The Great Gatsby Through The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald is trying to help us realize what a lot of money can do to an individual. After all of the events and affairs that went on in The Great Gatsby, Gatsby and Daisy changed profusely; however, none of the events changed Tom. The character that changed the most is Daisy. In the first few chapters Daisy is introduced as a shy, sweet girl that seems to have a very well put together life. Meaning she is stress-free, has no worries about money, and has a “picture perfect” marriage with Tom. After reading further, we find out her life isn’t as glorified as it seems. Her marriage with Tom is now seen as a slight mistake, especially knowing they have a little girl together. She knew Gatsby
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He has an enormous house filled with extremely high class things. In his house we find a ballroom, library with actual books in it, big wooden hutches, etc. Soon Fitzgerald explains that he is doing all of this to impress a girl that he hasn’t spoken to for five days. He is hoping to catch Daisy’s eye to make her want to be with him instead of Tom. This shows that he is obsessing over her. Instead of talking to the other hundreds of women at his parties he is trying to get someone's attention that doesn’t even really know what state he lives in. He finally thinks of a way to get her to meet up with him. His good friend, Nick, is cousins with her so he scheduled a time for them to meet up. Once they meet again they end up hanging out and enjoying each others company a little too much. They begin having an affair which leads Gatsby to being manipulative. “Oh, you want to much! She cried to Gatsby. ‘I love you now. Isn’t that enough” (Fitzgerald 132). Prior to this quote Daisy and Gatsby revele to Daisy’s husband that they are having an affair. While having this conversation Gatsby tries to get Daisy to tell Tom that she has never loved him, that she loved Gatsby the whole 5 years they have been seeing each other. In the beginning of the book we would have never seen Gatsby as such a forceful
He has an enormous house filled with extremely high class things. In his house we find a ballroom, library with actual books in it, big wooden hutches, etc. Soon Fitzgerald explains that he is doing all of this to impress a girl that he hasn’t spoken to for five days. He is hoping to catch Daisy’s eye to make her want to be with him instead of Tom. This shows that he is obsessing over her. Instead of talking to the other hundreds of women at his parties he is trying to get someone's attention that doesn’t even really know what state he lives in. He finally thinks of a way to get her to meet up with him. His good friend, Nick, is cousins with her so he scheduled a time for them to meet up. Once they meet again they end up hanging out and enjoying each others company a little too much. They begin having an affair which leads Gatsby to being manipulative. “Oh, you want to much! She cried to Gatsby. ‘I love you now. Isn’t that enough” (Fitzgerald 132). Prior to this quote Daisy and Gatsby revele to Daisy’s husband that they are having an affair. While having this conversation Gatsby tries to get Daisy to tell Tom that she has never loved him, that she loved Gatsby the whole 5 years they have been seeing each other. In the beginning of the book we would have never seen Gatsby as such a forceful