Second, pride also played a role as a driving force in their actions in both works. To begin with, pride is one’s “feeling that they are better than others” (Merriam-Webster). In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby obtained all the wealth he wanted but that still was not good for him. He met this girl name Daisy Buchanan and fell in love with her, but she did not marry him because he was not wealthy back then. Since he has all this materialistic possessions now, it is only right that he wins Daisy back through the pride he has. As Gatsby and Nick waited for Daisy to get ready to come over to Gatsby’s mansion, he exposed to Nick, “ ‘My house looks well does it?’ he demanded. ‘See how the whole front of it catches the light’ ” (Fitzgerald, 89). All the
