In relationships sometimes people lust for one another, and other times people love one another. The ones that lust are not looking for anything real but someone to keep them occupied for the time being. But the ones who love are normally looking for the true love. The novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream during the 1920’s. The narrator Nick Caraway moves to the West Egg and is introduced to the lavish lifestyle of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, the main character is hopelessly in love with Daisy Buchanan, with whom he has had a past relationship. When Daisy and Gatsby rekindle their relationship, the two seem to be after two completely different things. Gatsby is essentially an innocent victim (romantic idealist) who is destroyed by his inability to accept reality.
Gatsby’s mind only revolves around Daisy, which causes him to not think about reality. “He idolizes his lover to the point of religious devotion; identifies with his lover in an attempt to become a likeness of her; …show more content…
He was always in his head, and never realistically thought about what was happening to him. Daisy was in a way playing mind games with him. Telling him that she will leave Tom when in reality she knew that, that would not happen. Gatsby never thought badly of her and that is why he got so hurt. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the idea of love and lust to portray Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship. He shows how Daisy was lustful while Gatsby was in love. He also shows that relationships are not always the easiest things to deal with and that sometimes, things do not work out the way that someone might have wanted them too. Being in love is sometimes not a good thing. People are not always going to have the same views or want what is best for their significant other. Sometimes all they care about is themselves and their
Gatsby’s mind only revolves around Daisy, which causes him to not think about reality. “He idolizes his lover to the point of religious devotion; identifies with his lover in an attempt to become a likeness of her; …show more content…
He was always in his head, and never realistically thought about what was happening to him. Daisy was in a way playing mind games with him. Telling him that she will leave Tom when in reality she knew that, that would not happen. Gatsby never thought badly of her and that is why he got so hurt. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the idea of love and lust to portray Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship. He shows how Daisy was lustful while Gatsby was in love. He also shows that relationships are not always the easiest things to deal with and that sometimes, things do not work out the way that someone might have wanted them too. Being in love is sometimes not a good thing. People are not always going to have the same views or want what is best for their significant other. Sometimes all they care about is themselves and their