How Does Daisy Lose In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and narrated by Nick Carraway, and Gatsby’s neighbor. Taking place in the fictional long island which where Nick whom the narrator of the story and Gatsby, the mysterious rich man lived in the less fashionable side between the two side of the eggs, the west egg. The story takes place around the 1920s. Throughout the novel, Gatsby who was trying to get the woman he loves, Daisy Buchanan. Unfortunately, Daisy has married to a rich, and an arrogant man named Tom Buchanan. Both men who refuse to let go of Daisy. Tom and Gatsby both have many and differences which later we will find out in the novel. Tom and Gatsby both are competitive men who don't like to loses, they both are rich, but with

As we can see by now that Tom who is an arrogant man but also competitive man urged Daisy to not leave him, and threaten Gatsby that Daisy will not leave him and Gatsby will never have Daisy. Meanwhile, Gatsby who fought for Daisy until his death. Gatsby who took the blame for Myrtle's death for Daisy, who became rich so he could have Daisy back “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter - to - morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… and one fine morning…(180).” Nick tells us that green light represents Gatsby’s dreams and hopes in the future. Gatsby one and only hopes in the future is to get Daisy as his

Tom whom Daisy’s husband lived in a beautiful house in the east egg. Meanwhile, Gatsby lives in the west egg community in a huge mansion across where Tom and Daisy live. Tom who is the old money, who had never to worry about money, who sees money as a ticket to buy everything and happiness. Wealth has always been important to Tom “ "Self-control!" Repeated Tom incredulously. "I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that's the idea you can count me out […] Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions, and next they'll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white (130).” As you can tell from this sentences Tom felt black and white shouldn’t be together, and money can buy you happiness. However, Gatsby is also rich but he’s a new money in other words someone who earned it by the stock market, etc. Even though Gatsby can buy everything like rich men do, but he could never buy the education or the experience of growing up as a rich teenage “ "See!" he cried triumphantly. "It's a bonafide piece of printed matter. It fooled me. This fella's a regular Belasco. It's a triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop, too - didn't cut the pages. But what do you want? What do you expect?