The Pursuit Of Love In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

In today’s society there are many people who will take advantage of others in search of wealth, social status, or simply a feeling of superiority. Some are so blinded by love they can’t see when they need to let go of someone who isn’t good for them and move on. In the American classic The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the main protagonists, Mr. James Gatz (otherwise known as the mysterious Jay Gatsby) makes some questionable actions during his lifetime. Though some might describe him as materialistic or corrupt, there is much more to his character than meets the eye. Throughout the story he performs extreme acts of love for his lost sweetheart, Daisy Buchannan. While his motives are unclear to some, his heart is always in the …show more content…
When they were finally able to reunite with each other, he was fully committed to making her happy, and making sure he didn’t lose her again. “Gatsby’s idea of love represented all that was good in life.” “To him, his love is his life.”(Rembrant360) Gatsby is so blinded by his love for Daisy he can’t see that daisy only “loves” him when it’s ideal for her, or when she wants something. Nick is able to see it after the night of the accident and he says “She vanished into her rich house, into her rich full life, leaving Gatsby-nothing.” “He felt married to her that was all.” (Fitzgerald 149) Gatsby believed that Daisy will leave her luxurious life, with a husband and child, to be with him and pick up on the love life they had lost. “The discrepancy between Gatsby’s dream vision and reality is a prominent theme in this book.” (Trask) He always had a hard time deciphering between possible or impossible throughout his life, and the book. He Gatsby doesn’t realize that Daisy just wants the attention that Tom doesn’t give her; she only wants to get away from her problems. After the night of the accident, Gatsby waited for Daisy and when he spoke to Nick about what happened Nick noticed “He spoke as if Daisy’s reaction was the only thing that mattered.” (Fitzgerald 143) When he found out it was Daisy that was driving while Myrtle was hit, Gatsby declared “Yes, but of course I’ll say I was.” …show more content…
Nick was the only exception among Gatsby 's friends because he was the only one that actually cared for Gatsby and not his money. Before Nick had moved to the East Egg and became friends with Gatsby, he had constantly surrounded himself with the wrong group of people in order to get to where he was. “To achieve his dream, Gatsby chose to go against his morals and values.” Even though Gatsby spent a lot of time with a bad group of people, he never was fully corrupted by them, and Nick saw this. “No-Gatsby had turned out all right in the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded emotions of men.” (Fitzgerald 2). Nick saw Gatsby that the only good person in all of the East coast. Gatsby only cared about being accepted by the old money in order to see Daisy again. He was willing to do whatever it took to get there, even if it meant getting into illegal activities such as being a gangster or bootlegger. “Gatsby became someone else, and took up lofty, unreachable ideals because he had to, for love.” (Remrant360) Gatsby also had a hard time realizing that people were using him for his belongings. He believed people like Wolfsheim and Daisy were in his life because they actually cared about him, but instead they were using him for power or money. The first time Nick had been to one of Gatsby’s parties, he had