Golden Girl is Gone
Do you ever get so excited for something that you expect so much from it, only to be let down when what you thought would happen turns out to be impossible? This idea is not only present in our lives, as modern day teenagers, but also in the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Throughout the novel Gatsby exhibits this idea of expecting the best out of a situation, and unfortunately as we can all relate to the fact that this rarely ever happens. We build up this dream of what could happen, and it almost never completely comes true. Even though he achieves the wealth and popularity he had always wanted, Gatsby was unable to achieve his american dream of having the perfect girl, because Daisy can never live up to his unbelievable standards.
Throughout the book we see that Jay Gatsby idolizes Daisy, and wholeheartedly believes in her perfection. When Gatsby tells Nick about his past with Daisy he recounts when “he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God” (Fitzgerald 110). Ever since Gatsby first kissed Daisy he has thought of kissing no one but her; however, Daisy has kissed Tom and most likely others since she kissed Gatsby. So although he may have thought only of …show more content…
Gatsby is heartbroken by the fact that he struggled and worked so hard to become the rich man that Daisy had wanted so long ago, and she doesn’t appreciate it. The problem with this is that Daisy has seen what it is like to be married to a rich man (Tom), and she is beginning to realize that money isn’t everything and it can’t make her happy. But this is exactly what Gatsby has become just so that he can have her. He can’t expect someone to be exactly the same has how they were years ago, yet that’s exactly what he
Do you ever get so excited for something that you expect so much from it, only to be let down when what you thought would happen turns out to be impossible? This idea is not only present in our lives, as modern day teenagers, but also in the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Throughout the novel Gatsby exhibits this idea of expecting the best out of a situation, and unfortunately as we can all relate to the fact that this rarely ever happens. We build up this dream of what could happen, and it almost never completely comes true. Even though he achieves the wealth and popularity he had always wanted, Gatsby was unable to achieve his american dream of having the perfect girl, because Daisy can never live up to his unbelievable standards.
Throughout the book we see that Jay Gatsby idolizes Daisy, and wholeheartedly believes in her perfection. When Gatsby tells Nick about his past with Daisy he recounts when “he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God” (Fitzgerald 110). Ever since Gatsby first kissed Daisy he has thought of kissing no one but her; however, Daisy has kissed Tom and most likely others since she kissed Gatsby. So although he may have thought only of …show more content…
Gatsby is heartbroken by the fact that he struggled and worked so hard to become the rich man that Daisy had wanted so long ago, and she doesn’t appreciate it. The problem with this is that Daisy has seen what it is like to be married to a rich man (Tom), and she is beginning to realize that money isn’t everything and it can’t make her happy. But this is exactly what Gatsby has become just so that he can have her. He can’t expect someone to be exactly the same has how they were years ago, yet that’s exactly what he