What Is The Relationship Between The Great Gatsby And Daisy's Relationship

Improved Essays
Nick has different relationships with the major characters in the story. The most important relationship is he with Gatsby and Daisy. Gatsby exactly is his intimate friend and Daisy is Nick’s cousin so she has friend affection with him. Because of these, he will must to keep secret to help his kinsfolk. ““I want to see you," said Tom intently. “Get on the next train. “All right."” (F. Scott Fitzgerald.2013.The Gatsby. Penguin Books) When Tom goes to find his mistress, Nick witnesses all the things with his own eyes. However he cannot tell Daisy his husband has a mistress in a valley of ashes. One of the reasons is Tom is Nick’s friend so he do not want to rant on a friend and he do not want Daisy be grieved as his

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Regardless of setting and era, as women, the struggle to achieve happiness is not entirely different. Daisy’s initial idea of happiness is to have stability and practicality in her life while Telaga’s idea of happiness is having the freedom to make her own decisions in her life. For them to achieve happiness they must both rebel against a patriarchal social system, that similarly defines them both as attractive accessories in a male dominated world. However, what differentiates them from each other is their response to critical situations when they have to make a decision to pursue their happiness or to conform to society’s expectations.…

    • 330 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    How many have ever encountered a time where we must decide whether or not to stay with a dearly loved one and end up poor; or instead accept an unhappy, but financially stable, marriage? This very issue is tackled in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. ☆A trope of many literary works is that an individual must choose between a financially volatile soul mate and an undesirable but stable spouse. In this case it’s Daisy’s struggle to choose between an exciting relationship with Gatsby and a stable marriage with Tom. ☆ Our star crossed lovers’ relationship being Daisy and Gatsby, and the unhappily married couple being Daisy and Tom.…

    • 1229 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    1. Nick Carraway seems too honest on PG 46 “ I even had a short affair with a girl who lived in Jersey City and worked in the accounting department.” he was being honest about having an affair with a coworker of his. I feel he is very honest because not many people would just come out and say they had an affair with a person they worked with. He could be looked at as dishonest because he did have an affair with Daisy and knew she was married but wasnt worried about it…

    • 670 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    In the book “The Great Gatsby” Tom and Gatsby are both in love with Daisy they are both fighting for her love. Daisy didn’t wanna be with Gatsby because he wasn’t wealthy. Daisy married tom because he is the status quo. In the book Gatsby tells Tom Daisy doesn’t love him Tom didn’t believe that tell Daisy told him she never loved him.…

    • 257 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Great Gatsby is told by Nick Carraway, who was Jay Gatsby’s neighbor in West Egg. Across in East Egg were Tom and Daisy Buchanan who had one daughter and lived in a nice home, which looks like what the “American Dream” is like but it’s really not. Gatsby had enormous parties at his house every weekend. The parties were to get Daisy’s attention but no one knew that.…

    • 1788 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Gay for Gatsby In the words spoken by Fitzgerald himself,” It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.” In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway narrates a tragic story of Gatsby searching for the American Dream at the end of the dock. However, Nick’s character, descriptive nature, and his character interactions elude to the theory that Nick is indeed queer.…

    • 1392 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Does Gatsby Love Daisy

    • 1200 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The Great Gatsby is based on Jay Gatsby and his life after he acquired his wealth. Gatsby was born a poor man with his mother he ended up dropping out of college because he hated being a janitor. Gatsby then meets Dan Cody who teaches him about being elegant and how the wealthy lives. Dan left Gatsby $25,000 after his death but did not receive the money.…

    • 1200 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Gatsby's undeniable love for Daisy is constantly reiterated throughout the novel. Whether it is symbolic in the green light, or it as blunt as "she loves me," it is clear that Gatsby loves Daisy with his whole heart and has devoted much of his life to reconnecting with her. The sad part is that Daisy does not put the same level of love and devotion that Gatsby does into the affair. She is so consumed with the idea of having money that all else falls below it, even her daughter. She is so consumed in her own affairs that she barely spends any time with her daughter.…

    • 935 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Carelessness is the behavior of a neglection that one many portray in their decision. In the 1920s, people were reckless and did not care what the turnout would be. They would go to a party and have one too much drinks; go behind the wheel and get into a car when they know they were unable to drive is one of many examples of carelessness. The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is not only based on romance and love, but it foreshadows the lack of responsibility and self control these characters have in the novel. Carelessness is pivotal in the character’s lives because they are blinded from reality; they are only living through their wealth which causes them to do wreckage to their lives.…

    • 1011 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Nick and Gatsby’s characters don’t change throughout the book, however Daisy does based on the events that happen in her life. Nick is a curious man, always trying to learn more about Gatsby. He is also Daisy’s cousin. All he wanted to do was figure out how Gatsby got up in life and made his money, He also wanted to figure out about what he wanted with his cousin, Daisy. People feel like they can confide in Nick, he says, “I am…

    • 410 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Many believe Gatsby was only in love with the idea of Daisy, not Daisy herself. However, the circumstances are actually the opposite. Gatsby and Daisy are truly in love with each other, but Daisy is also in love with the idea Tom. Daisy is also in love with the idea that Tom can provide her with what Gatsby could not; a place in society. From this point, Gatsby’s whole life was dedicated to get Daisy to choose him over Tom.…

    • 1007 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the Great Gatsby there are several connotations with a wide spectrum of colors .Many characters are associated with colors that have a deeper meaning. Daisy is Gatsby’s love and she tends to wear or be connected with the colors gold and white. White means purity even though Daisy is not entirely pure. Gold is attached with money and riches while she is married with Tom who is affluent.…

    • 572 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the beginning of the novel, Nick admires the wealth of Tom and he reckons Tom’s house “is even more elaborate than [he] expected(Ch.1).” Nick tolerates Tom despite Tom’s arrogant attitude annoys him because he reserves judgment to anyone just like his father tole him so. So Nick remains silent to Daisy Buchanan after knowing Tom is cheating on her although with resentment feelings for Tom. He tolerates Tom’s dishonest instead of to tell the truth, as a person with higher moral standards would do.…

    • 830 Words
    • 4 Pages
    • 1 Works Cited
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    He is a prime suspect to Tom’s cheating, but decides to keep it to himself and shelter Daisy from Tom’s actions. This action of keeping secrets once again leads on to bigger events and problems as soon Daisy founds out creating the main dilemma of the novel. As Gary J. Scrimgeour says, “Jordan is right about Nick’s character. The crisis of their affair reveals to her what she…

    • 1186 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Nick was with Daisy the first time she went to Gatsby’s house. Nick knows more about Daisy and Gatsby than anyone else, and that was because Gatsby includes Nick in their relationship. Nick stands on a balcony watching Daisy and Gatsby, and he closes the curtain in front of him, trying to exclude himself. Also as the green light fades away, shows Nick trying to exclude himself once he learned too much. His involvement in everyone’s life brought him no good, so in the end he evades himself from everything he was too involved…

    • 1000 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays