Daisy's Ambition In The Great Gatsby

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby’s obsession for one woman leads to the ultimate downfall. The story begins when the narrator, Nick Carraway, goes to dinner in East Egg at his cousin Daisy Buchanan’s house. Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, with whom Nick went to college. While there, Nick meets a friend of Daisy’s named Jordan Baker, who informs him that Tom is cheating on Daisy. One day, Nick goes into town with Tom, and Tom introduces him to his mistress, Myrtle Wilson. Nick also meets George Wilson, who owns an auto repair shop and is unaware that Myrtle is cheating on him. Nick, who lives next door to Gatsby in West Egg where he eventually meets Gatsby at a party, and they become friends. As they grow closer, Nick

learns that Gatsby and Daisy were in love five years ago. Gatsby went off to war, and by the time he returned, Daisy had already married Tom. After Nick reunites Gatsby and Daisy, they begin sneaking around. One day, Nick, Jordan, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby all go into town. Tom discovers that Daisy is cheating, and Tom and Gatsby get into an argument. Later, as Daisy is driving Gatsby home, she accidentally hits Myrtle with the car and kills her. Tom is devastated and tells George that Gatsby is the one who killed her, which Tom believes is true. George shows up at Gatsby’s house and kills him, then kills himself. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is portrayed as intrusive and oblivious.
Gatsby is depicted as intrusive because of the actions he takes concerning Daisy.

Gatsby follows Daisy to New York and buys his house in West Egg “so that Daisy would be just across the bay” (Fitzgerald 79). Daisy does not know he is there, but he wants to be as close to her as possible and sometimes stares at the green light at the end of her dock (Fitzgerald 21). Also, Gatsby throws elaborate, expensive parties almost every weekend for people he doesn’t know or talk to. Jordan reveals the reason he throws these parties is because “he half expected her [Daisy] to wander into one of his parties, some night” (Fitzgerald 79). At these parties, he asks people about Daisy, always trying to find a way to get close to her. He is willing to try anything he can think of for the chance to see Daisy again. After Gatsby and Daisy return from the town, Gatsby refuses to leave Daisy alone with Tom. Despite Nick reassuring him that Daisy is safe and Gatsby should go home, Gatsby insists that he wants “to wait here until Daisy goes to bed” (Fitzgerald 145). He continues to try to protect Daisy, even though he is not welcome. Everything Gatsby has done for the last five years has been an attempt for him to get closer to Daisy. He invades on her life because he still loves her, even though she has clearly moved on. Because Gatsby buys a house across the bay from Daisy, throws elaborate parties hoping she will come, and waits outside her house all night, he is obviously

intrusive.
Gatsby is portrayed as oblivious because of what he unreasonably expects from Daisy. He believes that Daisy doesn’t love Tom and that she will leave Tom for him. While in the city, he has an argument with Tom and confidently tells him “Daisy’s leaving you” (Fitzgerald 133). He fails to realize that she loves Tom and that they have a kid together (117). Gatsby is so in love with Daisy he becomes oblivious to the fact that she would never leave Tom. Also, Gatsby offers to take the blame for killing Myrtle even though Daisy is the one who was driving (143). He is willing to go to jail for something he didn't do in order to protect her. He doesn’t understand that she would not be willing to do the same and that she doesn’t care what happens to him. Because Gatsby believes Daisy will leave Tom, forgets about Daisy’s kid, and offers to take the blame for Daisy’s mistake, Gatsby is unquestionably oblivious.
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is depicted as intrusive and oblivious. Gatsby is intrusive because of the way he invades Daisy’s life, refusing to let her go by buying a house near her, throwing parties hoping she will go, and waiting outside her house uninvited. Gatsby is oblivious because he doesn’t grasp that Daisy will never leave Tom, forgets that Daisy and Tom have a child, and offers to take the blame when Daisy kills Myrtle. Gatsby spends the last five years of his life chasing after a woman who doesn’t feel the same way.