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Who brought upon the ultimate downfall of a man larger than life? There are many different ways a man can have his downward slope in life. The most important way a man like Gatsby can ruin himself. A woman. A very special woman in his life caused him to be blinded of his ambitions. Daisy is responsible for the self-destruction of the Great Jay Gatsby.
Gatsby was blinded by love and lust. Jay Gatsby was in complete love with Daisy. His infatuation with the woman even prompted him to cause a quarrel with her husband, Mr. Tom Buchanan. (Fitzgerald 110) Gatsby loved Daisy so much that he was trying to convince her that she does not love Tom, her husband. (Fitzgerald 116) Daisy seemed to have a spell on Gatsby. Gatsby held humongous balls and parties
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When a man is in love, nothing gets in the way between him and her. Jay Gatsby was a smart man with ambitions. He inherited a small amount of money from his mentor back in Minnesota. (Fitzgerald 98) He lost the money in a lawsuit but it still gave him a ginormous drive to become wealthy. Had he met daisy earlier, he might not even have any ambitions besides to please her.
Gatsby could have been self-destructing simply because he could not see past a woman. Every man has his weakness when it comes to that gender. Perhaps Daisy truly didn't mean to bring about Gatsby’s downfall but tried to improve it, but sadly failed. It seems as if Daisy had feelings for Gatsby and wanted to spend time with him as much as possible. (Fitzgerald 120) However, Daisy abandoned Gatsby at the end when the murder occurred. (Fitzgerald 153) The abandoning proves Daisy’s heart is not at the right place.
Daisy is responsible for the self-destruction of the Great Jay Gatsby. Gatsby has been on a roller coaster ride of emotions being with Daisy. She has corrupted his mind with love and lust so much to the point he is willing to protect her when she committed a horrendous act. No matter how much one loves a woman, one should never obstruct justice and prevent her from being sought after for an act such as murder. Jay Gatsby may have been great, but his love for Daisy was greater and caused his ultimate
Daisy was somewhat of a bystander. She stood around and watched as Tom had an affair with Myrtle, and then as Gatsby and Tom hatched it for long periods of time. With an abusive husband like Tom, Daisy didn’t exactly have the strength and confidence to stand up for herself and choose what she wanted. She did not really love Tom, or Gatsby wouldn’t have been of love interest to her, so when Tom and Myrtle had this affair, it didn’t phase her. Although, she had these feelings towards another man, she knew she couldn’t leave Tom because he was much stronger than her, and could easily hurt her. It was clear to me that she wanted to leave with Gatsby, but when put in the situation of admitting it to her husband, she was panicked. Tom, of all people, should understand the possibility of loving another, but is extremely hypocritical and scares her into staying. On the contrary, Daisy performed one despicable act that resulted in the death of her true love. She was the driver of the car that hit, and killed Myrtle, but instead of fessing up to it, she blamed Gatsby. He was shot because of the accusation that he was the murder, and bashed all over town; so much so that all those people that came to all his parties, refused to come to his funeral. Daisy herself, failed to make an appearance at this event, which makes me wonder whether Gatsby was her love, or her
The character of Jay Gatsby was a wealthy business man, who the author developed as arrogant and tasteless. Gatsby's love interest, Daisy Buchanan, was a subdued socialite who was married to the dim witted Tom Buchanan. She is the perfect example of how women of her level of society were supposed to act in her day. The circumstances surrounding Gatsby and Daisy's relationship kept them eternally apart. For Daisy to have been with Gatsby would have been forbidden, due to the fact that she was married. That very concept of their love being forbidden, also made it all the more intense, for the idea of having a prohibited love, like William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, made it all the more desirable. Gatsby was remembering back five years to when Daisy was not married and they were together:
Nothing is more important, to most people, than friendships and family, thus, by breaking those bonds, it draws an emotional response from the readers. Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan had a relationship before he went off to fight in the war. When he returned home, he finds her with Tom Buchanan, which seems to make him jealous since he still has feelings for Daisy. He wanted Daisy “to go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you” (Fitzgerald 118) Gatsby eventually tells Tom that his “wife doesn’t love [him]” and that she only loves Gatsby (Fitzgerald 121). But the unpleasant truth is that Daisy never loved anyone, but she loved something: money. Daisy “wanted her life shaped and the decision made by some force of of money, of unquestionable practicality” (Fitzgerald 161). The Roaring Twenties were a time where economic growth swept the nation and Daisy was looking to capitalize on that opportunity. Her greed for material goods put her in a bind between two wealthy men, yet they are still foolish enough to believe that she loved them. Jay Gatsby is a man who has no relationships other than one with Nick Caraway, so he is trying to use his wealth to lure in a greedy individual to have love mend his
One reason that Daisy doesn’t truly love Gatsby is because he dies with his goal to win win over Daisy and he is being killed because of
Gatsby is a man of extreme capabilities but he fails to see the inevitability of his vision's failure, and in his inability to see this, he keeps trying to attain it. He does everything in his power to accomplish this vision, until his death. Daisy indirectly causes Gatsby's death, making her more than ever, unworthy of Gatsby's affections. Ironically, Gatsby lived for Daisy and up to his death, believed and had faith in her and his vision.
They were in love from the beginning. Unfortunately, Daisy believed that "rich girls don't marry poor boys." From that moment on, Jay Gatz wanted one thing; to get rich so he could show Daisy that a poor boy could get rich. This obsession ate up the real man inside. Jay Gatz became Jay Gatsby. This new man wanted to become the American Dream at an early age.
Gatsby’s obsession for Daisy powers his faithful nature while his optimism supports his confidence to repeat the past in his favor. From the moment Gatsby is aware of his love for Daisy, he becomes devoted to her. His goals selflessly focus on Daisy’s desires, which Gatsby believes
Gatsby implies here that he is taking the blame for the car accident, even though Daisy was driving. This was overambitious of him and led him to his tragic downfall, as
Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan relationship is like a moth to a flame. You have the moth and attracted to the flame and the flame confusing it love for the moth with money. In chapter V Gatsby tells Daisy that he looks for her green light at her home and that even if they are far away he can alway feel her there with him. "If it wasn't for the mist w...
...illingly for a murder Daisy committed and not him. Gatsby had a period of happiness when he was with Daisy and thought it was the best time of his life, and Daisy seemed to think the same. Gatsby was still not good enough for Daisy though because he was part of West Egg, the lesser wealthy. But everything seemed to be an illusion; the story took place in the time of the Gilded Age. Nothing was how it seemed to be, while everything seems to be good on the outside, deep down there are always problems and abandoned memories, which eventually come up again and often causes problems. We all make mistakes in our life, love can influence our decisions greatly, but what’s important in life is setting your priorities straight, becoming a better person from our mistakes, and lastly, loving a person for whom they are on the inside rather than any material possessions or looks.
Gatsby holds a certain beauty which can be attested to his innocence, “Yet if Gatsby's destruction by "the foul dust" which "floats in the wake of his illusions" is thus inevitable, his inexhaustible store of wonder and good will still confer upon the very actuality which eventually extinguish them whatever truth, beauty or goodness that American actuality ever fully attains” (Gunn). There was no possible way for Gatsby to avoid his death because he is extremely naive when it comes to real life situations. Since Gatsby is out of touch with reality it keeps him from keeping his true feelings at bay, “What Gatsby lacks is the critical ability to temper his generous, if also innocent, feelings, which are in turn responsible for the splendor and naivete of his illusions” (Gunn). Clearly Gatsby’s temper gets the best of him, as seen in his moments with Tom, which leads to Tom wishing to destroy him. James firmly believes in what many see as a lost cause, “‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can’” (Fitzgerald.116). This quote from Gatsby proves his naive nature immensely; he has no idea that he can not actually change the choices and actions he has previously made. It is a pity that Gatsby always has his head stuck in the clouds. One fateful night Daisy and Gatsby run into an immense amount of trouble, “‘Anyhow-Daisy stepped on it. I tried to make her stop, but she couldn't so I pulled on the emergency brake’” (Fitzgerald.144). The situation that plays out here paints Gatz as an innocent victim. Daisy is the one who kills Myrtle, but Gatsby is willing to keep quiet, take the fall, in order to protect her from the wrath of Tom. Therefore, Gatsby’s naive actions lead to the destruction of
To start off, Gatsby was convinced he was in love with Daisy, however that’s not the case. Jay Gatsby was a twisted man who was obsessed not with Daisy but with the idea of having her. Gatsby’s feelings for Daisy were not genuine; he just loved the crazy notion of having her. She played along with it and made him think that she would leave Tom, but lets face it, it was never going to happen. Daisy did not give a crap about Gatsby and everyone knows it, except for him. Daisy used Gatsby to make her husband jealous because she knew that Gatsby would do anything for her.
Jay Gatsby was determined to be with Daisy Buchanan again. It was apparent that he was madly in love with her. Throwing extravagant parties and hoping to find her in attendance was just one of the ways Gatsby tried to lure his love back into his arms. Gatsby would do just about anything to get what he wanted, his own friend described him as “quick and extravagantly ambitious” (Fitzgerald 101). Though Daisy never show...
Daisy was Gatsby’s American Dream and he would do anything and everything for that girl, including taking the blame for the death of Myrtle to protect Daisy. Before he could confess, Gatsby ends up getting murdered by Wilson “because Daisy's jealous husband tells Wilson that Gatsby killed Myrtle” (Roberts 7). Gatsby takes the blame that he killed Wilson to protect his loved one, Daisy, because he thought he had her to himself, when really, he didn’t even have her at all. It was all an illusion, and Gatsby was wrapped around Daisy’s persuasive little finger. Then, he was lead the wrong way, and ends up getting shot from it.
The Great Gatsby presents the main character Jay Gatsby, as a poor man who is in love with his best friends cousin, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby was in love with Daisy, his first real love. He was impressed with what she represented, great comfort with extravagant living. Gatsby knew he was not good enough for her, but he was deeply in love. “For a moment a phrase tried to take shape in my mouth and my lips parted like a dumb man’s”(Fitzgerald 107). Gatsby could not think of the right words to say. Daisy was too perfect beyond anything he was able to think of. Soon Gatsby and Daisy went their separate ways. Jay Gatsby went into the war while telling Daisy to find someone better for her, someone that will be able to keep her happy and provide for her. Gatsby and Daisy loved one another, but he had to do what was best for her. Gatsby knew the two might not meet again, but if they did, he wanted things to be the same. “I 'm going to fix everything just the way it was before”(Fitzgerald 106). He wanted Daisy to fall in love with him all over again. Unsure if Daisy would ever see Gatsby again, she got married while he was away. The two were still hugely in love with one another, but had to go separate ways in their