Love And Violence In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Yet his actions of following and having hope in her would lead him to find her actions not supporting what he wished for. Daisy wants to be a part of his life, yet her actions and decisions would hurt him both physically and mentally. She believed a life with Gatsby would finally fulfill her. When she decides to leave the hotel room after the argument, “Staying with Gatsby she decides to drive the car overwhelmed with anger and realizes her fun with Gatsby has ended”(Samkanashvili 48). All her expectations came to the reality that what she wanted was not going to ever be what she got. Only caring about herself and her issues, after that was when she killed Myrtle. “And as a result of Myrtle’s death Gatsby gets killed for Daisy’s foolish behavior”(Samkanashvili 48). Her unreasonable consciousness was not what could save Daisy now. What she did led to the death of the person we believe she loved, yet what she did for him was not very impressive. When Gatsby’s funeral came “Daisy hadn’t sent a message or a flower”(Fitzgerald 174). She did not want people to know she was caught up in this business. Daisy and Tom went away on a vacation to get away from what had happened. She never cared enough for Gatsby to risk her own appearance of being ruined through her mistakes and misjudgement. But her misstep was accompanied by the physical and

Fitzgerald uses Gatsby to portray the personal failure in life in order to demonstrate how some people are dealt a worse hand in life than others. Gatsby, the protagonist of the story, is in love with a girl named Daisy, however she is married to a man named Tom. After a confrontation between Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Tom return home. Meanwhile, Gatsby hides in the bushes outside their house so he can make sure that Daisy is safe. Nick, the narrator of the novel, observes as Gatsby watches over Daisy “standing there in the moonlight - watching over nothing” (Fitzgerald 145). As Gatsby waits outside Daisy’s house, he believes that she will choose him over Tom, but unfortunately he is in a hopeless situation and Daisy will break his heart. Nick further describes the dinner Tom and Daisy share to have “an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together” (Fitzgerald 145). While Gatsby stands there, he is unaware of Daisy’s betrayal as she shares an intimate dinner with Tom. Furthermore, as Gatsby fights for the love of his life, he is has no idea that the circumstances that are beyond his control since Daisy’s true love is Tom. As Tom and Daisy

Both Fitzgerald and Frost use vast amounts of violence within both the novel and the collection of poems. Throughout the entirety of ‘The Great Gatsby’, violence is a significant feature which is present in almost all the chapters, whether it is displayed directly or indirectly. The first sign of direct violence in the novel is in chapter two, when Nick and Tom visit New York with Tom’s mistress, Myrtle. Even with the growing opportunities and roles women had in 1920’s America, Tom’s violence towards Myrtle in this chapter shows how domestic violence was still very common, even in the country of ‘great opportunity’. Tom Bucchanan’s short temper and violent streak is highlighted when he breaks Myrtle’s “nose with this open hand”. This

In the final few chapters we finally get to see Gatsby’s true colors. We see that Gatsby is expressing love towards Daisy when they all decide to go to New York for the day. Tom becomes suspicious and accuses Gatsby of having an affair with his wife and also being a bootlegger. Gatsby tells Tom that he and Daisy love one another and that they are going to be together like they once were in the past. Gatsby was wrong and Daisy ends up staying with Tom. Myrtle Wilson is then ran over by Daisy but Gatsby says that he will take the blame and ends up getting shot. At the beginning of this novel we thought that Gatsby was a well liked, popular guy, but it turns out that no one shows up to attend his funeral.

Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby’s unrequited love for Daisy is evident, as well as George Wilson’s love for his wife, Myrtle. Unlike Gatsby, Wilson is the least important character in the novel due to his important role in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s unique plot scheme that led to Gatsby’s murder. However, both characters have similarities and differences the reader is incapable of detecting due to Wilson’s brief mentions in chapter two and seven. Gatsby and Wilson’s love is similar due to their love murdering them both and their affection by remaining loyal to their women, but Gatsby was more ambitious to obtain a wealthy girl like Daisy and Wilson was forcing Myrtle to move west.

Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Nick and Jordan have gone out to the city for the day. Gatsby and Daisy are all over each other, when Gatsby finally reveals to Tom that him and Daisy have loved each other for five years. Tom responds to Gatsby stating, “And what’s more I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time.’ ‘You’re revolting,’ said Daisy” (131). This shows that Tom thinks he can do whatever he would like, and Daisy will still love him after he goes on cheating sprees. Daisy proves him wrong. Tom says he loves Daisy, yet he continues to cheat on her because he knows from past experiences that she will just continue to stay with him, until now, he wants Daisy back because he realizes that she now loves another man. Tom thought that he could do as he pleased, and not stay faithful to Daisy and she would take that, but Daisy ended up finding another man, and loving him, and becomes further disgusted with Tom, something Tom never thought would happen. As Tom, Nick and Jordan are driving back home they realize that there has been a crash. Tom sees that Myrtle is dead and he overhears that she has been hit by what he believes is Gatsby’s car. Nick reveals Tom’s reaction as they drive home:“In a little while I heard a low husky sob, and saw that the tears were

He wants closure about what happened between them. Daisy confronts Gatsby about an affair she had with Tom, and he doesn’t even care at this point because what they had was ‘real’. She claims to love them both but she decides she wants to go back with Gatsby and not her husband. On her way back, she accidently kills a woman on the side of the road speeds off with Gatsby’s car. Gatsby gets blamed for the death and the husband of the woman shoots him. No one attends Gatsby’s funeral but Nick. This goes to show Gatsby really had no body in his life, and his own true love whom he did everything for, didn’t love him equally. Throughout the whole book, Fitzgerald points out that Gatsby was living his American dream, but because his dream was Daisy, he was living his dream out of fantasy not reality.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby was a remarkable book. Fitzgerald Made the characters of the book as real and as personal as possible. Three characteristics stood out in the novel to me. Tom’s Jealousy of Gatsby relationship with his wife, Gatsby’s lies about who he is and his life, and Daisy’s ways to tempt Gatsby to fall in love with her. The novel was inspired by the way he fell in love with his wife Zelda.

The Great Gatsby, an American classic, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was a book full of romance, action, adultery, and best of all murder. Some of the main characters are Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s aggressive and lying husband, Daisy Buchanan, Tom’s wife who is nice to everyone and self centered, and Jay Gatsby, the man obsessed with fulfilling his American Dream, which includes the possession of Daisy. Over the course of the novel, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby, despite their experiences, show no evidence of their personalities evolving into something else until after the turning point, when Gatsby and Mrs. Buchanan get into the accident that cataclysmically ended Tom’s girlfriend's life.

She, however, takes advantage of the fact that Gatsby is willing to do anything for her, and convinces him to take responsibility for Myrtle’s death, which she caused! Gatsby is so blinded by his love for her that he does not even realise that he is being manipulated. For example when questioned by Nick as to whether or not Daisy was driving when the accident causing Myrtle’s death occurred, Gatsby responds by saying: “Yes... but of course I’ll say I was.” This lie eventually leads to his death, and Daisy does not even have the decency to attend his funeral.

Gatsby has worked his life away, putting his safety on the line to gain the money that Daisy needs to keep her status. Gatsby has been imagining every aspect of what their relationship would consist of. In reality, Daisy and him weren’t able to go that deep. “The expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby’s face, as though a faint of doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness” (101). Gatsby has become obsessed with what this moment would be like and is confused when it’s different. Gatsby however, is being superficial and selfish towards Daisy when he tries to force Daisy into telling Tom that she has never once loved him. “‘In her heart she never loved anyone except me!’” (137) Gatsby is trying to convince Tom and Daisy that what he’s expected to happen is true. “‘Oh you want too much!’” (139) Daisy has been playing Gatsby and manipulating him by acting like she has been waiting to be with him all this time. Gatsby shows Daisy how much he loves her when he is going to take the fall for her and say that he was the driver that struck and killed Myrtle Wilson. If Daisy truly loves Gatsby, she wouldn’t let him instead, daisy goes along with it and turns to Tom for help which ultimately leads to Gatsby’s death. Gatsby and Daisy are prime examples of why a skin-deep love could never

This adds an element of tragedy on Gatsby’s obsession over Daisy by getting forgotten by her even though Gatsby took blame for the death of Myrtle. Vengeful for his wife’s demise, George Wilson was determined to kill the culprit of the accident. After receiving a hint from Tom that Gatsby was the owner of the yellow car, Wilson, deranged with his vengeance, heads to the West Egg where Gatsby’s mansion was located. Wilson shoots Gatsby, still waiting for Daisy’s call, and shot himself soon after in Gatsby’s garden. In this climax, Fitzgerald wrote “It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson’s body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete.” (162) Gatsby dies unable to to acquire Daisy’s love with all his efforts in vain. Gatsby could be described the tragic hero, looking only one way and tirelessly chasing for his old love, Daisy while sacrificing his ambitious life for her. Through this dramatic climax of the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald once again demonstrates his deeper meaning behind the story that pursuing impossible love could lead to devastating

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is the story of one man searching for a long-lost love and the struggles he goes through to get her back. It is the story of Jay Gatsby, his wealth, and most importantly, his awe-inspiring love for Daisy Buchanan, his first and only true love. Gatsby spends all of his time trying to build up a life to impress Daisy and win her back from her rich, jealous, and aggressive husband, Tom Buchanan.

Good morals and values are considered to be good qualities in most people’s perspective. In Fitzgerald’s, morality is something that many characters lack. Murder, bootlegging, and adultery are all traits that the characters in the novel possess. Myrtle Wilson is one of the two characters that is murdered in the story. In this conversation between Nick and Gatsby, “’Well, I tried to swing the wheel—‘ He broke off and suddenly I guessed the truth. ‘Was Daisy driving?’ ‘Yes’” Gatsby reveals the truth about who was driving (Fitzgerald 143). This proves that Daisy was driving when Myrtle was hit and killed. Gatsby is also murdered in the story. George Wilson, Myrtle’s husband, kills Gatsby because he is told that Gatsby is who killed his wife. Hickey writes, “He shot Gatsby and killed himself,” talking about George when he goes to Gatsby’s house in pursuit to Murder Gatsby (4). This proves that George murdered Gatsby.

Gatsby’s love for Daisy is what causes his death, but it is really the idea of having Daisy that Gatsby is in love with. Nick has had a conversation with Jordan Baker that has made him want to know more about Gatsby; he goes to call out to Gatsby but stops “for [Gatsby] gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone – he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, as far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward – and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been at the end of the dock” (20-21). Later in The Great Gatsby, it is discovered that Gatsby built the green light for Daisy, but Gatsby has not seen Daisy in years and is caught up with the girl he remembers her as not with the woman she has become. Gatsby wants Daisy to love him so much that he would do anything to impress her and make her happy. He shows off his expensive clothing to her, but he is also willing to let her drive his car. When Gatsby’s car crashes into Myrtle Wilson and kills her, Nick later asks Gatsby if Daisy was driving. “’Yes,” he said after a moment, ‘but of course I’ll say I was,’” and with this promise Gatsby’s faith is sealed (143). Not soon after the accident he is shot dead by Myrtle’s husband. Gatsby built up his wealth for a memory of a girl he previously knew but was left to watch the image he built up crumble down because of the girl he could not move on