We all know that the man who aimed the gun at Gatsby and pulled the trigger was George Wilson. But who really killed Gatsby? I can guess the typical answer to that question, “it was Tom Buchanan of course!” some might say. Well I thought that as first as well. But I was wrong, the real culprit is the lovely Mrs. Daisy Buchanan.
Gatsby and Daisy were more than acquaintances. In fact at one point when Daisy was just 17 years old Gatsby and Daisy were head over heels in love. But Gatsby loving Daisy was not enough for her. Daisy’s social status, money, and reputation were all much more important.
Gatsby was poor and had a low social status. But his love for her was real. Gatsby had to regretfully and painfully leave Daisy for the war. So when she had her chance to marry a wealthy, high status, and handsome
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Fast Forward five years and Daisy’s demeanor has not changed. Her only concern remains her social status. The loving great
Gatsby comes back for Daisy! Not only does he come back but he has everything she could ever want or need. Daisy still claims to love Gatsby and poor love stricken Gatsby believes her. But the truth is although
Gatsby has all Daisy could ever ask for, to Daisy Gatsby will always be that poor farmer boy from Minnesota who became a soldier. She does not leave Tom for Gatsby despite what she says. For the second time Daisy chooses status over Gatsby.
Daisy was behind that wheel when Myrtle was killed. That was all Daisy’s fault no doubt about it. Although Tom was the one who told Wilson about Gatsby’s ownership of the bright yellow car, Daisy was the one who actually ran her over. Daisy was just going to let
Gatsby take the blame. She is a careless individual her own cousin
Nick even says it himself. Then when poor naive Gatsby is shot to
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As a young man, Jay Gatsby was poor with nothing but his love for Daisy. He had attempted to woe her, but a stronger attraction to money led her to marry another man. This did not stop Gatsby’s goal of winning this woman for himself though, and he decided to improve his life anyway he could until he could measure up to Daisy’s standards. He eventually gained connections in what would seem to be the wrong places, but these gave him the opportunity he needed to "get rich quick." Gatsby’s enormous desire for Daisy controlled his life to the point that he did not even question the immorality of the dealings that he involved himself in to acquire wealth. Eventually though, he was able to afford a "castle" in a location where he could pursue Daisy effectively. His life ambition had successfully moved him to the top of the "new money" class of society, but he lacked the education of how to promote his wealth properly. Despite the way that Gatsby flaunted his money, he did catch Daisy’s attention. A chaotic affair followed for a while until Daisy was overcome by pressures from Gatsby to leave her husband and by the realization that she belonged to "old money" and a more proper society.
Jay Gatsby is a very wealthy man. Although he was born into a poorer family he worked hard and it paid off. He throws lavish parties for countless people, yet he has no real friends. He buys very expensive things and entertains large groups of society because of his desire for something greater. He is so blinded by his luxurious possessions that he does not see that money cannot buy love or happiness. Although Nick realizes that Gatsby is involved in secret business dealings and he is fixated on money, he is a good, loyal man at heart. Before Gatsby dies Nick says “They’re a rotten crowd.... You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together” (Fitzgerald 162).
“’Did you see any trouble on the road?’ he asked after a minute. ‘Yes.’ He hesitated. ‘Was she killed?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘I thought so; I told Daisy I thought so. It’s better that the shock should all come at once. She stood it pretty well.’ He spoke as if Daisy’s reaction was the only thing that mattered.” Gatsby’s hesitation before asking “Was she killed” means he has bad memories from mentioning murder, especially since he was involved in one. The damage in reputation that this kill could possibly result in is enough to hurt Gatsby, and his achievements will have become worthless. During the part where Gatsby claims that he “thought so; I told Daisy I thought so. It’s better that the shock should all come at once. She stood it pretty well,” Gatsby
In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan is unthinking and self-centered. Daisy is unthinking because when she meets Nick for the first time after the war; the first thing she says is “I’m p-paralyzed with happiness” (8) which is really unbecoming for a social butterfly like her. Moreover, she stutters while saying the word “paralyzed” which could imply that she says this without really thinking, because this is not the typical greeting one would say to their cousin, even after a long time. Also, since Daisy is pretty high on the social ladder, she expects people to laugh at her terrible jokes because she laughs after saying she is “paralyzed with happiness” even though Nick does not, illustrating her inconsiderate
The novel is set during the Jazz Age, an era in which money and class status were much more important than anything else. This is clearly portrayed in the novel. Gatsby and Daisy met at the summer of 1917 were Daisy was a beautiful, classy, rich girl and Gatsby was just an officer who was waiting his time to serve in the war. Gatsby’s main goals in life were money, luxury and class, and as he fell more in love with Daisy and got to know her, he understood that those three things were basic for him to keep Daisy by his side. Months later...
He was as poor as could be and only gained any knowledge and hope of a different future from his parents due to a chance meeting with a rich and extravagant man. From him, Gatsby learned the ways of the wealthy and what it takes to be rich, however, he was never truly a member of the upper class. Just before Gatsby’s death, Nick comments that Gatsby is worth more than all of them put together, referring to the upper class. (154). However, Nick is only able to make this comment as Gatsby is not truly a part of the upper class that Daisy belongs to. Despite gaining the wealth, fame, and general appearance of the rich, at heart Gatsby is still the poor man that fell in love with Daisy five years prior. He lives in the past. Gatsby had no shot with Daisy as she needed someone who truly fit the constructs of the upper class, while Gatsby could never fulfill that requirement. Achieving Daisy would have been the epitome of the upper class. Lois Tyson writes in Critical Theory Today, “Possession of Daisy would give Gatsby what he really wants; a permanent sign that he belongs to her socioeconomic class, to the same bright, spotless, airy, carefree world of the very rich the Daisy embodies for him…” (71). If Gatsby had won Daisy’s love, it would have proved that he could assimilate with the wealthy. The failure of Gatsby to do so is a
In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a man named Nick Carraway recounts his relationship with his next-door neighbor Jay Gatsby over the course of the summer of 1922. Nick quickly learns that 5 years prior to his meeting Gatsby, Gatsby had fallen in love with Nick’s extravagantly wealthy cousin Daisy Buchanan. However, after Gatsby went to fight in World War I, Daisy quickly moved on to marry her husband Tom, leaving Gatsby behind to fantasize about what their relationship could have become. Gatsby, who was once a poor farm boy from North Dakota, worked underhandedly in the five years leading up to the events of the book to gain the wealth and status he believed would win him Daisy’s love. Nick eventually reintroduces his
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby was born into a life of poverty and as he grew up he became more aware of the possibility of a better life. He created fantasies that he was too good for his modest life, and that his parents weren’t his own. When he met Daisy, a pretty upper class girl, his life revolved around her and he became obsessed with her carefree lifestyle. Gatsby’s desire to become good enough for Daisy and her parents is what motivates him to become a wealthy, immoral person who is perceived as being sophisticated. Society won’t let Gatsby and Daisy be together when they fall in love because Daisy comes from a family of old wealth, while Gatsby is the son of a peasant.
In “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy struggles between her desire to be with someone she truly loves and her rational to be with someone who will give her social and financial stability. Ultimately, Daisy chooses Tom over Gatsby as he is the safer option once Gatsby is revealed to be untruthful, showing that she is predominately interested in a steady life.
I am not so much surprised that Daisy did not send flowers, but I do feel offended in a way. Nick did not seem suprised. It says " I could only remember, without resentment, that Daisy hadn't sent a message or a flower." (page 174). Nick didn't blame her for not sending anything. I am not surprised Daisy did not send anything either. However, it makes me angry that she didn't. Things may not have ended well between them, but they were still important to each other. Daisy was such an important part of Gatsby's life, and he took the fall for Myrtle's death. He died because of a mistake she made and she can't even send a single flower? That just seems very wrong in my
Finding your place in life is an obstacle many people go through, trying to figure out where you truly belong is a goal that many try to achieve. In society you either fit in or you are an outsider. Usually the people who have more money tend to fit in better than the people who have less money. In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there was a certain character who would do anything that means necessary in order to achieve that want. Gatsby a poor man since birth was driven by the dream of success and riches, he tried to do whatever he could to accomplish his dreams. After abandoning his home, joining the military, and pursuing his dream, Gatsby came across this young lady by the name of Daisy. At first sight Gatsby fell
Gatsby was a rich man, but that doesn't mean he is happy in life. He lived a some what boring life. All he wanted was to be together with Daisy. He always had the idea of winning her back for all these years. Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." and threw big parties all the time hoping Daisy would just show up and be in love with him. He also made many stupid mistakes that got some people to very much dislike him, and some to like him, but not many. His dreams were almost unattainable; he coldly win back Daisy from Tom or any way. His mistakes along the way of trying to impress Daisy, may have been a reason he got
Daisy’s assessment of women is very limited. She thinks that women are better off being a “beautiful little fool”. For example, she speaks about her daughter in a malevolent way. "I hope she'll be a fool," Daisy says, "that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." Her opinion on her daughter is that she become a duplicate of herself. She lacks the feminism trait that women have. Nick’s cousin was taught to belittle her self, when in reality it’s supposed to be the opposite.
Throughout the 1920s, American society saw females as second hand citizens, where a woman was considered more of a trophy than an equal. A man would manipulate and latch on to a woman not for a relationship of equals, but to obtain power and social status by the beauty of one’s arm. For most women of this generation, their role was defined as submissive to their husbands, and to be completely ignorant. Most women played the role of the housewives caring for their husbands with no opportunity to succeed in the working world. The typical female in the 1920s would stay at home and care for the children, clean, and cook. However, a movement of feminism was occurring, and women of the 1920s, declared their independence as well as their wants for equality. The females in the novel, The Great Gatsby, embody both the typical female role, and the emerging female of the 1920s. In this novel, the female
All attention is on Daisy and she can’t deny the fact that she did indeed love Tom at one point in her life. Gatsby is taken back by this sudden confession but proceeds to tell Tom that Daisy is leaving him. Tom is confident that won’t be happening. After that, everyone heads home but this time Gatsby and Daisy drive in Gatsby’s car and Tom drives in his own car with Jordan and Nick. During the drive, they happen to arrive at an accident scene on the border of the Valley of Ashes. Michaelis, Wilson’s neighbor, informs them that the victim was Myrtle who was hit by a car that sped off. Nick connects the pieces together and knows it must have been Daisy and Gatsby who were driving in Gatsby’s yellow car. Nick is outside of Tom’s house when he