Why Is There A Deep Moment In The Great Gatsby

Have you ever experienced a feeling so strong that you wished for every moment after that you could relive that moment? As human beings, our number one desire is to find the person we will spend the rest of our lives, someone who loves so deep and so hard that it consumes us. In the Great Gatsby, we are introduced to Gatsby, who spends his life trying to bring back his past. Jay Gatsby, was a man who only wanted to get the love of his life back, he built a name for himself, he became someone he believed Daisy would fall in love all over again with. This was his biggest dream. At the beginning of the novel, Nick describes the scene where Gatsby is reaching out over his dock as if trying to catch something and this signifies the desire of …show more content…
If Gatsby had been honest with Daisy from the beginning and told her the truth about he got his wealth I truly believe that Daisy would have stayed with Gatsby despite the fact that Tom had tried to intervene. Although Tom had cheated on her and not been completely loyal, he didn't hide things from Daisy. She knew everything that he did, she may not have known the name of the mistress, but she knew the truth. Gatsby lived in the past and he tried to hold on to the love that he once knew however, that was his demise. Daisy only ever cared about surviving, so when Tom told her truth about Gatsby it made her feel unsafe therefore leading her back to Tom. Together after she ran over Myrtle, Tom and Daisy decided to run away along with their daughter and allow Gatsby to take the fall. Daisy was the reason for Gatsby’s death. In conclusion, living in the past, more likely than not leads you down a road of sorrow and destruction. You can only live in the past for so long before it starts to tear you apart. Hold on to the memories, but allow the people to make their own decisions and be truthful, not for them but for