It is an inevitable fact that it is an instinct that wealth catches the eye of human beings. As Benjamin Franklin has said, “Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in it’s nature to produce happiness. The more of one has, the more one wants” (Benjamin Franklin). The American Dream is that every single person can become successful in life by their work. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Gatsby attempts to remake the past by altering his identity and accumulating riches in order to win over his lost love Daisy Buchanan, who married another rich man while Gatsby was away fighting in WWI, and events are already set in motion that lead to Gatsby's lonely, unfulfilled demise. The narrator of the novel is Gatsby's neighbor,
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Daisy went on in her life like nothing happen after Myrtle was hit by the car that she was driving. This exposes her imprudent personalities because she has so much wealth to cover their responsibilities and it shows what kind of person she really is. “Tom and Daisy were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table, with a plate of fried chicken between them, and two bottles of ale” (Fitzgerald 195). This quote emphasizes Daisy’s reaction to the whole night. She not shaken up about the fact that she has murdered someone nor is she calling Gatsby to comfort her through all this. She simply went back to her husband who had wealth knowing she wouldn’t get into any trouble or be suspected because her husband could bribe her way out of her consequences. Daisy even let Gatsby take the blame for the death of Myrtle which then later one Gatsby pays for the price of Daisy’s wrong by getting shot by George Wilson. When Daisy found out Gatsby died, her and Tom packed up their belongings and left New York City. When Nick had heard Daisy and Tom left he says, “I’ll get somebody for you, Gatsby. Don’t worry. Just trust me and I’ll get somebody for you-”(Fitzgerald 164). Even though Fitzgerald doesn’t come out and say it, it is implied Daisy never really cared about Gatsby at all, showing no respect for him or what they
Daisy went on in her life like nothing happen after Myrtle was hit by the car that she was driving. This exposes her imprudent personalities because she has so much wealth to cover their responsibilities and it shows what kind of person she really is. “Tom and Daisy were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table, with a plate of fried chicken between them, and two bottles of ale” (Fitzgerald 195). This quote emphasizes Daisy’s reaction to the whole night. She not shaken up about the fact that she has murdered someone nor is she calling Gatsby to comfort her through all this. She simply went back to her husband who had wealth knowing she wouldn’t get into any trouble or be suspected because her husband could bribe her way out of her consequences. Daisy even let Gatsby take the blame for the death of Myrtle which then later one Gatsby pays for the price of Daisy’s wrong by getting shot by George Wilson. When Daisy found out Gatsby died, her and Tom packed up their belongings and left New York City. When Nick had heard Daisy and Tom left he says, “I’ll get somebody for you, Gatsby. Don’t worry. Just trust me and I’ll get somebody for you-”(Fitzgerald 164). Even though Fitzgerald doesn’t come out and say it, it is implied Daisy never really cared about Gatsby at all, showing no respect for him or what they