In the Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby falls in love with a girl named daisy while he is in the army and the rest of his actions in the novel are motivated solely by his desire to obtain her. Throughout the novel Gatsby does many things in order to gain the love of Daisy which eventually lead to his death. Gatsby’s love of Daisy is the past which leads to his later obsession contributes to the meaning of the work as a while by emphasizing the novels theme that money cannot buy happiness.
When Gatsby is first introduced in the Novel, he is an extremely wealthy man. It is later revealed in the novel that Gatsby was once poor and gained his wealth through illegitimate business purchases. His sole motivation to gain so much wealth was to permanently win
When Gatsby is first introduced in the Novel, he is an extremely wealthy man. It is later revealed in the novel that Gatsby was once poor and gained his wealth through illegitimate business purchases. His sole motivation to gain so much wealth was to permanently win