Greatness, achieved through honesty and trust, is a huge responsibility to carry. It is not handed to one through wealth or popularity but through virtue. Materialism is misinterpreted with the value of a person. The word great does not cover the aspects of who a person truly internally. In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby is assumed to be a great man. He is a man who strives to gain wealth in order to win back the love his life, Daisy Buchanan. Due to her wealth status, he pretends to come from a rich family and will go to any extent for her. The misleading title, The Great Gatsby, implies a character of high moral value; however, Gatsby demonstrates false values through a materialistic and false lifestyle. From the beginning
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For the past five years he throws ostentatious parties in anticipation that Daisy will attend one them. At the parties, he hopes that someone will know daisy so he can reconnect with her. His new neighbor Nick turns out to be Daisy second cousin. Nick being the kind person he is will, “invite her over here for tea” which leads to Gatsby finally meeting daisy. (Fitzgerald 82). Gatsby self-centered tendencies shine through when he uses Nick for personal gain to reunite with Daisy. Everything Gatsby does is to be be happy with Daisy. Gatsby is not necessarily interested in being friends with Nick. The only reason he is so called “friends” with Nick is because Nick can do something Gatsby can’t do for himself. Gatsby isn 't able to talk daisy because he is insecure about himself. He always envisioned that Dasiy would always come to …show more content…
Gatsby choses the easy route, he decides to be scheming and gain money the wrong way. The reason he wants to become wealthy are for all the wrong reasons. All he 's ever wanted is daisy. He has no shame in using other to get what he wants. Lastly but most importantly Gatsby struggles with trying to get something that will never be his again. History has a funny was of repeating its self, this refrains Gatsby and daisy from having chance to be together. He wasn 't good enough for her then he still will not good enough of her now. Gatsby does not fulfill the the title of
For the past five years he throws ostentatious parties in anticipation that Daisy will attend one them. At the parties, he hopes that someone will know daisy so he can reconnect with her. His new neighbor Nick turns out to be Daisy second cousin. Nick being the kind person he is will, “invite her over here for tea” which leads to Gatsby finally meeting daisy. (Fitzgerald 82). Gatsby self-centered tendencies shine through when he uses Nick for personal gain to reunite with Daisy. Everything Gatsby does is to be be happy with Daisy. Gatsby is not necessarily interested in being friends with Nick. The only reason he is so called “friends” with Nick is because Nick can do something Gatsby can’t do for himself. Gatsby isn 't able to talk daisy because he is insecure about himself. He always envisioned that Dasiy would always come to …show more content…
Gatsby choses the easy route, he decides to be scheming and gain money the wrong way. The reason he wants to become wealthy are for all the wrong reasons. All he 's ever wanted is daisy. He has no shame in using other to get what he wants. Lastly but most importantly Gatsby struggles with trying to get something that will never be his again. History has a funny was of repeating its self, this refrains Gatsby and daisy from having chance to be together. He wasn 't good enough for her then he still will not good enough of her now. Gatsby does not fulfill the the title of