Masks and Ideals have a great impact on the way everyone lives. Masks literally means covering for all or part of the face, as a disguise. However metaphorically for us, a mask can also be seen as different parts or different characters a person is besides themselves. For example, when people meet someone for the first time, they may wear a different mask than who they actually are because they do not know that person. Just like they might wear a different mask to fit in with their friends. In addition, ideals are something that is regarded as perfect, for example a life style. Ideals are something that many people live for which impact who they are. In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, when Daisy marries Tom for his wealth instead of Gatsby who she actually loves demonstrates that people wear masks to fit in with society's ideals even though it may not be what they want or the best thing for them.
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Daisy does exactly this when she marries Tom after Gatsby leaves for war. She loved Gatsby but she wanted to meet the ideal of having wealth right away so she married Tom. Even though the night before the wedding “She groped around the in the wastebasket she had with her on the bed and pulled out the sting of pearls,” and said “Take ‘em down-stairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to,” (Fitzgerald 76). Daisy had thrown away three hundred and fifty thousand dollars of pearls that Tom had given her, and then wanted to return them to Tom because she did not actually love Tom and did not want to marry him. However the ideal of immediate wealth and being taken care of, required Daisy to marry Tom. So she put on a mask and pretended to be in love with Tom to meet the ideal of having wealth and being taken care
Daisy does exactly this when she marries Tom after Gatsby leaves for war. She loved Gatsby but she wanted to meet the ideal of having wealth right away so she married Tom. Even though the night before the wedding “She groped around the in the wastebasket she had with her on the bed and pulled out the sting of pearls,” and said “Take ‘em down-stairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to,” (Fitzgerald 76). Daisy had thrown away three hundred and fifty thousand dollars of pearls that Tom had given her, and then wanted to return them to Tom because she did not actually love Tom and did not want to marry him. However the ideal of immediate wealth and being taken care of, required Daisy to marry Tom. So she put on a mask and pretended to be in love with Tom to meet the ideal of having wealth and being taken care