Daisy's Transformation In The Great Gatsby

In The Great Gatsby, that Gatsby himself, is very wealthy, he has a very extravagant mansion, throws parties every night from 7 P.M. until after dawn and is just very successful. Later on in the book, in chapter III, the main character, Nick, goes to one of Gatsby’s parties, and he gets a peek at the extravagance of Gatsby’s life. On page 45, it says, “…walked into a high Gothic library, paneled with carved English oak, and probably transported complete from some ruin overseas.” This is just one example of the expensive things that Gatsby has. Hundreds of people attend his extravagant parties complete with orchestras. Even though Gatsby has all of these things, on page 20 Nick goes home, and sees Gatsby, “Stretched out his arms toward the dark water,” and then later Nick finds that Daisy lives across the bay, so even with all of his possessions, Gatsby still wants more.

Fitzgerald portrays this by the way that he has multiple cars, and has a nicer house then Nick. We can also see that Tom is having an affair with Myrtle, Fitzgerald writes about this on page 24, when he takes Nick to town, and on the way there he says, “I want you to meet my girl.” As the book progresses, it becomes more and more apparent that Tom is having an affair. Later on Tom confesses this on page 131 when he says, “Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back…” But it is apparent that they love each other, this is proved on page 145 when Fitzgerald says, “They weren’t happy…yet they weren’t unhappy either.” So it isn’t the best marriage ever, but it isn’t a bad marriage, they are content just the way things