Internal And External Conflict In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

We find many internal and external conflict with in the novel “The Great Gatsby.” The main internal conflict of the story is within Gatsby himself. He starts out as a son of a farmer but sees himself achieving great things and cannot accept his current situation. He falls in love with Daisy but also finds himself too poor to marry her based on her standards. These external conflicts of all the pressures to prove you are worthy to both Daisy and her parents sends Gatsby on the road to achieve wealth in whatever way possible.
The story goes on to tell of Gatsby ability to achieve extreme wealth and after not seeing Daisy for five years he sets himself up to be reunited with her despite that she is married and has a child. He purchases a home across the bay from hers and throws elaborate parties hoping it will bring her to one of them. . Although he knows it is wrong he befriends Nick and asks him to help set up the meeting between the two. He is continually conflicted regarding …show more content…
Tom, Daisy’s husband, is jealous of Gatsby despite his own affairs. He desires revenge for Daisy’s infidelity. Nick is conflicted in helping Gatsby meet Daisy again after so many years. He knows it is wrong but also know Daisy is not happy in her current situation. Even on the eve of her wedding, Daisy in a drunken stupor, is ready to call off her wedding due to the letter she had received. She thinks it might be better to marry for love and not money but when she sobers up she does what is expected of her from the pressures of her family and marries Tom. We also have the story of Myrtle Tom’s mistress and Daisy. Myrtle has no problem calling for her lover right in front of Daisy. This affair makes Daisy very unhappy but she refuses to leave her marriage to Tom. The reader begins to see the story unfold as the actions of the characters create many external and internal conflicts within the