The Great Gatsby
Sometimes in a passionate relationship, one is willing to give up their own selfish desires
in order to make another person happy. Often times, people become so wrapped up in their
relationship that they are blinded of what is really happening. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The
Great Gatsby, Gatsby is a man who comes from a less fortunate background. He falls in love
with a woman named Daisy who comes from old money. In order to win her love, Gatsby
changes his entire lifestyle. She has married another man, but that doesn't stop Gatsby from
pursuing her. Some people find Gatsby's unrelenting pursuit for Daisy a little overboard.
However, Gatsby is a man who is truly hopeful of this love; hopeful enough that he is blinded by
When one is truly in love, they think less of themselves and more of the one in which
they are in love with. To love is to put ones happiness before your own and let their happiness
become yours also. When Gatsby plans to meet with Daisy at Nicks house for the first time
again in 5 years, he orders for an abundant amount of flowers to be sent to Nicks house. “The
flowers were unnecessary, for at two o’ clock a green house arrived from Gatsby’s, with
innumerable receptacles to contain it” (Fitzgerald 84). Gatsby does this to impress Daisy. When
one loves someone, they want to impress them and make them happy; this Gatsby does by
setting up an obnoxiously beautiful venue. Gatsby also tries to impress Daisy
He wants to marry Daisy and he is so determined that not even her husband can stop him. Winning her love is the only thing Gatsby cares about. He tries many times to win her over but fails. However, he is so determined that he never gives up. “‘She’ll be alright tomorrow,’ he said presently. ‘I’m just going to wait here and see if he tries to bother her about that unpleasantness this afternoon.’” Gatsby wouldn’t leave her alone even after he knew he had lost her. Both men have immense determination to get through their struggles.
The rekindling of this epic “love” tale begins when Gatsby buys a house directly across the bay from Daisy, her husband, and child. They do not know it yet, but Jay certainly does. Every night he walks outside and stares through the fog at the green light on Daisy’s dock. Some would consider these gestures endearing and romantic, but with all of that left aside it still seems as if he is stalking her. He is always searching for her everywhere he goes and is intrigued by the mentioning of her name. She is married to Tom Buchanan, a descent from old money, and is living quite lavishly. She hardly remembers Gatsby even exists until Jordan Baker mentions him at dinner. When Daisy hears Jay’s name a sudden bolt goes through her and she flooded with memories of the past. Everyone at dinner can see how this has affected her, including her husband. Nick, who is unaware of the situation, is surprised at what he has seen.
All Gatsby wants to do is gain the love of another man's wife, and he will do anything to get Daisy back in his life. Jay Gatsby manages to acquire all of his money to impress Daisy Buchanan by being a bootlegger
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s epic novel The Great Gatsby, he explores inanimate objects to represent reality in the novel through the main protagonist Gatsby. These inanimate objects are seen through Gatsby’s optimistic future, the pursuit of the American Dream, and social rank of the characters. One of the most significant objects that’s important is the green dock light at the end of Daisy’s house. Jay Gatsby lives in his dream where he imagines himself and Daisy together. But he never seems to achieve that goal. The green light is used in the novel as the failure of Daisy and Gatsby’s future.
The Great Gatsby is the novel that is based on how rich people were back in the old days. This Novel takes us through the early 1900’s where the narrator, Nick Carraway meets secretive Mr. Gatsby who is a Trimachio which means that he once was a poor young kid who believed in a greater future and by the time he gets older he becomes this very wealthy man who hosts lavish banquets. We are following Mr. Gatsby’s journey to the love of his life, Daisy who is Nick’s cousin. Since Gatsby has been gone for almost 5 years Daisy got married to another man called Tom. The novel ends with Gatsby being shot to death and no one was there to his funeral besides reporters and photographers, who Nick angrily chases out.
However, Gatsby’s life is ultimately taken away due to his burning desire for hope. His naivety in re-creating the ‘love’ he had with Daisy causes him to become a victim of his own wrong doing, the lies and the wealth all catch up to him in the end.
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.
He says Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as he had
Gatsby falls in love with a young lady named Daisy. Without a blink of an eye he gets drafted into the war and Daisy marries a wealthy man by the name of tom. The whole story is based on an unbreakable love between Gatsby and daisy. Both of the wealthy men use their money to try and win over daisy. In the end Gatsby reaches and fails to win over
Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald writes about a man who seemingly had it all, yet his happiness was unattainable. Jay Gatsby was a poor man who became wealthy in a small matter of time, a classic rags to riches story. Why was Gatsby’s wealth not enough? He was in love with a woman named Daisy, who was married to another man.
Still, Gatsby is convinced that to fulfill his lifelong dream of contentment, he has to be with Daisy, who is described as an “old money” woman residing in East Egg and married
When a person loves another, they prioritize the need of others to make them happy, despite giving up their own needs to fulfill another’s. On the Subject
Eventually, Gatsby uses his new friendship with neighbor Nick Carraway to see Daisy again. At tea Gatsby asks Daisy to go next door to his house so he can show her around. Trying to impress Daisy with his wealth. "He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them one by one before us, shirts of sheer linen and thick fine flannel which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many-colored disarray," (97). Daisy is just stunned by how he lives and the things that he has in his life.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an influential novel that shows the importance society puts on money and that people often lose track of themselves because their eyes are focused on money instead of happiness. The book is narrated by Nick Carraway, a man who worked on Wall street. Nick tells the story about the main character Jay Gatsby who comes from nothing, then gets involved in the illegal alcohol business and makes millions. Jay Gatsby has fallen in love with a woman by the name of Daisy, a wealthy woman who is his motivation to make the money he has. Through his experiences with Dan Cody and the social class divide he overcomes the struggle of not having money. Gatsby is so in love with Daisy that he tries to attain the American dream to finally be good enough for her, but in the end he
In hopes to get Daisy to fall in love with him again and leave her husband, Tom Buchanan, Gatsby tries to meet up with her. He ends up inviting her over for tea with him and Nick at Nick’s house. He also