Hope can best be described as an intense desire for a certain thing to happen. Hope exists outside of the beholders reality, and remains something that they are constantly reaching to achieve. In F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby, hope and the pursuit of the American dream are intricately woven throughout the novel. However the reader eventually begins to see the paradox that Fitzgerald presents about hope . Gatsby and Daisy begin to experience the harsh difference between their aspirations and reality, and soon come to realize that dreams must remain an illusion, because the second the dream is achieved, the hope that once existed dies, as there is no longer anything to hope for. Fitzgerald uses many different symbols throughout the
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Desire originates from wanting to discover the vast potential of America’s future, and also is the force that aids in the discovery of it. Similar to how Gatsby desires for Daisy and her voice, as Daisy dreams of the potential future with Gatsby and his smile. Shortly after Nick settles into his new home, he visits Tom and Daisy Buchanan, where he meets Daisy and hears her enchanting voice: “It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered "Listen," a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.” (Fitzgerald 33) Words such as “compulsion” which is an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, and “hovering” which means to wait or linger close at hand in a tentative or uncertain manner, suggest the symbolism of desire in her voice. Daisy’s voice is full of promise, and those around her can’t help but feel a sense of desire and excitement for what is to come in the near future; just like that of America’s future. Daisy’s voice is the impetus for the realization of america 's future. (insert quote about
Desire originates from wanting to discover the vast potential of America’s future, and also is the force that aids in the discovery of it. Similar to how Gatsby desires for Daisy and her voice, as Daisy dreams of the potential future with Gatsby and his smile. Shortly after Nick settles into his new home, he visits Tom and Daisy Buchanan, where he meets Daisy and hears her enchanting voice: “It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered "Listen," a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.” (Fitzgerald 33) Words such as “compulsion” which is an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, and “hovering” which means to wait or linger close at hand in a tentative or uncertain manner, suggest the symbolism of desire in her voice. Daisy’s voice is full of promise, and those around her can’t help but feel a sense of desire and excitement for what is to come in the near future; just like that of America’s future. Daisy’s voice is the impetus for the realization of america 's future. (insert quote about