Similarities Between Gatsby And Their Eyes Were Watching God

When Gatsby reveals to about his relationship with Daisy, Nick’s relationship with Gatsby takes a full u-turn as it rapidly advances their association from simple acquaintances to close friends. Nick’s outlook of Gatsby undergoes a similar transformation. When Nick learns of the previous relationship between Gatsby and Daisy, Gatsby’s actions make sense to Nick. The mansion, the extravagant parties, and the green light were all in the efforts for making Daisy notice him. Gatsby lives his life for the past life that he lived. He spends his life seeking the attention of his love, Daisy, and as Nick explains, “He wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was…” (Fitzgerald 110). Gatsby sought out the American dream in order to win over the love of Daisy which creates a different perception of himself to Nick. Nick, now knowing Gatsby’s intentions worries about Gatsby’s possible rejection, and then warns him that, “[he] wouldn’t ask too much of her, you can’t repeat the past.” (Fitzgerald 110) But Gatsby, blinded by love, strives to win Nick’s married cousin’s heart. Nick perceives Gatsby as a man dwelling on the past

Firstly, Fitzgerald uses imagery through the entire chapter to show the audience how the character Jay Gatsby accomplishes his dream of reuniting with Daisy. At the start of the chapter the author describes Gatsby as being somewhat nervous and aloof. The author writes; “Gatsby looked with vacant eyes […] peering toward the bleared windows from time to time as if a serious of invisible but alarming happenings were taking place outside. Finally, he got up and informed me, in an uncertain voice that he was going” (Fitzgerald, pg.84). The quote describes the fear that many people have when trying to face their dreams by describing the characters eyes, his nervous actions of looking out the window, and finally the character trying to escape the situation. The author then goes on to describe some of Gatsby’s actions as seeming bored and then the character coming back with a new light once he accomplishes his dream.

Gatsby also threw parties every weekend as a method to be able to reconnect with Daisy. In one point during his parties, he spotted Daisy, but felt that she didn’t have a good time. As Nick tells Gatsby that he can’t turn back time, he responds, “Why of course you can!”(Fitzgerald 116) Although Gatsby’s and Daisy’s connection with each other has somewhat reestablished, Gatsby says that he can’t truly love Daisy because of Tom, Daisy’s husband. Also, Gatsby wants her to forget about the past with Tom and have a relationship with Gatsby. Here, Gatsby is trying to recreate spring. This creates a conflict where someone is trying to move against the current and results in unhappiness or worse for the rest of their

In the novels Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, both follow characters throughout their lives. Gatsby dies trying to reach his dream of being with Daisy whom he’s in love with (GG). Janie has her dream taken away from her after the man she’s in love with known as Tea Cake dies from a rabies infection (TEWWG). Both main characters Janie and Gatsby struggle throughout the novels trying to achieve their dream of finding true love, but in the end can’t reach it. While both novels are showing the characters struggle to find true love, Their Eyes Were Watching God shows love as a more of an emotional feeling or urge, but The Great Gatsby shows love as a more of a physical feeling through romantic or memorable symbols and settings.

One of the main themes of the book is that recreating the past is never perfect and Gatsby is a perfect example of this. Gatsby tries so hard to convince Daisy that she loves him again. Gatsby invites Daisy over and throws her parties, but none of this seems to work. Daisy doesn’t seem to understand what Gatsby wants from her. Finally, when Tom invites Gatsby over for dinner, does Daisy realize what Gatsby wants. “Gatsby walked over and stood beside

Gatsby keeps pushing Daisy to tell Tom she never loved him and she starts to get overwhelmed and says, “You want too much. I did love him once but I loved you too.” Daisy says these things to try and make the men leave her alone. This is just a cover up or an illusion, because Daisy is starting to feel uncomfortable and at one point she was “drawing further and further into herself.” As the action dies off and Gatsby has been shot by George Wilson it comes time for Gatsby’s funeral. Nick proceeds to call Daisy to let her know that the Funeral is that day, but her and Tom and fleeing, All Nick can say about Tom is Daisy is, “They were careless people. Tom and Daisy smashed up things and creatures and they had retreated back to their money or vast carelessness.” Tom and Daisy are extremely materialistic. They didn’t care about anyone but themselves and their

The marriage between both Tom and Daisy was toxic in the eyes of most people like Gatsby. Once he found out that she had a daughter; he was somewhat shocked. Daisy doesn’t end up with Gatsby because of his status and his position in the social class system. When they passed through the Valley of Ashes, Daisy was driving and she ran over and killed Myrtle, George Wilson’s wife, which makes Gatsby worry about her mental state. Even after she ran her over she didn’t stop. George Wilson thought that it was Gatsby who killed Myrtle because they were driving his car, so he shot Gatsby which killed him and then shot himself. Nick tried inviting people to the funeral, but nobody came because they didn’t want to be involved. They acted like they didn’t even know Gatsby after all he has done for them. “But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential. I found myself on Gatsby’s side, and alone … I wanted to get somebody for him” (Fitzgerald 164). This quote shows how nobody had actually been there for Gatsby for his funeral and his dream died when he did. He tried hard to get Daisy to love him again, but his plan was destroyed when he left the world. Gatsby was nothing to them. Daisy was never really a dream that he could achieve because of Tom and their

Fast forward some years later, Daisy and Gatsby get back together but while she is still with Tom. This results in a conflict between Gatsby and Tom that Nick witnesses. Nick observes,” ‘She began to sob helplessly, ‘I did love him once- but I loved you too.’ ‘Even that’s a lie,’said Tom savagely... ‘I want to speak to Daisy alone,’ he insisted.

The affection that Gatsby had for Daisy Buchanan made him thirst for the affluent that he believed would earn her love back. “He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something. Some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was” (Fitzgerald 117). Gatsby wanted to gain the love of Daisy, trying to go back to the position they once were before he was enlisted into the war. When Jay and Daisy met time stood still while he was falling in love with her, or at least the idea of her. After they had separated nothing seemed to be perfect with Gatsby goes off to serve in the war and Daisy meeting Tom, almost calling off her wedding for Gatsby. “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can. I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before” (Fitzgerald 116-7). Jay tells Nick that just because Daisy loves someone else, Tom, that does not imply they cannot love each other once more, attempting to go back to the stage where

Gatsby worked so hard to get himself from Jay Gatsby to The Great Gatsby. Everything that Gatsby did and still will do is for the sake to get Daisy back and it proves it when he waits for five years to buy a mansion, “He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual...to a stranger’s garden”. He Got money for her and try to impress her with his house, “I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some… went on Jordan.”. Tried to impress her with the money, “They’re such beautiful shirts”, she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before”. Although Gatsby went to war, trusting that he would get back and get married to Daisy, instead he got tricked and Daisy went off and married Tom. After all that Gatsby did for Daisy’s love, that’s how she repays him. So she got married to a wealthy guy called Tom and got a daughter from him. Daisy loved money and loved Tom which is materialistic and so she prefered money than the true love that she had. In chapter one, Nick visits Daisy because he didn’t see her for several years, and he sees the awkward love between Daisy and Tom, Tom was away from the table and so Nick tries to cheer up Daisy and asks her about her girl. Daisy becomes even more sad than before, “she looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face as if she had asserted her

The individual’s life takes a mysterious and unique twist as time progresses as the seed begins to blossom according to the treatment given to it. For Jay Gatsby this TWIST would mark the beginning of a tragic lonesome life. Born into a life full of poverty it was up to him to fight for a chance to be happy with the woman he loves and be able to provide for her the life she was accustomed to. As critic Harold Hurwitz expresses “Gatsby is thus revealed to the readers as a boy who grew up with a firm belief in the American Dream , the success-through-hard work ideal basic to the American life” (54). Gatsby’s dream consisted of more than just a house and wealth beyond measure. Love was the center of his dream and the engine of his ambition. Daisy, his true love, is the sole reason he aspired to be wealthy, for he knew that only then they will have a chance of being together; this was his American dream. Ambition quickly consumes Gatsby and fuels his desires to stop at nothing to reach his goal. As John H. Kuhnle criticizes ultimately “this dream is founded on Gatsby’s belief that given enough time and energy he can achieve any goal he is capable of imagining, a belief often characterized as a distinctively American Dream” (93). However, Gatsby drastically changes his fate and his once innocent and pure dream into a sinister and sinful reality driven by his desires. Gatsby’s obsession and

so she starts seeing him day to day, now tom very much doesn't like this at all. But he was seeing someone else a one on another love affair. They desired to “runaway” together forever. And shall they did. They lived in my house right next to the mansion of Gatsby until no one ever when by, then sunk back over and lived there with no parties. And to be only know to be there by myself nick. Daisy turned around and said “Oh Gatsby i so glad to see u and me alone together without anyone bothering us.” Gatsby resounding “Yes my love.” Tom love affair mistress some died by new sickness raptomicro sarcoma (cancer). So tom went basacco on Gatsby for sealing his wife but Daisy threw the ring of an $500,000 into the fire that night. So for the next 7 months he looked everywhere but not the old house. Until police found that was stealing expensive gifts for daisy 2,3 years ago. So was sent to jail and was bankrupted by the government. His family bailed him out though and when he got out he was mad at Gatsby. He thought if it wasn't for gatsby i would live with his wife that didn't love him. So finally on a cold black day night he comes to the old house. and finds Gatsby and Daisy having popcorn and watching a

Janie was a wealthy woman when her deceased husband Joe Starks died; she inherited the store to herself. Many men wanted to be with her because of her wealth and status. In her quest of finding true love she meets Tea Cake who was from another town in Florida called. Janie was not really into Tea Cake when she first at him, she was trying to get to know him well. Before Janie started to get more emotionally involved with Tea Cake she heard about a woman named Mrs. Turner. Mrs. Turner was the talk of the town because she was also a widow who wanted love. Mrs. Turner found a younger companion, but her relationship with him did not turn out to be what she had hoped (Hurston 60). The younger lover ended up running away with all of her money, this

Gatsby has lots of parties which are fabulous however most of the people attending don't know much of anything about him. Gatsby and Nick meet. Gatsby and Nick spend time together in New York. Gatsby disappears. Nick finds out Gatsby is in love with Daisy. Nick arranges for Gatsby and Daisy to have tea. Gatsby and Daisy have an affair while Gatsby just wants her to leave her husband, Tom. Tom and Gatsby meet. Gatsby throws a party that both Daisy and Tom attend. Tom begins to be suspicious of Daisy and Gatsby’s relations and starts to ‘research’ Gatsby. Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan (Daisy’s friend) spend some time together in New York and Tom finds out that Gatsby is in love with Daisy. Tom confronts Gatsby. Gatsby attempts to get Daisy

In his article,“Liking is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts,” Jonathan Franzen pushes people forget the fear of rejection and instead welcome raw, authentic love. The author explain that it's impossible to have a compatible relationship while striving to be likeable because, “There is no such person whose real self you like every particle of.” In order to find love, partners should have empathy and acceptances of each other’s imperfections. Contradictory to Franzen’s article the protagonists in “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston delusion themselves to believe in the existence of flawless romantic parents. Both novels reveal that idealistic perception of love can misguide people into chasing the wrong American dream which leads to dissatisfaction.