Consequences In The Great Gatsby

Consequences in Romance

In the iconic novel published from the 1920's, the author displays many themes such as appearance vs reality, disillusion, love and relationship, corruption, and differences in social class. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald believes that belief in romantic destiny has dire consequences as demonstrated throughout the novel.

Daisy's impatience created consequences in the long run and knew it was too late to fix it. When Gatsby was talking about he met and fell in love with Daisy he mentioned that she felt abandoned when Gatsby did not come back from war right away. "She didn’t see why he couldn’t come. She was feeling pressure of the world outside, and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside her and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all." ( Fitzgerald 151). Since she wanted to be in the higher social class she wanted to know if staying with Gatsby who is not in that social class would be the right thing, because she got so impatient, she married Tom Buchanan who did filled her standards. By doing something that was in

For instance Gatsby stays outside of Tom and Daisy's house all night just to make sure she is safe. "Nothing happened," he said wanly. "I waited, and about four o'clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light." (Fitzgerald 147). He adores Daisy with everything he has and the fact that he stayed up all night to make sure Tom would not hurt her shows how much he treasures her. Towards the end of the novel Gatsby takes the blame for Myrtle's death. "Was Daisy Driving?" "Yes," he said after a moment, "but of course I'll say I was." (Fitzgerald 143). Because Gatsby's infatuation with Daisy he was willing to do anything for her even if the consequence means having to go to jail. By Gatsby doing this action people start to realized that he owned the car and gets shot as