Examples Of Disillusionment In The Great Gatsby

Disillusionment and hope go hand in hand with one another in the aspect that hope often leads to disillusionment. If one aspirations, one can often be blinded and disappointed by the effects when one’s desires do not turn out the way one desires, leading to disillusionment. According to Sven Birkets, a critic, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is one about “disillusionment and hope”.In F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the character of Tom Buchanan experiences his own taste of disillusionment while Jay Gatsby encounters hope in his own life.

Tom Buchanan is carried away in the facade that his own wife, Daisy, put covers her own affair she is having in with Jay Gatsby. Thus “[Daisy] had told [Gatsby] that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was

In this case Tom is cheating on Daisy, so Daisy just so happens to cheat right back on Tom. Not only did Tom experience disillusionment when he realized his wife affair he also did when he found out that Gatsby was a bootlegger instead of what he said he was. Futhermore “against this indrawn breath of excitement any sober rectitude must feel willed” (Birkerts 125). The news Tom receives about Daisy put him in a state of shock. This state of shock clears his mind so he is able to try to comprehend the “excitement” of the affair and the fact they Daisy is telling Gatsby that she loves him in Tom’s own house in front of Tom. The “excitement” relates to the disappointment factor of the disillusionment that Tom is experiencing due to Daisy’s affair coming to light. Once again the same emotion Daisy probably felt when she figured out about Tom’s affair. Karma is working once again; one’s actions eventually come back around and affect one’s own life. While Tom Buchanan experiences disillusionment, Jay Gatsby has faith that he will achieve the prize of Tom’s wife, Daisy Buchanan.

Jay Gatsby has been hoping