Daisy's Death In The Great Gatsby

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Gatsby’s death meaning in The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is portrayed as a passionate man in love. Gatsby apparently tries his best working hard his whole life to gain money and the woman that he loves, Daisy. Despite all good things Gatsby has done in the story, Fitzgerald makes Gatsby die at the end. However, Gatsby’s death is actually a good escape and a happy ending for himself in The Great Gatsby because his dream about a happy life with Daisy can never come true. First, Gatsby’s obsession with his past is just a delusion. Therefore, his death’s meaning represents those who only live in the past cannot make their dreams come true. Nick notices about Gatsby that Gatsby “talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that …show more content…

After Gatsby rises into the upper class, he buys his house in West Egg “so that Daisy would be just across the bay" (Fitzgerald 78). Specifically, Gatsby’s house is bought in order to stay closed with Daisy and to make her notice him. Indeed, Gatsby’s action demonstrates that he puts his relationship with Daisy in priority because love is what he values. In contrast, what Daisy values is money and wealth. After Gatsby left for the war, Daisy soon made her final decision to marry Tom Buchanan, a wealthy nobleman, because “she wanted her life shaped now, immediately— and the decision must be made by some force—of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality - that was close at hand” (Fitzgerald 151). Daisy could not wait for Gatsby because she wants her life to shape permanently. For Daisy, love is the thing that she can use for her luxury and comfortable life. Undoubtedly, Daisy does not idealize her life like Gatsby idealizes his love for Daisy, but Daisy focuses more on practical values. While Daisy values stability and wealth, Gatsby values love and memories. Even before Gatsby dies, he still does not realize that Daisy is not worth his admiration. Therefore, his death escapes Gatsby from chasing into something which is not worthy for

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