The Japanese believe that everybody has three faces: one face that friends witness, one face family witnesses, and one face is veiled within the individual. In The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, of newly found wealth and enigmatic nature, continues, rather optimistically, to pursue his everlasting beloved, Daisy Buchannan, who is wedded to the affluent and dominant figure of Tom Buchannan. Fitzgerald brilliantly depicts that an individual’s ostentatious personality is, in fact, a distinct inconsistency of his or her true self. To begin, the nebulous and infamous Jay Gatsby has, incontrovertibly, a heterogeneous personality than what is perceived on the outside. At Nick’s first attendance at one of Gatsby’s many extravagant
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Beneath all the allure and beauty, resides an unscrupulous and egocentric character in Daisy Buchanan. Daisy’s husband, Tom Buchanan, meets another woman, Myrtle Wilson, whom he sees every once in a while, and Daisy is quite cognizant of this. Daisy asserts she is a Catholic, therefore, she doesn’t believe in divorce, however, “Daisy was not a Catholic, and I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie” (Fitzgerald 33). Daisy appears unaffected by Tom’s activities on the outside, so Tom perceives no problem in continuing. Daisy sees no purpose in messing up her life by standing up to Tom, since her husband is a rather opulent man. In other words, Daisy lives a deception, content with a man of high status and wealth. During Gatsby and Daisy’s first meeting at Gatsby’s house, Daisy is completely flabbergasted by the lavishness of Gatsby’s mansion. As Gatsby permits Daisy to admire his clothes, she says “’ They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before’” (Fitzgerald 92). It is true that Daisy may show some affection for Gatsby, but a continual devotion toward him is absent. By stating that “they’re such beautiful shirts” illustrates Daisy’s attraction to wealthy possessions, such as Gatsby’s shirts. Once again, Daisy pays no deference to the man she is engaging with, she only cares for his affluence and material goods.
Beneath all the allure and beauty, resides an unscrupulous and egocentric character in Daisy Buchanan. Daisy’s husband, Tom Buchanan, meets another woman, Myrtle Wilson, whom he sees every once in a while, and Daisy is quite cognizant of this. Daisy asserts she is a Catholic, therefore, she doesn’t believe in divorce, however, “Daisy was not a Catholic, and I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie” (Fitzgerald 33). Daisy appears unaffected by Tom’s activities on the outside, so Tom perceives no problem in continuing. Daisy sees no purpose in messing up her life by standing up to Tom, since her husband is a rather opulent man. In other words, Daisy lives a deception, content with a man of high status and wealth. During Gatsby and Daisy’s first meeting at Gatsby’s house, Daisy is completely flabbergasted by the lavishness of Gatsby’s mansion. As Gatsby permits Daisy to admire his clothes, she says “’ They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before’” (Fitzgerald 92). It is true that Daisy may show some affection for Gatsby, but a continual devotion toward him is absent. By stating that “they’re such beautiful shirts” illustrates Daisy’s attraction to wealthy possessions, such as Gatsby’s shirts. Once again, Daisy pays no deference to the man she is engaging with, she only cares for his affluence and material goods.