Gatsby believes in re-living the past. He thinks he and Daisy can return to how they were five years ago without a second thought to the time that has since passed. His ambition of achieving his goal, having Daisy, blinded him to the current reality that Daisy has a family now and will most likely never give that up. The death of his ongoing objective occurs when he meets Pammy, Daisy and Tom’s daughter, “[Gatsby] kept looking at the child with surprise. I don’t think he had ever really believed in its existence before” (123), as Gatsby wants to believe the past five years are erasable. The significance of Pammy is that she is a permanent reminder, to Gatsby, that Daisy continued on without him for five years and can just as well do it again.
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Both Myrtle and Gatsby give their lives away for the one they love. Daisy and Tom are careless people as they are insensitive and selfish. Despite Tom’s reckless behaviour towards her, Myrtle wants to be the star in his life and is incredibly jealous of Daisy. Tom also leads Myrtle to believe that he would marry her if it were not for Daisy’s religion, “’It’s really his wife that’s keeping them apart. She’s a catholic and they don’t believe in divorce.’ Daisy was not a catholic and I was shocked at the elaborateness of that lie” (38), and continually uses it as an excuse. Tom does not suffer any repercussions for Myrtle’s death which he indirectly causes. Along with Tom, Daisy also indirectly causes Gatsby’s death. They both push the blame to Gatsby in that they remain the respected picture perfect family they perceive themselves to be. The two together tend to run away from difficulties, mostly because they have the money to do so and they have no obligation to others. Nick is the only one who becomes disturbed by their actions, “They were carless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they made” (189), as he first hand sees the destruction they cause to Gatsby, Myrtle …show more content…
Gatsby has two important experiences in his life, involving the color white, before the novel starts, Daisy and Dan Cody’s yacht. Daisy is associated with innocence, purity and being the ideal dream girl. When Nick Caraway first meets Daisy (and Jordan), she is wearing white. The color white is also stated when Gatsby kissed Daisy for the first time, “His heart beat faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own” (117). The dream girl, for many, is untouchable and chased after for the aspect of her being pure. Gatsby is able to kiss this young, untouched girl and completely devote himself to
Both Myrtle and Gatsby give their lives away for the one they love. Daisy and Tom are careless people as they are insensitive and selfish. Despite Tom’s reckless behaviour towards her, Myrtle wants to be the star in his life and is incredibly jealous of Daisy. Tom also leads Myrtle to believe that he would marry her if it were not for Daisy’s religion, “’It’s really his wife that’s keeping them apart. She’s a catholic and they don’t believe in divorce.’ Daisy was not a catholic and I was shocked at the elaborateness of that lie” (38), and continually uses it as an excuse. Tom does not suffer any repercussions for Myrtle’s death which he indirectly causes. Along with Tom, Daisy also indirectly causes Gatsby’s death. They both push the blame to Gatsby in that they remain the respected picture perfect family they perceive themselves to be. The two together tend to run away from difficulties, mostly because they have the money to do so and they have no obligation to others. Nick is the only one who becomes disturbed by their actions, “They were carless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together and let other people clean up the mess they made” (189), as he first hand sees the destruction they cause to Gatsby, Myrtle …show more content…
Gatsby has two important experiences in his life, involving the color white, before the novel starts, Daisy and Dan Cody’s yacht. Daisy is associated with innocence, purity and being the ideal dream girl. When Nick Caraway first meets Daisy (and Jordan), she is wearing white. The color white is also stated when Gatsby kissed Daisy for the first time, “His heart beat faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own” (117). The dream girl, for many, is untouchable and chased after for the aspect of her being pure. Gatsby is able to kiss this young, untouched girl and completely devote himself to