The Role Of Ignorance In The Great Gatsby

“Well, about six weeks ago, she heard the name Gatsby for the first time in years. It was when I asked you – do you remember?”(Fitzgerald 145 ). In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy was the one thing Gatsby wanted. He threw big parties, but he did not care unless Daisy was there. So when Daisy got in trouble, all Gatsby wanted was to protect his flower. Ignorance is not bliss, and allowing others to be ignorant can hurt you in the end. Gatsby allows Daisy to run over Myrtle, and, instead of telling everyone about it,hid his car and fired all his servants so they would not gossip about the color of his car. Covering up the truth can hurt you in the end. Gatsby was always known for his extravagant parties, but Gatsby was waiting for Daisy, he was there, but didn't want to be involved at all. Everyone thought they knew Gatsby, but no one had …show more content…
He wanted a pawn to get to Daisy easier, there was no way he could just walk up to her house, and confess his love with her husband Tom around. Nick lived right next to Gatsby, so it would be easier to get Daisy to come over to his house, so she and Gatsby could finally meet again. When the time came, and they finally got to meet again, the lights were awkward at first, but both knew the love they had for each other was still there. They had begun to fall in love again, and Gatsby wanted Tom to know, but he was moving way to fast for Daisy’s liking. He wanted Tom to know that Daisy never loved him, and was only in love with Gatsby this whole time. This just was not true. Daisy did love Tom at some point in their marriage; that hurt Gatsby. She loved him when they first got married, the stuff they did togher, and the way Tom treated Daisy. He thought he was the only one she had loved. He planned to take Daisy from Tom and run away with her so they could be truly happy and in love, but things did not turn out the way he