Gatsby vs. Nora Sympathy

Throughout the novel, “The Great Gatsby,” Jay Gatsby and Nick Caraway were the protagonists. However, some critics believe that Nick, not Gatsby, is the hero of the story. Beginning with helping Gatsby, Nick shows his selflessness and pureness through his actions making him a true hero. Ultimately, Nick is believed to be the hero that allowed Gatsby to achieve his American Dream, his Daisy: Nick was the one who invited Daisy to tea so Gatsby can rekindle his love with her. Not only is Nick an amazing friend, he is the only friend who truly loved Gatsby as a person and not his money. Listening to Gatsby when he encountered problems, Nick was the only comrade that helped Gatsby merely out of appreciation and kindness; he was not the type to use

He has gone to great lengths to make himself appear as appealing to a girl who never proves herself to be worthy of sacrifice. Gatsby creates a facade for himself in order to appear as a man who- in his mind- would be worthy of Daisy’s affection.

The Great Gatsby has many characters all whom are terrible people. All the characters in the book make terrible choices, and all have awful morals.

However, from the description of the novel, also from the eye contact and emotional expression of Gatsby in the movie, it can be easily found that Gatsby really loves Daisy the girl. She is the goddess in his heart all the time. It seems that there is a deep gap between Gatsby and Daisy. He cannot forget his top girl all the time and he even firmly believed that he is able to draw Daisy’s heart back as long as he can possess a huge amount of

Gatsby’s wealth, sophistication, and handsomeness are admired by Nick which ultimately, develops into a friendship with Gatsby. Although Nick Carraway seems to be there every step of the way, Gatsby and his mystery makes it too difficult for Nick to save Gatsby from collapsing. “They’re a rotten crowd… You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together”(154). Despite the fact that Nick claims he never complimented Gatsby, he only enables his false hope of being able to reignite his love with Daisy by giving him support. Nick never quite reaches the understanding that Gatsby isn’t the “realest” character in the novel, he continues to feel sorry for Gatsby throughout his struggles. Although Nick may not have realized that Gatsby quite possibly may have used him for Daisy, he continues to support Gatsby and continuously attempts to get Daisy and Gatsby

There is a fine line between love and lust. If love is only a will to possess, it is not love. To love someone is to hold them dear to one's heart. In The Great Gatsby, the characters, Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan are said to be in love, but in reality, this seems to be a misconception. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays the themes of love, lust and obsession, through the character of Jay Gatsby, who confuses lust and obsession with love. By the end of the novel however, Jay Gatsby is denied his "love" and suffers an untimely death. The author interconnects the relationships of the various prominent characters to support these ideas.

Love in the novel The Great Gatsby is shown multiple times throughout. One example of love in the novel is the love between Gatsby and Daisy. Gatsby tries everything to try and get Daisy to love him like she used to. Daisy has ultimately married Tom after Gatsby left her to go to war and wants to stay with Tom now that Gatsby is back from the war. Gatsby went to the war and came back with a higher social standing. Before he left, he believed that he did not deserve Daisy and that is why he left. Now that he feels like he has a high enough social status, he now feels that he deserves Daisy (Fitzgerald). This shows how Gatsby would change anything in order to be able to be with the women that he loved. He would even give up his life to protect the women that he loved. In chapter 7, Gatsby admits that Daisy was the one that was driving the car. He then later states “but of course I’ll say I was” when asked if Daisy was driving the car (Fitzgerald). This is Gatsby trying to protect Daisy. He does not want the women that he loves to get in trouble and so if it comes to it, then he will take the blame for hitting and killing that woman that Daisy ran into. The love that Gatsby has for Daisy is ruining his life. If he was not as in love with Daisy as he was, then he would not take all of these risks. He would be able to live his life like he should and he would not be potentially ruining his life for taking the blame for something that he did not do, just to protect the woman that he loves. The

Despite Daisy being a dislikeable character, there are some instances in which the reader feels sympathetic towards her. A big factor is the affair that Tom has with Myrtle. Daisy knows that what her husband is doing, but she still stays with him for the fact that they have a daughter together and for financial support. When Nick first sees Daisy's daughter, she says, "I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." By this she means that if her daughter is in the same position she is in her marriage, she won't know of the affair that her husband might have. The reader feels bad for Daisy because she is not being treated the way a wife is supposed to be treated. That is why she is yearning for love, and Gatsby was there to give it to her. Another time is at the hotel suite scene. She doesn't know who to choose from-Tom or Gatsby. She's torn between two lovers, and both of them have their own reasons for loving her, and why she should choose them. Gatsby has a lot to offer her, and loves her for who she is. He succeeded in life just to be with her. Although Tom is having an affair, he questions her about their love, and that Gatsby cannot take his place.

Overall the story of The Great Gatsby is a tragic story of gain and lost. It is a story of money over shadowing love and happiness. Through all of the pain and suffering Gatsby still loved Daisy and gave everything for her. Though there are many parts in this story that money and material things can block out love and happiness, through friendship and blind love I think in a sad way even though it killed Gatsby and sent Nick back to the Midwest love did

Many consider The Great Gatsby a beautiful love story. A literary review site, for example, says about Fitzgerald’s most famous work: “The Great Gatsby is probably F. Scott Fitzgerald 's greatest novel […] Gatsby is really nothing more than a man desperate for love”(The Great Gatsby Review). Popular opinion paints Gatsby as such: A man desperate for love, devoid of any evil. But a closer look uncovers a new side of Jay Gatsby because Gatsby, underneath his glorious façade, is a sociopath.

Nora’s second rebellion was when she left Torvald and her children. The society she lived in demanded that she should submit to her husband and that she should take a place under him. Society considered women to be property of their husbands and that they should fulfil their every command. When Krogstad tries to blackmail Nora, and Torvald didn’t even support her she realized that there was a problem. Then finally when Torvald realizes that his social stature will not be harmed he displays his real feeling for Nora, both physically and emotionally. It is at this time when Nora decides that she doesn’t want to be controlled by Torvald anymore and she told him that she was going to leave him. By leaving Torvald she is not only shutting him out but also forgetting everything in her past. When Torvald tries to reconcile with her she explains that all her life she was treated like a child. And how she was "always merry, never happy", she never got to make any decisions on her own. Then she explains to him how she

Romance, love, and destiny. Connections are formed like bridges built of various things; love, trust, money, fate. Some bridges are stronger than others and some bridges connect people who perhaps shouldn’t be connected. The movie “The Great Gatsby” better expresses the romantic relationships and connections between characters. Between Tom and Daisy, whose relationship may have more to do with survival than love, with Myrtle and Tom, the bridge between them connecting two souls searching for something more in life. And then there are bridges like the one between Jordan and Nick, filled with lies and a bridge not often travelled, and if you’re lucky you come across a bridge like Gatsby and Daisy's, which is made of love but filled with obstacles. These bridges play a key part in the story and the movie most definitely does a better job at expressing these connections between characters.

When Krogstad threatens to expose the truth, Nora must use her craftiness to distract Torvald and sway him into letting Krogstad keep his job. Unfortunately, she is not able to change his mind, but she does succeed in diverting his suspicions of her motives. She praises him and lulls him into a false sense of security by telling him that "[n]o one has such good taste as [he has]" and then goes on to ask him if he could "take [her] in hand and decide what [she is] to go as" for the dance. She confesses to him that she "can't do anything without [him] to help [her]". These statements lead him to believe that he is the one to "rescue" her, when it is in fact Nora who is trying to rescue him from dishonour. Later on, when Krogstad puts a letter in Torvald's mail, explaining everything that Nora has done, Nora uses her charms once more. She pretends that she has forgotten the tarantella so that Torvald will spend all his time with her and think nothing of the mail that awaits him. Nora truly believes that by deceiving her husband, she is protecting him from worry. Because of Nora's deception, the person that Torvald believes her to be is quite different from the person she actually is. He believes that she is a "spendthrift," infatuated by expensive things when in reality, she saves her money to pay back Krogstad and buys cheap clothing and gifts. Torvald

Nora proceeds to apologize and plays the role of the obedient wife. Nora has the right to spend extra money after what she has been through for the first few years of marriage. Nora and Torvald were very poor. Torvald also became sick and had to travel to Italy to recover. Nora secretly and illegally got a loan to pay for the trip to Italy. During the time setting of the play, women weren’t allowed to do certain things without their husband’s permission such as take out loans. Nora has been working extra hard to pay back her debt and the promotion that Torvald will receive will help Nora become debt free.

Later in the play things start getting complicated for Nora. Her husband Torvald had become Mr. Krogstad boss at work, and Torvald wanted to fire Mr. Krogstad. This is when Mr. Krogstad starts to blackmail Nora. He wants Nora to stop Torvald from firing him. If she does not, Mr. Krogstad was going to tell Torvald her secret. This should have been the perfect time for Nora to tell the truth to her husband, but she believed that telling Torvald the truth will ruin their relationship. Nora says to her friend Mrs. Linde “Torvald, with all his masculine pride – how painfully humiliating for him if he ever found out he was in debt to me. That would ruin our relationship. Our beautiful, happy home would never be the same” (Iben 802)