Gatsby tired to buy his way into a society that wouldn’t accept him. He also tried to win Daisy over by having all types of nice, expensive things. The Great Gatsby shows us the way people will fall into the hands of money, greed, and power. Gatsby lived by himself with his servants. After walking around his house they discovered that he has a really big house for only one person to be living there. Gatsby’s response was , “I keep it full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things, celebrated people.” After a while Daisy discovered what nice things Gatsby really had. “ They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick fold. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before.” Daisy realized that Gatsby had things that she haven’t seen before. When Gatsby and Daisy reunited to begin an affair , it made him feel as if he was achieving his goal. Tom didn’t like the fact that Gatsby was trying to take Daisy away from him. “I’d like to know who he is and what he does,” insisted Tom. “And I think I’ll make a point of finding out.” Tom knew that Gatsby had maybe gained his money through some type of illegal things. Gatsby wanted nothing less of Daisy than for her to tell Tom that she never really loved him.Daisy could only admit that she loved them both. Daisy was happy with Gatsby but she also loved Tom. Daisy refused to leave Tom because she was accustomed to the old money life style while being with Tom. After Daisy’s refusal to be with Gatsby , Myrtle Wilson was now dead. Myrtle figured that it was Tom who was driving Gatsby’s yellow car when they were heading back home from the city. Instead it was Gatsby who was driving and Myrtle thought it was Tom since he was the one in that car the first time. Myrtle ended up running out in front of the car and being hit by Gatsby. Gatsby kept driving and later
Gatsby tired to buy his way into a society that wouldn’t accept him. He also tried to win Daisy over by having all types of nice, expensive things. The Great Gatsby shows us the way people will fall into the hands of money, greed, and power. Gatsby lived by himself with his servants. After walking around his house they discovered that he has a really big house for only one person to be living there. Gatsby’s response was , “I keep it full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things, celebrated people.” After a while Daisy discovered what nice things Gatsby really had. “ They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick fold. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before.” Daisy realized that Gatsby had things that she haven’t seen before. When Gatsby and Daisy reunited to begin an affair , it made him feel as if he was achieving his goal. Tom didn’t like the fact that Gatsby was trying to take Daisy away from him. “I’d like to know who he is and what he does,” insisted Tom. “And I think I’ll make a point of finding out.” Tom knew that Gatsby had maybe gained his money through some type of illegal things. Gatsby wanted nothing less of Daisy than for her to tell Tom that she never really loved him.Daisy could only admit that she loved them both. Daisy was happy with Gatsby but she also loved Tom. Daisy refused to leave Tom because she was accustomed to the old money life style while being with Tom. After Daisy’s refusal to be with Gatsby , Myrtle Wilson was now dead. Myrtle figured that it was Tom who was driving Gatsby’s yellow car when they were heading back home from the city. Instead it was Gatsby who was driving and Myrtle thought it was Tom since he was the one in that car the first time. Myrtle ended up running out in front of the car and being hit by Gatsby. Gatsby kept driving and later