People have been blinded by money since the beginning of time. From the 1920s to the 2000s deception has always been an obstacle for those who crave monetary value. In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan is separated and then reunited with her long lost lover, James Gatz, through the story drama brews, causes trouble and ends with unintentional murder. All of the relationships in this novel are not convincing that they are actually in love. However, some evidence of true love is present in the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the idea is also altered as well as degraded by the disillusion and obsession over the social hierarchy and the reinvention of the woman during the roaring twenties.
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Between Daisy and Gatsby or even Wilson and Myrtle. During Daisy and Gatsby’s love timeline, before he left for the war when she was merely a teenager. “The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometimes” (Fitzgerald 75). Daisy was mesmerized by Gatsby, she was in love, true love. Now when Nick moves in and joins Daisy, Tom, and Jordan for dinner he casually mentions Gatsby, and Daisy says in remark, “Gatsby?’ demanded Daisy. ‘What Gatsby?” (Fitzgerald 11). After going a couple of years without hearing that name, or even thinking about him, hearing that name puts a sparkle in Daisy’s brain. She begins to wonder if her sweetheart is still here. Finally in chapter seven all is revealed when Tom is finally pushing Gatsby’s buttons asking how he got his wealth. After Gatsby lashes out on Tom, “I glanced at Daisy, who was starring terrified between Gatsby and her husband, and at Jordan who had begun to balance an invisible but absorbing object on the tip of her chin” (Fitzgerald 134). After knowing the truth Daisy has labeled him as a gangster and a criminal. That is how he got his money after all. Another moment of deception of course, is when Wilson “tricked” Myrtle to marrying him by borrowing a nicer suit than he has ever had. This shows that Myrtle will believe anything for money and social
In the …show more content…
Between Daisy and Gatsby or even Wilson and Myrtle. During Daisy and Gatsby’s love timeline, before he left for the war when she was merely a teenager. “The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometimes” (Fitzgerald 75). Daisy was mesmerized by Gatsby, she was in love, true love. Now when Nick moves in and joins Daisy, Tom, and Jordan for dinner he casually mentions Gatsby, and Daisy says in remark, “Gatsby?’ demanded Daisy. ‘What Gatsby?” (Fitzgerald 11). After going a couple of years without hearing that name, or even thinking about him, hearing that name puts a sparkle in Daisy’s brain. She begins to wonder if her sweetheart is still here. Finally in chapter seven all is revealed when Tom is finally pushing Gatsby’s buttons asking how he got his wealth. After Gatsby lashes out on Tom, “I glanced at Daisy, who was starring terrified between Gatsby and her husband, and at Jordan who had begun to balance an invisible but absorbing object on the tip of her chin” (Fitzgerald 134). After knowing the truth Daisy has labeled him as a gangster and a criminal. That is how he got his money after all. Another moment of deception of course, is when Wilson “tricked” Myrtle to marrying him by borrowing a nicer suit than he has ever had. This shows that Myrtle will believe anything for money and social