F. Scott Fitzgerald immerses the reader through the American culture and the themes that relates to Americans like love and desire. Fitzgerald examines love and obsession in the psychology of Jay Gatsby, the protagonist. Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as obsessive and describes that he “half expected her to wander into one of his parties.” Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby’s craving behavior to allow readers to know what Gatsby wish for. Gatsby was a naive and heartbroken man who would do anything to resuscitate with the love of his life. Gatsby obsession’s Daisy was described “sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes, and a bright passionate mouth.” The relationship between Gatsby and Daisy is askew because Gatsby is not pursuing love; he’s
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It is about caring more about someone than yourself. In “The Great Gatsby”, one character seems to have trouble with love. Nick Carraway, the novel’s narrator, maintains a secret relationship with Jordan Baker. Nick describes his relationship with Jordan, “not actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiorsity.” Nick does not know what he’s going to feel towards others. Nick is not clearly in love with Jordan, but he likes her as a person. It would be the best way to love someone because of their personalities and not money. Nick also deals with attraction in a different way. At the end of chapter 2, there was an ambiguous assumption on Nick’s sexuality. Nick Carraway is assumed gay because he was engage in a homosexual act. In the end of Chapter 2, Nick was “standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets, clad in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.” Nick’ sexual orientation is an invalid interpretation because of his actions with the man. Since the reader does not know what Nick’s actual sexuality is, this remains a …show more content…
There would be no purpose of loving someone honestly. You need love in your life to be happy, and you do not need money to have love and be happy. Money symbolizes the 1920s as an insane and elegant period of time. In “The Great Gatsby”, Jay Gatsby wants his ex-lover back by showing off his wealth. Gatsby felt that “his life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was.” Gatsby must have been lost and wanted to search for something in life during the Great Depression. His ex-lover Daisy didn’t want to stay with him because of the fact he was not rich enough. Gatsby thought the idea of bringing Daisy back was to host huge parties and hoped that she comes to one. Another example would be the relationship between Daisy and Tom Buchanan. There was no real love between them because Tom cheated on Daisy with his mistress. Daisy only married him because of his wealth. Tom is described “enormously wealth-even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach.” He is known to be a show-off with his money. The characters in the novel must have trouble of finding real
It is about caring more about someone than yourself. In “The Great Gatsby”, one character seems to have trouble with love. Nick Carraway, the novel’s narrator, maintains a secret relationship with Jordan Baker. Nick describes his relationship with Jordan, “not actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiorsity.” Nick does not know what he’s going to feel towards others. Nick is not clearly in love with Jordan, but he likes her as a person. It would be the best way to love someone because of their personalities and not money. Nick also deals with attraction in a different way. At the end of chapter 2, there was an ambiguous assumption on Nick’s sexuality. Nick Carraway is assumed gay because he was engage in a homosexual act. In the end of Chapter 2, Nick was “standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets, clad in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.” Nick’ sexual orientation is an invalid interpretation because of his actions with the man. Since the reader does not know what Nick’s actual sexuality is, this remains a …show more content…
There would be no purpose of loving someone honestly. You need love in your life to be happy, and you do not need money to have love and be happy. Money symbolizes the 1920s as an insane and elegant period of time. In “The Great Gatsby”, Jay Gatsby wants his ex-lover back by showing off his wealth. Gatsby felt that “his life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was.” Gatsby must have been lost and wanted to search for something in life during the Great Depression. His ex-lover Daisy didn’t want to stay with him because of the fact he was not rich enough. Gatsby thought the idea of bringing Daisy back was to host huge parties and hoped that she comes to one. Another example would be the relationship between Daisy and Tom Buchanan. There was no real love between them because Tom cheated on Daisy with his mistress. Daisy only married him because of his wealth. Tom is described “enormously wealth-even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach.” He is known to be a show-off with his money. The characters in the novel must have trouble of finding real