Love’s Corruption
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, love is a critical idea. In the novel, there is more than one love quandary that occurs. Fitzgerald writes with symbolism, which is the use of one item to describe another, and characterization, which is what a character is like to other characters in the novel. The whole book is a complex love triangle that leads to much agonizing heartbreak. In the novel, Fitzgerald utilizes characterization and symbolism to demonstrate how individuals’ perception of love can become corrupt and cause one to feel a false sense of reality.
The main character Jay Gatsby, a wealthy businessman, must overcome a feeling of obsession to a woman named Daisy Buchanan, a rich woman from the East Egg. He creates an illusion of Daisy being perfect, even god-like. Not only that but he was utterly infatuated with the girl, he even collects“ ‘a lot of clippings-about you[Daisy]’ ”(Fitzgerald 93). It all starts out with the need to impress her, then continues on to a point where he pushes himself into illegal matters, such as bootlegging, strictly to gain her approval through his wealth. He fantasizes of the girl that would fulfill his entire world. He frowns upon Daisy’s child because it was not part of his plan. Gatsby was not planning on …show more content…
All of the characters felt some sort of loss because of love, because love is a feeling in the brain that causes people to react without thought. Gatsby diverted to illegal manners to impress Daisy, who is only interested in the social classes. Myrtle cheats on her husband to gain a higher social status, which leads to Wilson finding out and leads to both of their deaths in the end. Love causes people to die, to break the law, and to kill themselves, and to think it is only a chemical in the
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, love is a critical idea. In the novel, there is more than one love quandary that occurs. Fitzgerald writes with symbolism, which is the use of one item to describe another, and characterization, which is what a character is like to other characters in the novel. The whole book is a complex love triangle that leads to much agonizing heartbreak. In the novel, Fitzgerald utilizes characterization and symbolism to demonstrate how individuals’ perception of love can become corrupt and cause one to feel a false sense of reality.
The main character Jay Gatsby, a wealthy businessman, must overcome a feeling of obsession to a woman named Daisy Buchanan, a rich woman from the East Egg. He creates an illusion of Daisy being perfect, even god-like. Not only that but he was utterly infatuated with the girl, he even collects“ ‘a lot of clippings-about you[Daisy]’ ”(Fitzgerald 93). It all starts out with the need to impress her, then continues on to a point where he pushes himself into illegal matters, such as bootlegging, strictly to gain her approval through his wealth. He fantasizes of the girl that would fulfill his entire world. He frowns upon Daisy’s child because it was not part of his plan. Gatsby was not planning on …show more content…
All of the characters felt some sort of loss because of love, because love is a feeling in the brain that causes people to react without thought. Gatsby diverted to illegal manners to impress Daisy, who is only interested in the social classes. Myrtle cheats on her husband to gain a higher social status, which leads to Wilson finding out and leads to both of their deaths in the end. Love causes people to die, to break the law, and to kill themselves, and to think it is only a chemical in the