When people fall in love, they become blind. They do not notice anything bad about their partner and do not want to hear anything from other people. Love serves as a theme for many stories. The song “Black to Black”, by Beyonce and Andre 3000, as well as The Great Gatsby, the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, can serve as perfect examples. Two main characters of the book, Gatsby and Daisy, are totally different people; however, it does not prevent them from loving each other. People think of love and relationship as of the best time in their life, of course it may be true, but many do not realize that they need to work very hard to achieve this happiness and perfection, and this goal cannot be fully accomplished by anyone. Not only the
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They start to spend a lot of time with each other and start planning their future. When they are together, they do not notice how fast the time goes by and they both are incredibly happy. However, in the reality everything is not as exciting as Gatsby wanted it to be. One day, a war separates Gatsby from Daisy, his second half. The time goes by, Daisy forgets her love story with Gatsby and find another man; however, when Jay finally comes back after 5 years, he acts as if nothing has changed and this time did not affect their relationship. Unfortunately, Daisy already has her own family, but Gatsby does not realize that, and the story turns into a loving triangle between Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom, her …show more content…
The main characters in The Great Gatsby and “Back to Black” become blind when they fall in love with another person. In the book, Jay Gatsby comes back from war and becomes obsessed with Daisy. He wants to recreate the past and does not notice that the things have changed during the past 5 years. Even the fact that Daisy has a husband does not stop Jay, and when he comes back, he buys the house across Daisy, who lives in the East Egg, just to see the light which comes from her house every day. "’Can't repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’" (Fitzgerald 110). Jay Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy. He cannot release the past and stop thinking about Daisy Buchanan because she is his only purpose in life. He created his own imaginary world and does not want to think that the reality is different. In comparison to the novel, Beyonce had a similar experience in her life and she tells her story in the song. In the past, she dated a boy and they were incredibly happy together; however, they brake up and the boy goes back to his ex girlfriend. “You go back to her, and I go back to… I go back to us” (“Back to Black”, 15-17). She still loves him and cannot forget that wonderful time that they had spent together, just like Gatsby wants to be with Daisy again even though she has a new life. Moreover, the lovers
They start to spend a lot of time with each other and start planning their future. When they are together, they do not notice how fast the time goes by and they both are incredibly happy. However, in the reality everything is not as exciting as Gatsby wanted it to be. One day, a war separates Gatsby from Daisy, his second half. The time goes by, Daisy forgets her love story with Gatsby and find another man; however, when Jay finally comes back after 5 years, he acts as if nothing has changed and this time did not affect their relationship. Unfortunately, Daisy already has her own family, but Gatsby does not realize that, and the story turns into a loving triangle between Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom, her …show more content…
The main characters in The Great Gatsby and “Back to Black” become blind when they fall in love with another person. In the book, Jay Gatsby comes back from war and becomes obsessed with Daisy. He wants to recreate the past and does not notice that the things have changed during the past 5 years. Even the fact that Daisy has a husband does not stop Jay, and when he comes back, he buys the house across Daisy, who lives in the East Egg, just to see the light which comes from her house every day. "’Can't repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’" (Fitzgerald 110). Jay Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy. He cannot release the past and stop thinking about Daisy Buchanan because she is his only purpose in life. He created his own imaginary world and does not want to think that the reality is different. In comparison to the novel, Beyonce had a similar experience in her life and she tells her story in the song. In the past, she dated a boy and they were incredibly happy together; however, they brake up and the boy goes back to his ex girlfriend. “You go back to her, and I go back to… I go back to us” (“Back to Black”, 15-17). She still loves him and cannot forget that wonderful time that they had spent together, just like Gatsby wants to be with Daisy again even though she has a new life. Moreover, the lovers