Lethal Love?
Men who base their future purposes on past experiences, will end up destroying their own dreams. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Gatsby’s love for Daisy is by far one of the grandest illusions that are mistaken for reality. Throughout the novel, Gatsby chases the one aspect of his past he cannot imagine losing, Daisy; in reality this infinite hope of endless love for her is the thing that blinds him the most. Although Gatsby’s unshaken optimism guides him throughout life with the belief that there is a possibility at every turn, this spirit of infinite hope and optimism blinds Gatsby to reality ultimately leading him to his death.
Gatsby did not want to deal with the reality that confronted him upon returning from the war; Daisy was married to another man and Gatsby was disillusioned with life because of his experiences during the Great War. …show more content…
Reality hard to face, especially when it is embedded in the mind and Gatsby has so much optimism that it blinds him to the reality that it is just not possible to recreate the past yet Gatsby insists, “Can’t repeat the past?... why of course you can” (99). He believes anything is possible for him, as Fitzgerald shows us he is the type of individual that is opportunistic in a way meaning he does anything in his power for him to get what he wants and he desires beautiful things, such as daisy. Gatsby fails to realize that Daisy has found another opportunity, she has created a whole new life when Gatsby was away, now having husband and daughter, when Gatsby sees Pammy and “looks at the child with surprise” (104) ; This is a huge awakening yet Gatsby still is willing to do anything to protect Daisy, even if she has moved on because he deeply believes despite the life she has made, Gatsby will be her only love and
Men who base their future purposes on past experiences, will end up destroying their own dreams. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Gatsby’s love for Daisy is by far one of the grandest illusions that are mistaken for reality. Throughout the novel, Gatsby chases the one aspect of his past he cannot imagine losing, Daisy; in reality this infinite hope of endless love for her is the thing that blinds him the most. Although Gatsby’s unshaken optimism guides him throughout life with the belief that there is a possibility at every turn, this spirit of infinite hope and optimism blinds Gatsby to reality ultimately leading him to his death.
Gatsby did not want to deal with the reality that confronted him upon returning from the war; Daisy was married to another man and Gatsby was disillusioned with life because of his experiences during the Great War. …show more content…
Reality hard to face, especially when it is embedded in the mind and Gatsby has so much optimism that it blinds him to the reality that it is just not possible to recreate the past yet Gatsby insists, “Can’t repeat the past?... why of course you can” (99). He believes anything is possible for him, as Fitzgerald shows us he is the type of individual that is opportunistic in a way meaning he does anything in his power for him to get what he wants and he desires beautiful things, such as daisy. Gatsby fails to realize that Daisy has found another opportunity, she has created a whole new life when Gatsby was away, now having husband and daughter, when Gatsby sees Pammy and “looks at the child with surprise” (104) ; This is a huge awakening yet Gatsby still is willing to do anything to protect Daisy, even if she has moved on because he deeply believes despite the life she has made, Gatsby will be her only love and