Theme Of Loyalty In The Great Gatsby

Gatsby’s tragic flaw is believing his ideal life with Daisy can become his real life. Explaining how Gatsby has turned his life around, Nick Gillespie writes “James Gatz, a poor kid from the Midwest, reinvents himself with the help of bootleggers as Jay Gatsby” (1). Gatsby believes he can win Daisy back after being separated for many years. As Gatsby and Daisy meet again and start to spend time together, Gatsby is blinded by how different Daisy acts and how she is now. He is stuck in this idealism that Daisy will leave Tom for him. In chapter 7, Gatsby tells Tom “she only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me.” (Fitzgerald). Gatsby is so unaware of how caught up he is in his dream of Daisy leaving Tom for a life with Gatsby.

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick’s unreliability as a narrator is blatantly evident, as his view of Gatsby’s actions seems to arbitrarily shift between disapproval and approval. Nick is an unreliable and hypocritical narrator who disputes his own background information and subjectively depicts Gatsby as a benevolent and charismatic host while ignoring his flaws and immorality from illegal activities. He refuses to seriously contemplate Gatsby’s negative attributes because of their strong mutual friendship and he is blinded by an unrealized faith in Gatsby. Furthermore, his multitude of discrepancies damage his ethos appeal and contribute to his lack of dependability.

Jay Gatsby lives a true rags to riches story, starting living in the Midwest and ending with a massive mansion complete with servants and beautiful decorations. Gatsby had a love for daisy, starting when they met at a gathering at her house for officers at camp Taylor. They went out a few more dates and Gatsby fell in love with her. Tragically, Gatsby went to war and was not able to see her for many years, Gatsby also try to make something of himself after the war, so Daisy would love him. without Gatsby's presence, she married Tom Buchanan, but I believe the feelings that she had for Gatsby, never went away. Through all the years, Gatsby still loved Daisy and he was dissatisfied until he finally got her again. This is shown when Gatsby says "he knew that he had lost a part of it, the freshest and best,

The Great Gatsby starts in around the time nineteen twenty with the narrator named Nick Carraway. He finds out a lot of information about Jay Gatsby after the first party he went to. As a reader, you find out that one of the themes form the Great Gatsby that I thought was very interesting was betrayed. Betrayal was a tremendous theme in the Great Gatsby. Betrayal is a tremendous theme in The Great Gatsby because of family, marriage, and time. F.Scott Fitzgerald puts betrayal in the book so much that a lot of the book is about Tom and Daisy and how Gatsby loves Daisy so much. Gatsby even betrayed his own family for Daisy and his love for Daisy.

Who Jay Gatsby truly loved wasn’t the real Daisy Buchanan but instead the Daisy Fay in the past he imagined of after haven’t seeing her for five years. The exciting re-encounter between Jay and Daisy occurred when Nick Caraway invited Daisy alone to tea, and Gatsby took the two around his mansion. Yet, by the end of the meet, Nick the narrator described that “I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby’s face, as though a

When they first got married, the love that existed between Daisy and Tom appeared to be true. However, as their marriage progressed, realities including Tom’s multiple affairs depreciated Daisy’s love for Tom and her tolerance for their marriage. Tom’s affairs drove Daisy to start flirting with Gatsby. However, at the end of chapter 7, it started to become clear that Daisy was going to remain with Tom, rather than Gatsby. Gatsby tells Daisy that he wants her to say that she never loved Tom, but she struggles in doing so. When Gatsby says he wants to speak to Daisy alone, she responds, “Even alone I can't say I never loved Tom...It wouldn't be true." (133) This truly hurts Gatsby because she knows Tom will not take care of Daisy they way he would and that he just isn’t good enough for her. Whatever there was between Gatsby and Daisy seems to be coming to an end and Gatsby’s “presumptuous little flirtation is over.” (135) Tom and Daisy’s carelessness to their struggling marriage resulted in the unhappiness and heartache of

"Oh, you want too much!" she cried to Gatsby. "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. (132).Gatsby has in love with the old Daisy, the one uncorrupted by the evils of society.

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

To begin, Gatsby worked as hard as he could to be good enough for Daisy throughout the book. To demonstrate the commitment Gatsby has to find Daisy again, he creates such enormous parties hoping his love would be there. Gatsby invites numerous amounts of people to his festivities, but it is all just a stent to win Daisy over. Specifically, Gatsby conveys this when Jordan exclaims, “I think he expects Daisy to stroll by one day through a party.”() All Gatsby wants is a chance to at least see her; making the end of the book extremely sad because Daisy acts as if she does not know Gatsby. Furthermore, to display the love Gatsby has for Daisy, he begs Nick to tell Daisy to come to his house. He is asking Nick to be the messenger in essence. Therefore,

Gatsby was able to grasp onto Daisy. With the help of Nick setting up lunch so that the two could meet, they rekindled and “he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.” Gatsby achieved his one desire of Daisy; she cheated on her husband for Gatsby. In Gatsby’s eyes he had won, he only needed Daisy to tell Tom that he never loved her in order to be completely successful. When put under the task Daisy cried “Oh you want too much! I love you now- isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." Despite Gatsby’s short success with Daisy, ultimately he is asking for too much of Daisy and she comprehends that the past cannot be

The worst part of a betrayal is that it usually comes from a friend rather than an enemy. In Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Milkman goes on an adventure to find the roots of his family history. While on his quest, Milkman learns and experiences betrayal from his long time friend, Guitar, who misunderstands Milkman’s objective. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby undergoes a series of betrayals from Daisy throughout his life. Gatsby’s love for Daisy blinds him from her acts of betrayal, which eventually leads Gatsby to his death. In Song of Solomon, the relationship between Milkman and Guitar deteriorates due to Guitar’s excessive desire for money and revenge. This is paralleled in The Great Gatsby where Daisy use Gatsby’s love and wealth to seek revenge on Tom.

Jay Gatsby fell for Daisy when he was young, but because he had no money Daisy did not marry him. Daisy chooses greed over her happiness, which ultimately leads her to a banal, passionless life. On the night before Daisy’s wedding, Jordan Baker found her with a letter reminding her of Gatsby. Daisy: “wouldn't let go of the letter. She took it into the tub with her and squeezed it up in a wet ball”(Fitzgerald 76). This quote conveys that Daisy’s greed for a rich upper class lifestyle makes her unhappy because she is brushing off her true feelings. This is significant because it means that her own selfish needs got in the way from what she really needed, happiness. Daisy is an example of people living out materialistic lives without being grateful for what could life could have been. She is an example of how selfishness can sometimes lead to dissatisfaction in one’s life. After Daisy and Tom’s marriage,

"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

Finally, Jay Gatsby’s delusions draws more pity for him. Daisy comes from a rich family and chances of her ending up with Gatsby, a poor soldier, is totally unrealistic. Furthermore Gatsby wants Daisy to “ go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you’” (105) but Daisy asserts that “ [she] can’t say [she] never loved Tom…It wouldn’t be true.”(126) Jay cannot grasp the present reality that Daisy could not leave Tom permanently, especially when the fruit of their love is already three years of age.

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