The world we live in today is a cruel one. Our society tends to put social classes, wealth, and greed above love. However sometimes true love really happens, and when it does you need to grab it with two hands and hold on tight or it will slip away from you. That is exactly what Jay Gatsby did in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby. Gatsby is essentially an innocent victim who is destroyed by his inability to accept reality.
All Gatsby hoped for was for the woman he loved, Daisy Buchanan, to return his love for her, but that was apparently too much to ask and in the end she indirectly killed him. When Daisy and Gatsby were younger the two dated for a short time while Gatsby was stationed in her hometown before being deployed for World …show more content…
Then the two did not see each other for many years and when they were finally reunited at Nick’s house the two were at a loss for words. Finally Daisy was the first to speak by saying that it had been many years since they last saw each other and Gatsby instantly replied with, “Five years next November." (Fitzgerald 87). Gatsby did not even need to think about it before he answered, he just knew. From this we can infer that Gatsby never truly moved on from Daisy. In fact, he probably counted all of the days that they were apart. This is because Gatsby is a hopeless romantic and he could not accept that things would probably never work out between him and Daisy, that is if he ever managed to find her again. As Halle Edwards said in her document Best Character Analysis: Jay Gatsby - The Great Gatsby, “Gatsby refuses to acknowledge Daisy …show more content…
In Gatsby’s eyes Daisy was the image of pure perfection. However as said in Aspects of tragedy: Text overview - The Great Gatsby, by AQA “She can also be seen as a Siren with her alluring voice full of money leading Gatsby, an innocent voyager, to his doom.” This is an amazing comparison because it is extremely accurate. Like the mythical Greek creature known as sirens Daisy is two faced. She lured poor Gatsby into her fantastical world of money and irresponsibility only to break his heart and get him shot to death. If Gatsby had been able to accept reality for what it truly was then he would have been able to see her for what she really was. Tom, Daisy’s husband and an old friend of Nick’s, was just as bad as Daisy. They, “smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money.” (Fitzgerald 179). Tom and Daisy were horrible people that only cared about themselves and were willing to let someone else die to protect their name while using their money to remove themselves from the situation. Over all they were not the type of people that you should be around, otherwise you might get caught in the crossfire, just like Gatsby. Jay would have been able to see them for what they were if he had not been blinded by his vision of Daisy. Yet alas, he could not and died for that mistake. As Aspects of
All Gatsby hoped for was for the woman he loved, Daisy Buchanan, to return his love for her, but that was apparently too much to ask and in the end she indirectly killed him. When Daisy and Gatsby were younger the two dated for a short time while Gatsby was stationed in her hometown before being deployed for World …show more content…
Then the two did not see each other for many years and when they were finally reunited at Nick’s house the two were at a loss for words. Finally Daisy was the first to speak by saying that it had been many years since they last saw each other and Gatsby instantly replied with, “Five years next November." (Fitzgerald 87). Gatsby did not even need to think about it before he answered, he just knew. From this we can infer that Gatsby never truly moved on from Daisy. In fact, he probably counted all of the days that they were apart. This is because Gatsby is a hopeless romantic and he could not accept that things would probably never work out between him and Daisy, that is if he ever managed to find her again. As Halle Edwards said in her document Best Character Analysis: Jay Gatsby - The Great Gatsby, “Gatsby refuses to acknowledge Daisy …show more content…
In Gatsby’s eyes Daisy was the image of pure perfection. However as said in Aspects of tragedy: Text overview - The Great Gatsby, by AQA “She can also be seen as a Siren with her alluring voice full of money leading Gatsby, an innocent voyager, to his doom.” This is an amazing comparison because it is extremely accurate. Like the mythical Greek creature known as sirens Daisy is two faced. She lured poor Gatsby into her fantastical world of money and irresponsibility only to break his heart and get him shot to death. If Gatsby had been able to accept reality for what it truly was then he would have been able to see her for what she really was. Tom, Daisy’s husband and an old friend of Nick’s, was just as bad as Daisy. They, “smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money.” (Fitzgerald 179). Tom and Daisy were horrible people that only cared about themselves and were willing to let someone else die to protect their name while using their money to remove themselves from the situation. Over all they were not the type of people that you should be around, otherwise you might get caught in the crossfire, just like Gatsby. Jay would have been able to see them for what they were if he had not been blinded by his vision of Daisy. Yet alas, he could not and died for that mistake. As Aspects of