Gatsby’s Motivation Everyone has something that drives them. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. What drives the main character Jay Gatsby, is love. Throughout Gatsby’s life, he has always been driven by his love for a girl named Daisy. Gatsby shows this by waiting five years for Daisy and buying a house across the bay from Daisy’s house. Jay Gatsby loved Daisy so much that he waited five years to be with her. Gatsby went to war and fought, and all that time he was thinking of Daisy. Once the war was over he was able to come back home only to find that Daisy had married. “His name was Jay Gatsby, and I didn’t lay eyes on him again in over four years.” (Jordan) When Gatsby
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Gatsby talked about a green light that he would see across the bay. The green light was hung on a wooden pole at the end of Daisy’s dock. “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.” (Fitzgerald). Gatsby loved Daisy, and he would always look at the green light and day dream about the times that they had together before Gatsby was drafted for the war. Jay Gatsby bought the mansion that he lives in, to show Daisy that he lives a wealthy life, and that she could live the same life, with love, affection, a beautiful mansion. Gatsby would throw extravagant parties in hopes that Daisy would hear about them, and he would maybe see her there. Gatsby would spend thousands of dollars just on parties. Jay Gatsby wants to impress Daisy with the parties, which would show her that he has money and that he could give her the life that she wants. Jay wants to show her that he can give her more than what her current husband (Tom) can. “...Came down with enough canvas, and lights to make a christmas tree out of Gatsby’s enormous garden.” (Nick) The parties were so big that people that weren’t even invited to the parties, would just come over to Gatsby’s house. Gatsby is more driven by his love for Daisy because of him waiting for her for five years, buying a house across the bay from her, and throwing extravagant parties for her. Gatsby’s whole life was based around Daisy after
Gatsby talked about a green light that he would see across the bay. The green light was hung on a wooden pole at the end of Daisy’s dock. “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.” (Fitzgerald). Gatsby loved Daisy, and he would always look at the green light and day dream about the times that they had together before Gatsby was drafted for the war. Jay Gatsby bought the mansion that he lives in, to show Daisy that he lives a wealthy life, and that she could live the same life, with love, affection, a beautiful mansion. Gatsby would throw extravagant parties in hopes that Daisy would hear about them, and he would maybe see her there. Gatsby would spend thousands of dollars just on parties. Jay Gatsby wants to impress Daisy with the parties, which would show her that he has money and that he could give her the life that she wants. Jay wants to show her that he can give her more than what her current husband (Tom) can. “...Came down with enough canvas, and lights to make a christmas tree out of Gatsby’s enormous garden.” (Nick) The parties were so big that people that weren’t even invited to the parties, would just come over to Gatsby’s house. Gatsby is more driven by his love for Daisy because of him waiting for her for five years, buying a house across the bay from her, and throwing extravagant parties for her. Gatsby’s whole life was based around Daisy after