Examples Of Daisy In The Great Gatsby

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The Superiority of Gatsby “To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe” (France). In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is doing everything possible to get Daisy, he is dreaming and believing that one day he will marry Daisy. Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, Gatsby does everything possible to get Daisy’s love. He wants to marry Daisy and take her from Tom Buchanan. Gatsby throws parties and tries his best to impress Daisy throughout the novel. Nick is correct that Gatsby is superior to everyone else in the East. Gatsby is wealthy, intelligent, and hopeful. Throughout the novel, Gatsby uses his wealth to host many parties to impress Daisy. Gatsby displays his wealth in various ways throughout the novel. …show more content…

Nick Carraway explains, “On weekends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city, between nine in the morning and long past midnight” (39). From this, the readers can understand that Gatsby drives an expensive and luxurious car. Gatsby lives in a big and fancy mansion on West Egg. His house has a thin coat of raw ivy around it, a marble swimming pool, and a big yard with a garden. Nick Carraway explains, “The one on my right was a colossal affair; by any standard it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby’s mansion” (5). From this quote, the reader(s) can conclude that Gatsby is wealthy and uses his wealth to impress Daisy. While Gatsby is wealthy, he also has other traits that make Gatsby superior to others. Throughout the novel, Gatsby displays his intelligence by outsmarting other characters such as Tom Buchanan. Robert Ornstein explains "Gatsby’s dream of self-improvement blossoms into a preposterous tale of ancestral wealth and culture”

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