Why Is Materialism Important In The Great Gatsby

Not to long ago, I was set in between two people and two choices. My two people were two boys named, Kyle and Liam. From there you should know what my two choices were, to go with Kyle the new kid at our school or to stay with my boyfriend Liam. Kyle had blue eyes, as blue as the ocean, with beach blonde hair, and a perfect smile. Very dreamy. Liam though is my everything, but change is okay, right? Like me, Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, Daisy has to choose whom to go with her husband, Tom Buchanan or Jay Gatsby. By weaving together the motifs of materialism, lies, and illusion throughout the plot. F. Scott FItzgerald expresses an important theme. Early in the rising action, Fitzgerald mixes the motifits of materialism, lies, and illusion. Daisyś interest in her cousin Nickś neighbor, …show more content…
Both Gatsby and Daisy were devastated by the truth that they both lost sight of the road and killed Myrtle, Tomś mistress. The city goes a bit wild, when they find out the news about an hit and run. Tom knows the car people are explaining and gives the people the name of the driver, Gatsby. Mertyleś husband Mr. Wilson wants justice. He does that by going to Gatsbyś house and shooting himself and Gatsby. Nick waits for Daisy to come back and say goodbye to Gatsby, but she never comes. No one actually came to Gatsbyś funeral to say good-bye. ¨I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless 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 had made¨ As our story ends Nick has lost the trust of mainly everyone and Daisy leaves with Tom and doesn´t look