Garrison Keillor said “I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it”. A lot of people do this because it can be easier to hold on to a fantasy than to accept reality. This is an idea prominent in the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby. Through Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy, Fitzgerald conveys his agreement that some people tend deny to reality.
Fitzgerald would agree that some people tend to deny reality because Gatsby believed he could still be with Daisy after five years. It’s not realistic at all because she is married, and hasn’t been keeping up with him over all that time. One example of this is when Nick tells Gatsby “‘you can’t repeat the past’”, and he replies “‘Why of course you can’”(Fitzgerald 78). …show more content…
He does over the top things like wait outside her house all night and keep a book of pictures of her. He is showing her around his house and says ‘Here's a lot of clippings-- about you’(Fitzgerald 74). He is so obsessed with her that he has kept a scrapbook of clippings about her for five years! Even after five years when she hasn’t even been keeping up with him at all, he still can’t let go of her. Gatsby is hiding outside of Daisy house and says he’ll wait “‘All night if necessary’”(FItzgerald 154). Tom has no reason to hurt Daisy at this point because he has just won the argument over her. So, Gatsby doing this is pretty strange, and is the type of thing a stalker would do, especially since he was hiding in the bushes. After the car accident Nick told Gatsby he should leave town but “He wouldn’t consider it. He couldn't possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do. He was clutching at some last hope”(Fitzgerald 158). Even after Tom won the argument and Daisy killed Myrtle, Gatsby refused to give up hope on being with her. Though he can’t give up the reality that he can not be with her, he still does everything he can to create the illusion that he can.
Fitzgerald shows that he agrees that some people tend to deny reality through Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy. This is an idea that shows up commonly in The Great Gatsby, like Gatsby and Daisy denying the fact that they can’t be together. Or Myrtle denying the fact that she does not live a wealthy life. Many people in real life deny reality because it may be easier than accepting reality the way it actually
Fitzgerald would agree that some people tend to deny reality because Gatsby believed he could still be with Daisy after five years. It’s not realistic at all because she is married, and hasn’t been keeping up with him over all that time. One example of this is when Nick tells Gatsby “‘you can’t repeat the past’”, and he replies “‘Why of course you can’”(Fitzgerald 78). …show more content…
He does over the top things like wait outside her house all night and keep a book of pictures of her. He is showing her around his house and says ‘Here's a lot of clippings-- about you’(Fitzgerald 74). He is so obsessed with her that he has kept a scrapbook of clippings about her for five years! Even after five years when she hasn’t even been keeping up with him at all, he still can’t let go of her. Gatsby is hiding outside of Daisy house and says he’ll wait “‘All night if necessary’”(FItzgerald 154). Tom has no reason to hurt Daisy at this point because he has just won the argument over her. So, Gatsby doing this is pretty strange, and is the type of thing a stalker would do, especially since he was hiding in the bushes. After the car accident Nick told Gatsby he should leave town but “He wouldn’t consider it. He couldn't possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do. He was clutching at some last hope”(Fitzgerald 158). Even after Tom won the argument and Daisy killed Myrtle, Gatsby refused to give up hope on being with her. Though he can’t give up the reality that he can not be with her, he still does everything he can to create the illusion that he can.
Fitzgerald shows that he agrees that some people tend to deny reality through Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy. This is an idea that shows up commonly in The Great Gatsby, like Gatsby and Daisy denying the fact that they can’t be together. Or Myrtle denying the fact that she does not live a wealthy life. Many people in real life deny reality because it may be easier than accepting reality the way it actually