The Great Gatsby Conflict Analysis

In the novel The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characters and conflict to subliminally tell the reader what he thinks to be the American Dream. The question Fitzgerald is answering is not what the American Dream is, but who. Some characters that Fitzgerald uses to relay his message of the American Dream are Daisy, Gatsby and Tom. The conflict that Fitzgerald uses is Daisys' marital problems and how Gatsby is constantly trying to re-capture the attention of his past lover through his own series of low key methodical stunts. Gatsby is wealthy young man whom lives in a gothic mansion in West Egg. He earns his money through criminal activities like bootlegging during the prohibition. Gatsby throws open parties every Saturday yet no one knows who he is or where he came from. Gatsby was born as James Gatz on a small farm in North Dakota where worked for a millionaire, this drove his dedication to achieve the same amount of financial status. When Gatsby joined the army he was stationed in Louisville, training to be an officer. Soon enough he met Daisy and, in time, fell in love

After Gatsby falls off the radar and Daisy decides to move on she marries Tom Buchanan; one of the wealthiest men in America at the time. Together they have themselves a little family. Now we already know that Daisy is Gatsbys’ American Dream so how could you ever think that she would leave Tom for someone she hasn’t seen in years? Well by the time Gatsby moves in across the bay Tom is already cheating on Daisy with his dirty mistress, Isla Fisher. So already their marriage is somewhat on edge but you have to remember it’s the 1920s so divorce is rare and strongly frowned upon at this time. When Gatsby and Daisy start to meet each other is doesn’t help her marriage situation any more than the Isla is. In fact Daisy tells Tom in chapter seven that she is going to leave