make your money how the “Bootlegger” Jay Gatz did some people get suspicious and if they don't like you certain people are gonna try to come after your wealth, like how Tom started to question Gatsby when Tom knew he was seeing Daisy. This shows that his wealth is going causing problems

which allows him to fit into the society he wishes to be a part of. He

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby was born into a life of poverty and as he grew up he became more aware of the possibility of a better life. He created fantasies that he was too good for his modest life and that his parents weren’t his own. When he met Daisy, a pretty upper class girl, his life revolved around her and he became obsessed with her carefree lifestyle. Gatsby’s desire to become good enough for Daisy and her parents is what motivates him to become a wealthy, immoral person who is perceived as being sophisticated.

Being wealthy is one of the things that Tom and Gatsby have in common. For both of them, maintaining a high social status is a priority. They strive to be financially successful. Tom went to a wealthy school and he flaunts his money with expensive sports cars. Gatsby, on the other hand, shows his need for wealth when he quits

Gatsby started his life in poverty, living in rural North Dakota with his family. He grew to hate living a poor, impoverished life and traveled away to become a young, aristocrat. Even though it required him to live a life of organized crime and bootlegging, he achieved his goal. The main reason Gatsby yearned to be rich was because he desired so much to live his life with Daisy. Gatsby loved the lavish life Daisy lived and before his well he did everything he could to make her believe he lived that life style too.

In the beginning of the novel, Gatsby is shrouded in mystery and all that is known about him is simple gossip. He appeared to be this complicated individual who threw glamorous parties and drowned in wealth and women. In reality, however, he is a lovesick young man who grew up in poverty, and became fabulously rich through organized crime, like selling

Furthermore, Wealth can make someone feel determined. Gatsby was determined to get Daisy, and the only way to get Daisy was to become wealthy. To represent Gatsby’s interception of becoming wealthy, this quote symbolizes his determination and beginning to a happier life; “To Young Gatz, resting on his oars and looking up at the railed deck, that yacht represented all the beauty and glamour in the world” (100). This quote accurately describes Gatsby’s desires for wealth and his material items. The yacht, which belonged to Dan Cody, was the embodiment of wealth and fortune Gatsby was not familiar with. He lived a low life of poverty, and this was his goal that he wanted to reach. Dan took Gatsby with him and adopted him in a way, which gave Gatsby his start to fortune. Once Gatsby gained all of his fortune, he practically had all of the beauty and glamour in the world. Nevertheless, it always comes back to his lack of true beauty and love. He could never regain Daisy, his true love, and the beauty that he could never purchase.

Gatsby has attempted to pull a facade of him having always been wealthy, thus allowing him to be part of Daisy's circle. Gatsby claims to have inherited his vast sum, hiding that he had actually self accumulated it over the years. By

Gatsby loves riches, but his main goal in life is Daisy. He tries as hard as he can to win her back, but he realizes he needs financial backing. Eventually he makes

Jay Gatsby, the title character of The Great Gatsby, is really not all that the title might suggest. First of all, his real name is James Gatz. He changed it in an effort to leave behind his old life as a poor boy and create an entirely new identity. He is also a liar and a criminal, having accumulated his wealth and position by dishonest means. But he is still called ‘great,’ and in a sense he is. Gatsby is made great by his unfaltering hope, and his determination to live in a perfect world with Daisy and their perfect love. Gatsby has many visible flaws—his obvious lies, his mysterious way of avoiding straight answers. But they are shadowed over by his gentle smile and his visible hunger for an ideal future. The coarse and playful Jay

Whilst Gatsby was very materialistic and amassed his fortune through dubious means just to impress Daisy, he represents

To accomplish his one main goal, Gatsby would do anything to make money, so he did it illegally. Gatsby is a very rich man, but he did not earn his money the way that most of America did. “[Gatsby] differs from the other newly rich members of society in that he did not earn his money in an honorable way.” Gatsby made his money out of illegal bonds and bootlegging. Bootlegging is when one illegally sells alcohol under-the-counter, at a time where alcohol is banned. His main goal left in life is to win back Daisy Buchanan, and to accomplish that he needed money. All that he could do was to get into illegal business, which at that time in his life, was the only easy way to get wealthy fast. Gatsby could not wait any longer to reunite with the girl he had thought about every day since he had left to fight in World War I.

In his mind, wealth was the only measure of status and as such he would strive for wealth and wealth alone. With this single-minded approach, the charming Gatsby met Daisy, he was attracted to the status she possessed and the money she wielded. He, with his experiences with Dan Cody, had already had a taste of what could be achieved with wealth, and like a bloodhound after a scent he would follow it to whatever end. To obtain a fortune, he realized he would have to invoke a relationship with the Buchanan girl. After attempting to manipulate her into loving him, he surprised himself by falling in love with her. Quickly, his goals changed, from money to love. Now he knew he would have to achieve his first goal in order to have any hopes of the second. Though it is possible to argue that love outshone money in Gatsby’s mind, when he stated, “Her voice is full of money,”(Fitzgerald, 120), it becomes apparent that the two thoughts are intercorrelated in his mind. In truth his flaw was passion, he could not be without a goal, and he would go to the deepest depths to achieve success. Though, in itself this is not a quality to be frowned upon, when mixed with the desire to achieve a goal by any means possible, it creates a dangerous man. Gatsby is a clear example of this. To suffice his needs he was willing to become a criminal to secure his capital and in the long run marry Daisy. People

Gatsby is a common man who had the ambition to achieve a big dream. Part of Gatsby’s dream was wealth, which is the idea that each person desires to achieve within their lifespan through their hard work. Gatsby is not born into wealth nor privileges. He was a farm boy from North Dakota with no education or money, Nick states “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people — his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all” (Fitzgerald 98). Some of Gatsby’s many achievements were becoming a war