Generally, people all desire something in life and their desires influence their actions. They do not want to be dissatisfied with what they already have. While desires can be used as a motivational tool for people, it can also be a double edge sword. Some people do not settle for what they have and their desires turn into excessive desires. Excessive desire is perverted desire that potentially cause destruction in people’s lives. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby ultimately suggests that excessive desire can be destructive. During their pursuit for gratification, the characters in this novel suffer and reveal the risks people have when possessing excessive desire.
Excessive desire makes people lose sight of the value of what they had. …show more content…
Desiring too much to the point where nothing could gratify a desire leads to stagnate lives like it was the case for Tom and Daisy. At the beginning of the The Great Gatsby, Nick states that “They [Tom and Daisy] had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully...” (Fitzgerald 6). In other words, Nick believes that Tom and Daisy constantly change homes to attempt to satisfy their excessive desires. However, Tom and Daisy’s excessive desires are directionless because they drift unrestfully from home to home without any goal that would help satisfy their desires. Even though they are wealthy, they still have an excessive desire for something that is more valuable than money and are never satisfied. A doctorate in English Literature at Columbia asserts that Tom’s restfulness is likely responsible for his affairs and Daisy is depressed as a result of the affairs (Wulick). The dissatisfaction the couple’s lives turns into unhappiness overtime. Eventually, their lives become stagnant or even be slowly destroyed by a growing unhappiness. From the start of the The Great Gatsby, Tom and Daisy are doomed to never settle in order to satisfy their soulless …show more content…
In cases when excessive desire cannot be gratified, the effort to do the impossible can have negative consequences that greatly affects lives. Before Gatsby’s confrontation with Tim in chapter 7, Gatsby says “Her [Daisy’s] voice was full of money” (Fitzgerald 120). Based on Gatsby's description of Daisy, he sees Daisy as a prized treasure. Her voice is an embodiment of desire and Gatsby is willing to do anything to be in a romantic relationship with Daisy who is at a higher level in the social class than Gatsby. For example, he bootlegged in drug-stores his way to accumulate his wealth be closer to Daisy (Fitzgerald 133). In the end, Gatsby’s efforts are not enough for Daisy to abandon Tom and it ultimately led to his death. Charles Thomas Samuels, the author of The Greatness of ‘Gatsby,’ sheds light on Gatsby’s excessive desire by asserting that “Gatsby kills the promise that desire can ever be gratified” (788). Gatsby’s death is one example that excessive desire may not ever be gratified no matter how much time and effort one puts into gratifying excessive desire. Sometimes, excessive desire can even be fatal and cause more trouble than it is worth like it was for
Excessive desire makes people lose sight of the value of what they had. …show more content…
Desiring too much to the point where nothing could gratify a desire leads to stagnate lives like it was the case for Tom and Daisy. At the beginning of the The Great Gatsby, Nick states that “They [Tom and Daisy] had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully...” (Fitzgerald 6). In other words, Nick believes that Tom and Daisy constantly change homes to attempt to satisfy their excessive desires. However, Tom and Daisy’s excessive desires are directionless because they drift unrestfully from home to home without any goal that would help satisfy their desires. Even though they are wealthy, they still have an excessive desire for something that is more valuable than money and are never satisfied. A doctorate in English Literature at Columbia asserts that Tom’s restfulness is likely responsible for his affairs and Daisy is depressed as a result of the affairs (Wulick). The dissatisfaction the couple’s lives turns into unhappiness overtime. Eventually, their lives become stagnant or even be slowly destroyed by a growing unhappiness. From the start of the The Great Gatsby, Tom and Daisy are doomed to never settle in order to satisfy their soulless …show more content…
In cases when excessive desire cannot be gratified, the effort to do the impossible can have negative consequences that greatly affects lives. Before Gatsby’s confrontation with Tim in chapter 7, Gatsby says “Her [Daisy’s] voice was full of money” (Fitzgerald 120). Based on Gatsby's description of Daisy, he sees Daisy as a prized treasure. Her voice is an embodiment of desire and Gatsby is willing to do anything to be in a romantic relationship with Daisy who is at a higher level in the social class than Gatsby. For example, he bootlegged in drug-stores his way to accumulate his wealth be closer to Daisy (Fitzgerald 133). In the end, Gatsby’s efforts are not enough for Daisy to abandon Tom and it ultimately led to his death. Charles Thomas Samuels, the author of The Greatness of ‘Gatsby,’ sheds light on Gatsby’s excessive desire by asserting that “Gatsby kills the promise that desire can ever be gratified” (788). Gatsby’s death is one example that excessive desire may not ever be gratified no matter how much time and effort one puts into gratifying excessive desire. Sometimes, excessive desire can even be fatal and cause more trouble than it is worth like it was for