It is quite obvious and still is a true statement; it is incredibly difficult to fit perfectly in society. No matter when or where, even if some people may not admit to it, just about everyone, at some point in their lives, desire to have more wealth, more romance, and more fun. Life in the 1920s embodied that statement very well. Everyone was fcarefree and lived life to the fullest. But, with this desire for a better life comes a cost. It may sometimes even cause people to lose themselves or lie to fit in better in society. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” love, economical corruption, and social corruption have negative effects on Daisy and Gatsby. One of the main characters, the fabulous Daisy Buchanan, is internally torn between
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Gatsby does absurd things like this, just to have Daisy, “"He took what he could get, ravenously and unscrupulously—eventually he took Daisy one still October night, took her because he had no real right to touch her hand." He is penniless, but he allows her to believe that he shares her social background (Bruccoli).” No matter how restricted he feels, he knows that he wants her. He is willing to do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if it put his life in danger. Gatsby can be seen as being very possessive of Daisy, especially here, “Fearing that Daisy might be in danger from her husband 's temper, Gatsby hides in the bushes near her house and watches” (Sutton). In order to protect her and maintain his love for her, Gatsby took the blame for the accident, even though it was in fact Daisy’s fault. It was her recklessness that got them into the accident and caused the death of Myrtle Wilson and Gatsby. Gatsby cannot let her take the blame for it. He feels it is not …show more content…
He tries the use of memories as a way to satisfy his desire for her. Throughout the novel, there are moments when they sneak away from everything and make more memories, “Gatsby 's determination to achieve great wealth and to shift from lower to upper class is all done in an attempt to reclaim Daisy. He believes that wealth will impress her and she will divorce Tom and marry him” (Verderame). Growing up, Gatsby lived in the lower or working class of society. He went from being a “nobody” names James Gatz to being the great Jay Gatsby. In Fitzgerald’s words, “James Gatz – that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career – when he saw Dan Cody 's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior” (Fitzgerald). He did not have all the wealth he has now. Since he did not have the money at the time that he does in the story and lost Daisy to Tom, Gatsby achieved the money in order to impress and get Daisy back. This demonstrates that society and social classes influence people to alter themselves in order to get ahead and be with the ones they
Gatsby does absurd things like this, just to have Daisy, “"He took what he could get, ravenously and unscrupulously—eventually he took Daisy one still October night, took her because he had no real right to touch her hand." He is penniless, but he allows her to believe that he shares her social background (Bruccoli).” No matter how restricted he feels, he knows that he wants her. He is willing to do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if it put his life in danger. Gatsby can be seen as being very possessive of Daisy, especially here, “Fearing that Daisy might be in danger from her husband 's temper, Gatsby hides in the bushes near her house and watches” (Sutton). In order to protect her and maintain his love for her, Gatsby took the blame for the accident, even though it was in fact Daisy’s fault. It was her recklessness that got them into the accident and caused the death of Myrtle Wilson and Gatsby. Gatsby cannot let her take the blame for it. He feels it is not …show more content…
He tries the use of memories as a way to satisfy his desire for her. Throughout the novel, there are moments when they sneak away from everything and make more memories, “Gatsby 's determination to achieve great wealth and to shift from lower to upper class is all done in an attempt to reclaim Daisy. He believes that wealth will impress her and she will divorce Tom and marry him” (Verderame). Growing up, Gatsby lived in the lower or working class of society. He went from being a “nobody” names James Gatz to being the great Jay Gatsby. In Fitzgerald’s words, “James Gatz – that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career – when he saw Dan Cody 's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior” (Fitzgerald). He did not have all the wealth he has now. Since he did not have the money at the time that he does in the story and lost Daisy to Tom, Gatsby achieved the money in order to impress and get Daisy back. This demonstrates that society and social classes influence people to alter themselves in order to get ahead and be with the ones they