Dreams That Do Come True In The Great Gatsby

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When one thinks about a dream they wish to come true, they think about their perfect ideal of the situation. This ideal does not reflect reality with its problems and day-to-day ups and downs. One finds out about these harsh realities in “The Great Gatsby”. Many of the characters have long lasting dreams that turn out much differently than they imagined. A quote by Brett Butler states “Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don’t.” Fitzgerald created situations for the characters that reflect Butler’s quote. Through the actions and decisions of Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald displays his agreement that dreams can be unsettling whether they come true or not. Throughout the story, Fitzgerald shows his agreement …show more content…

First of all, when Gatsby comes back from war, nothing is how both Daisy and Gatsby expected. While Gatsby is out at war, Daisy doesn’t wait for him and goes straight to marrying Tom; “‘What Gatsby?’ and when I described him--I was half asleep--she said in the strangest voice that it must be the man she used to know” (Fitzgerald 77). Daisy does not wait for Gatsby to return from the war. She decides to get on with her life and marries Tom. They find that their marriage is not as perfect as they expected. Tom and Daisy’s marriage has hit a few rocky roads in the 5 years Gatsby was gone. Tom and Daisy have had a tumultuous marriage, and to make things even worse, Daisy yells at Tom; “‘You did it Tom’… ‘I know you didn’t mean to, but you did do it. That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man’” (Fitzgerald 12). This is one of the many moments Tom and Daisy knew their marriage didn’t turn out to be as great as they thought. In chapter 7 when Tom and Gatsby get into a fight, it seems that Daisy is taking more of Gatsby’s side. Gatsby tries to get Daisy to forget the past and forget Tom; “He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you’” (Fitzgerald 109). Gatsby keeps saying that Daisy never loved Tom. The readers find out that Daisy admits to loving Tom at one point. As most people, Daisy is having trouble letting go of all the memories and fun times her and

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