F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby,” illustrates the definition of unconditional love through Gatsby’s devotion and adoration towards Daisy. Nick Carraway, the narrator, is a young man from a prominent family from the Midwest. He arrives in New York in the summer of 1922 to enter the bond business in search of the American Dream. The story is based around Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan love. Gatsby had once dated Daisy before being drafted off to war. During their time apart, Daisy had moved on to marrying Tom Buchanan, a wealthy and philandering man, and enjoyed the luxurious wealth of her admirers while Gatsby strived to achieve his American Dream. Daisy is characterized to be careless, indecisive, delicate, flighty, and shallow.
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He lived in poverty due to a poor family background, where he would roam the streets and beaches trying to look for money or food. "It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants..." demonstrates that Gatsby was clearly not well off in life (Fitzgerald 91). In contrast, Daisy was an idealistic rich young woman who Gatsby met in 1917 and they had a mutual love for each other. Jordan Baker, Daisy’s friend, expresses "The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometime, and because it was so romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since" (Fitzgerald 73). This shows how the officer, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy loved each other. As a young officer, he was impressed by what she represented, old money and a life full of luxuries. He imagined an American Dream of being wealthy with a beautiful wife and living luxuriously. He had worked hard in order to improve his life to achieve his dreams. He fell deeply in love with the young Daisy, and vowed to come back to her as a wealthy man. However, she was the only missing piece of his
He lived in poverty due to a poor family background, where he would roam the streets and beaches trying to look for money or food. "It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants..." demonstrates that Gatsby was clearly not well off in life (Fitzgerald 91). In contrast, Daisy was an idealistic rich young woman who Gatsby met in 1917 and they had a mutual love for each other. Jordan Baker, Daisy’s friend, expresses "The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometime, and because it was so romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since" (Fitzgerald 73). This shows how the officer, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy loved each other. As a young officer, he was impressed by what she represented, old money and a life full of luxuries. He imagined an American Dream of being wealthy with a beautiful wife and living luxuriously. He had worked hard in order to improve his life to achieve his dreams. He fell deeply in love with the young Daisy, and vowed to come back to her as a wealthy man. However, she was the only missing piece of his