Love is one of the relationships that is portrayed in “The Great Gatsby”. A man named Gatsby who had went from being a poor man, became very rich. The only reason why he did all of this was for a woman named Daisy. Daisy was the women that he loved from the start, she is his dream, but since Gatsby had gone overseas, Daisy had decided to marry a man by the name of Tom Buchanan, mainly because he was much wealthier than Gatsby at the time. After Gatsby had found out what Daisy had done this affected him and crushed him because Daisy could not wait for him and had married Tom because Tom was of higher class than Gatsby.
Fitzgerald’s father was originally fairly wealthy but he became unsuccessful after the crash of his business. Same with Gatsby, he also came from a some what underprivileged family, which influenced a lot on his personality and his goal. Nevertheless, Fitzgerald was someone who had a family root in Maryland, unlike him; Gatsby lied about his family background to impress Daisy. Other than that, they were both drop-outs from their Universities and joined the army in 1917. Secondly, both men were motivated to work hard and grow to be successful for their loved ones.
Since he was a child Tom had always been wealthy acquiring everything he desired causing him to act childishly always wanting his way and to become wealthier. Tom marries Daisy because of wealth not for her personality. He lies and says that he loves Daisy and behind her back
However Gatsby always wanted to be a rich man, it's just he became more motivated in acquiring his fortune for his love Daisy. Therefore his dream cannot be souly based on Daisy, as Daisy was only his motivation. Gatsby is introduced into the novel later, and is spoken and gossiped about earlier on in the novel, this makes him seem more of a mystery. As Gatsby is presented, he is reveal to be an innocent, hopeful young man who stakes everything on his dreams, not realizing that his dreams are unworthy of him. Gatsby invest Daisy with idealistic perfection that she cannot possibly attain in reality and pursues her with a passionate zeal that blinds him to her limitations.
Gatsby says, “I can’t say anything in his house, old sport” (?). Gatsby does have money, but it isn’t the kind that allows him into Daisy’s world. Tom knows that his wealth gives him a lot of power and influence and this is what lures Daisy into marrying him. In describing Tom’s wealth Nick says,” His family was enormously wealthy- even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach” (6). This wealth and power makes him believe he should get whomever he chooses.
Jay Gatsby was a poor boy that turned into a very wealthy man, but did he live the American Dream? Money is actually the only thing that Gatsby had a lot of. Jay Gatsby tries to live the life of The American Dream, but fails in his battle. Gatsby certainly lacks many of the qualities and fails many of the tests normally linked with greatness, but he redeems this by his exalted conception of himself. Today society sets their goals by planning the future
According to Bob Brier, an Egyptologist from Long Island University he believes that Ay was the murderer due to greed. His findings revealed that Ay was actually given the throne after King Tut died. Brier discovered a ring in Cairo in 1931 that showed Ay and King Tut’s widow Ankhesenamum were married soon after the Kings death. Brier believes that Ay forced Ankhesenamum to marry him so he could become King (King Tut's Death Remains a Mystery, 2012). The most logical theory that was discovered according to National Geographic is the theory that King Tut died of an illness, a bone disorder.
Therefore, Changez certainly transforms as the story progresses. At first, Changez seems to be a “lover of America” as he is excited about becoming part of the American capital system. Hoping to restore his family’s declining fortunes, he regards Princeton as a “dream come true.” He is proud of his academic success and the fact that he has never “scored less than a B” and will graduate “Summa cum laude.” He works “three jobs” and studies through the night yet, to the outside world, he behaves “like a prince” trying to make sure no one knows how hard he is actually working. He is thrilled to work at Underwood Samson which is used a symbol of the United States because of its name. This is company epitomises American capitalism as it profits at the expense of other assets.
This life goal was everything he worked for, his entire life revolved around doing anything he can to become rich, and once he was rich then he would once again capture Daisy’s love for him again and they would get married back in Louisville at Daisy’s old house. This goal was everything to him, this was his life. For example, in chapter 6 Nick tried telling Gatsby that he can’t repeat the past and Gatsby responded with “Can’t repeat the past?” “Why of course you can!” “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before” (Fitzgerald 110). He has entirely convinced himself that it is possible, in his imagination, to go back and repeat the past and change it the way that you want it to be. Gatsby did have a relationship with Daisy in the past, but it ended because he had to go to war.
Whenever Gatsby visits the Buchanans in East Egg, he may as well be wearing a big red “EE” (a new kind of Scarlet Letter) on his lapel. The social divide between Gatsby and Daisy has been the impediment to their relationship since the beginning, and when Gatsby went out to make his fortune as a young man, he did it with the dream of winning Daisy as his motivation. He does end up becoming incredibly wealthy and has the house, clothes and parties to show it. The only problem? The love of his life, Daisy, has married Tom