What Does Wilson Have To Do In The Great Gatsby

We all have dreams, but not all of us have the strength, or courage, to chase them. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the lives of three characters are affected by attempting to chase their own. There is no telling how it will turn out if you put everything on hold to go after the one thing you really want; though sometimes it is the best thing to do. Through the empty lives of three characters-George Wilson, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy Buchanan-Fitzgerald shows that chasing hollow dreams leads only to misery. First, Wilson chased the hollow dream of Myrtle’s love. He loved her through the whole story even though she did not feel the same way. He is completely unaware that his love is unrequited and that she was having an affair with Tom. Eventually, they get in a big fight and she admits that she shouldn’t have married him. She exclaims that she thought he was a gentleman but it turns out that he is the opposite. It is clear that she wants nothing to do with him when she yells “Throw me down and beat

Gatsby chased the hollow dream of winning over Daisy. He loved her his whole life but wasn’t good enough for her when she loved him back. He then made it his life goal to get her back. He worked his life away, earning his own money since he wasn’t one to inherit it and building a new lifestyle for himself. He finally decided that he was ready to come face to face with her once again and show her what he has accomplished. They pick off where they left off and continue their love affair for a while before they came to the agreement to tell Tom and break it off with him once and for all. She said she was ready to be with Gatsby but then wouldn’t commit when the opportunity came. He wasted his whole life working to get her and it turns out she wouldn’t even leave her husband for him. Gatsby’s dream was not completely one-sided, she did love him, but Daisy wasn’t fully on board with his