Theme Of Love In The Great Gatsby

Gatsby and Daisy had met years prior, but ended up going their separate ways. However, Gatsby remained in love with Daisy and longed for her affection. The two reconcile, and Daisy starts seeing Gatsby outside of her marriage with Tom. In this, Daisy is leading Gatsby on by making him believe he will attain his ultimate dream: a life with her. However, Daisy knows deep down she will not leave Tom for Gatsby. This is proven when a confrontation about the affair sparks between Tom and Gatsby, and Daisy attempts to defend Gatsby and stick up to Tom, but ultimately fails and retreats back to her husband. “Her frightened eyes told that whatever intentions, whatever courage she had had, were definitely gone” (Fitzgerald 135). Daisy’s carelessness shines through in leading Gatsby to believe she would abandon Tom for him, but fails to follow through. She recklessly broke the heart of the man who had been in love with her for many

In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published his book, The Great Gatsby. Since then, the popularity of the book continues to grow, is still taught in schools, and has been made into a movie twice. The book takes you through an adventure of a hopeless romantic who throws extravagant parties hoping one day he would discover someone to help him find the girl he has always loved. Gatsby puts his lover, Daisy, on a pedestal and believes she is larger than life. Everything he does to win her over is ideally perfect, but not realistic. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald highlights the concept of Idealism versus Realism throughout the book.

He cares about her so much, yet Tom has been cheating on Daisy since the beginning of their relationship. It is made clear that Tom does not value her at all, so Gatsby does not deserve the pain he receives when Daisy chooses to stay with Tom over him, because of how much he loves Daisy.

Fitzgerald represents various aspects of love and how it can be changed, manipulated, and broken, showing that through all of the themes described in this story, love is the most prominent. We see this multiple times in the book, concerning mainly the 4 main characters; Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan. They all have different perceptions of love, as we can see, from love being merely a dream, to it being a disguise to the reality of how someone feels.

When Gatsby first met Daisy, he was merely a poor boy with dreams much bigger than his wallet. Daisy was everything he could have possibly dreamed of: rich, beautiful and powerful. As his love for her grew, so did his ambition to give her whatever he could. When Gatsby acquired a lot of money by a chance encounter with a sailor, his first thought was of his heart. He had left it with Daisy. But, as seen in the book, love that is given yet not returned is poisonous. Although Daisy loved Gatsby, she was too obsessed with the American Dream to ever truly give him her heart. No matter how much Gatsby tried, part of Daisy would always belong to Tom and to

Tom is undermining his intelligence not only to find out if the rumours are true but to appear like the bigger man in front of Daisy. Gatsby then retaliates by undermining his relationship with Daisy. He states “Your wife doesn’t love you “ said Gatsby. She has never loved you. She loves me.”(p124). Gatsby tries to turn the subject around to Tom. There is a big power struggle going on, keyword power. Tom does not love Daisy, he loves being powerful. He does not even claim to love Daisy, he claims Daisy loves him, “Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me know”. Tom cannot let Gatsby have his wife because that is the equivalent of letting Gatsby have some of his power.

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.

“He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you’ ” (Fitzgerald Chapter 6). This is when it is very clear what Gatsby is trying to accomplish, his goal is to get Daisy to abolish all the experiences she’s had with Tom. Gatsby wants Daisy to follow his ideals and to try and spark their past together. Although Daisy is stuck between choosing Tom and Gatsby, she realizes that the past cannot be relieved, because she has experienced too much with Tom, and that Tom also has a major influence in her

"I love you now—isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." She began to sob helplessly. "I did love him once—but I loved you too." (84) Gatsby's obsession with her seems shockingly unilateral, and it is clear to the reader that she will not leave Tom for him. You can also see why this confession is a blow to Gatsby. He has dreamed of Daisy for years and sees her as his one true love, while she not even can marshal her love of Gatsby over her love for Tom. Gatsby is too desperate and obsessed, and does not understand that he must move on as it is impossible to get back Daisy. This can also be explained by Daisy’s as we get an insight at her real feelings. As she sad in the quote, she loved them both, and to her those were equal loves. But, she has not put that initial love with Gatsby on a pedestal the way Gatsby has. Unlike Gatsby, Daisy is more tragic, a loving woman who has been corrupted by greed. She chooses the security of money and comfort over real love, and therefore he will never get back

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, provides a dark and pessimistic outlook into the American life style in 1922. Jay Gatsby, an American wealthy social identity, appears to have it all. But wealth, stature and an extravagant lifestyle seems not to be enough for Gatsby; he still yearns for his old idealistic love Daisy. In an ideal world this has the making of a great love story with a happy ending, but Fitzgerald chose to carry the story as a reflection of the American era the book is set in. An era consumed by appearances and excess and overall pursuit of the American dream.

All through the book, Gatsby's mind is stuck on getting Daisy back. He thinks that in one magical moment, Daisy will leave Tom and return to his bed for a fairy tale ending. After he comes back from the war his thoughts are on his love's betrayal, her marriage. He sees his actions as a method of love, but his thoughts are ill hearted towards others. He has been involved in illegal financial methods and is trying to break up a marriage for his own gain in life. After their fling officially begins, Gatsby has Daisy lying to Tom and he is convincing her that she never loved her husband. Gatsby thinks that by getting Daisy to realize her marital mistakes, she will simply leave Tom and marry him.  He is corrupting a relationship and an individual further than their present state of dishonesty. He thinks that his plans are going accordingly until a heated discussion breaks out and he is on the losing end. He has ended up emotionally unbalancing Daisy to the point where she accidentally kills someone. Gatsby then takes the blame like it was nothing with the thought that it is his duty. Gatsby's train of thought was a bit off the tracks and did crash and burn, but who could blame a man in love,

At this point in the story Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby were together eating dinner with a few other characters. Daisy knew that Gatsby was going to tell Tom that she didn’t love Tom. If Daisy was 100% in love with Gatsby she would not have stopped this. Daisy and Gatsby were also already bickering, ‘Oh, you want too much!’ she cried to Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, is the story of man who is greater than life itself. In the roaring 1920’s in New York Nick Carraway follows his new found friend, the great Jay Gatby, through his relationship with Daisy Buchanan. A married woman who lives in her own world of beautiful pain. The Great Gatsby is full of heart aching, yet gorgeous themes. Although The Great Gatsby focuses on the American dream, it blooms with the tragic lesson that love hurts. In a world of no limits, no rules, no laws, the characters in The Great Gatsby cannot escape the pain that love brings.

Have you ever been in love, but was unable to be with that person because of things like social status or rules, family feuds, money issues or distance? If not, you have probably lived it out vicariously through literature. This theme has recurred in many different works like Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story, and The Great Gatsby. However, these are not the only literary works that showcase this theme. Written by Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights is a prime example of how societal customs and reasoning can cause love to become a mere flaw in human nature. This is especially seen in both Catherine and her daughter, Cathy and their loved ones. In turn, the skewed perspectives of the characters caused tremendous turmoil in the rest of the character’s lives. Because of classism, love in Wuthering Heights is often clouded as seen throughout the Earnshaw family

Fairytales are always black and white. The knight in shining armour is always clear to spot, and the villain is portrayed in ways that invariably point to evil, however; this is not always the case in real life. Sometimes, in spite of their flaws, and lack of genuine care, the villain may appear to be the knight in shining armour, and you fall for them. Although love is always seen in a positive light, it is not always gentle and kind and can cause more pain than it does happiness. Loved ones can cause torment and misery, yet, as dark and twisted as it is, letting go is not an option because sometimes, pain manifests itself as butterflies in the stomach, and is thus ignored or perhaps even embraced. In Jenna Blum’s Those Who Save Us, Anna Schlemmer is in a state of hopelessness and need, when Horst, a Nazi officer, comes into her life. Despite his violent and bestial nature, he comes to save her in her time of desperation, and her hate toward him develops into love, which prevents her from letting him go - even though it may be mentally destroying her. Similarly, In Scott F. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is married to the abusive and unfaithful Tom Buchanan, yet, even with her knowledge of his affairs and discriminative essence, she cannot give him up, which not only ruins her chances with Gatsby who truly loves her, but consequently demolishes her too. Both novels display that in spite of the common misconception that love is always ideal and beneficial to