In the book the Great Gatsby there are many differences and similarities between Zelda and Daisy. For similarities, Zelda and Daisy are both get affair with another man even if they both have their own husbands. Also, they both have attractive appearance and popular among their societies. At last, they born in South under wealthy and famous family and have same hope for their daughter. While there are similarities between Zelda and Daisy, there are also some differences exist between them. To be specific, Zelda became poor through the wedding with Fitzgerald while Daisy getting richer through the wedding with Tom.
To be specific for the similarities, first, Daisy and Zelda both get affair. In the Great Gatsby, Daisy
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gets affair with Gatsby, who was in the war to fight for United States when Daisy married with Tom. In other words, Daisy still loves Gatsby when she gets married with Tom. Gatsby and Daisy are suppose to marry after Gatsby comes back from the war. But according to the article “Daisy Fay Buchanan”, “Gatsby returns, she marries the very rich Tom Buchanan.”(Brucoli 1). She cannot endure the time when he has gone for the war. But when she gets the mail from the Gatsby, she wants to cancel her wedding and see the Gatsby. It states that she still loves Gatsby. Interestingly, she finally gets affair with Gatsby. In otherwise, Zelda marries with Fitzgerald. But Fitzgerald is not wealthy and famous than Zelda does. Therefore, Fitzgerald notices that he cannot satisfy and support Zelda. Naturally, Zelda and Fitzgerald get apart each other. During this time, Fitzgerald being alcoholic and Zelda gets affair with another man in the France who named Edouard Jozan, a French naval aviator. Daisy and Zelda both get affair and this fact is important. Because, readers can make sure that Fitzgerald motivated by Zelda to make character; Daisy. Moreover, he wants to finish the Zelda’s affair as Daisy does in the story the Great Gatsby. Second, they both have attractive appearance and famous among their societies. According to Tate, “she was highly popular for her beauty and her fun-loving rebelliousness, and she graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in May 1918 having been voted "Prettiest" and "Most Attractive" in her class”(Tate 3). It proves that she is beautiful and famous since her youth. On the other hand, Daisy lives near military habitat. Therefore she is famous among militaries because of her attractive appearance. According to the Brucoli, Brucoli describes her as “lovely, charming, and lethal”(Brucoli 1). The fact that they both have attractive appearance and famous among their societies is important, because this fact attract other men to tempt Daisy and Zelda to get affair. Furthermore, this fact might can be the reason why Daisy met Gatsby, and Zelda met Italian guy for affair. Third, They both have the same hope for their daughter. Daisy said “daughter grow as beautiful little fool”(Fitzgerald 118). And Zelda also wants the same. Because they both have attractive appearance and born under famous and wealthy family, they are popular among their societies. Therefore, they are always on spotlight. Moreover, in Daisy’s case, her husband, Tom, gets affair as soon as they finish their wedding ceremony. Daisy knows it but she can’t do anything. She hates her behaviour which cannot do anything after notice her husband’s affair, and wants her daughter grow as beautiful little fool. She thinks fool doesn’t need to worry about anything. In Zelda’s case, since she is rich and famous among her society, she knows famous and strong woman’s life is hard. Also, she realizes to be a strong and independence woman is hard. Therefore, according to the Tate, “She doesn’t want her daughter grow as beautiful little fool”(Tate 3). She doesn’t want her daughter grow up and have hard time. Although they have different reasons, they both have same hope that their daughter grow up as beautiful little fool. This is important because it reflect Zelda and Daisy’s mind about their daughter and give their point of view of their life. Also, there are some differences exist between Zelda and Daisy. First, Zelda loves Fitzgerald when she gets marriage with him, but finally she gets affair, while Daisy does not loved Tom when she gets marriage but finally she loves him. Their mind changing is important because readers can realize that Fitzgerald wants Zelda to love him as before as she gets affair. To be specific, Zelda is wealthy and famous. It means, she has many chances to marry with more wealthy and famous men. But she marries with Fitzgerald, who is neither famous nor wealthy. According to the article “Fitzgerald Zelda”, “Zelda was free-spirited and undisciplined”(Tate 3). But finally she marries with Fitzgerald. Through this, readers can determine that she loves Fitzgerald when she gets married. But according to the Tate, “In the summer of 1924, while the Fitzgeralds were living on the Riviera in France, their marriage suffered a serious crisis when Zelda became romantically interested in Edouard Jozan, a French naval navigator”(Tate 3). It proves that Zelda gets affair and through this, readers can estimate that their marriage getting worse as time goes. In otherwise, Daisy has her own lover, Jay Gatsby, while she gets marriage with Tom. When she gets marriage, Daisy receives a mail from Gatsby. After that, Daisy says to her friend, Jordan Baker, that she wants to stop the wedding. But her friend persuades Daisy and makes her to marry with Tom. It states that she does not love Tom and doesn’t want to marry with him when she gets marriage. But at the end of the Great Gatsby, Daisy tells to Gatsby that “I did love him once”(Fitzgerald 132). To the conclusion, Zelda loves Fitzgerald when she gets married. But her mind of love changes from Fitzgerald to another man who gets affair with her. On the other hand, Daisy does not love Tom when she gets married. But as the time goes on, she has been loved Tom and even tells to Gatsby that she has been loved Tom. This is important because it reflects Fitzgerald’s mind; he wants to turn Zelda’s mind as before as she gets affair. Second, Zelda becomes poor through the wedding with Fitzgerald, while Daisy becomes wealthier through the wedding with Tom. The reason why this fact is important is their wealth are changed through the wedding. To be specific, Zelda marries with Fitzgerald who is neither wealthy nor famous. Therefore, Fitzgerald cannot support her economically. One reason why readers can estimate that she became poor through the wedding is that she has small wedding. Because Fitzgerald is poor than Zelda and doesn’t have ability to make a big wedding for her, according to the Tate, “Zelda has no choice but to have a small wedding ceremony”(Tate 3). It states that Zelda became poor through the wedding with Fitzgerald. Because, she has ability and money to make a big party for her wedding. But she does not. And the fact that Fitzgerald cannot support her as economically, makes them apart as time goes on. On the other hands, Daisy marries with Tom who is wealthy enough to support her economically and also can make her wealthier. The one reason why readers think that Daisy became wealthy through the wedding is the scale of her wedding. Because Tom is rich and has ability to make a big and huge wedding, in the Great Gatsby, Nick says “In June, she married Tom Buchanan of Chicago, with more pomp and circumstance than Louisville ever knew before. He came down with a hundred people in four private cars, and hired a whole floor of the Seelbach Hotel for their wedding” (FItzgerald 75). It states that Daisy marries with a rich man who can not only support her as economically but also makes her richier. To the conclusion, Zelda is getting poorer through the wedding with Fitzgerald, while Daisy marries with Tom and getting richer. This is important because these facts are affected to Zelda and Daisy. Zelda gets affair because she cannot endure Fitzgerald’s poor, and Daisy marries with Tom because of his power and getting richer, as she and her family want to be. Through the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald wants to tell readers about two things.
First, money and wealthy cannot buy love and friendship. In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby is rich, famous and wealthy man. So he makes huge and big party and let people come who wants to come. Therefore, there are always many people besides Gatsby. But, when he murdered by Wilson, only two people are coming to his funeral. According to the Great Gatsby, Nick said “Nobody came”(Fitzgerald 174). But after that, Nick said “I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground. I looked around. It was the man with owl-eyed glasses whom I had found marvelling over Gatsby’s books in the library one night three months before.”(Fitzgerald 174). In other words, there are only Nick and owl-eyed coming for Gatsby’s funeral. Through this, readers can estimate that Gatsby is a lonely and poor person, even though he is rich and always surrounded by people in the party. Also it states that friendship cannot bought by money. In otherwise, Gatsby works hard to earn money because Daisy is already wealthy and rich. He thinks he needs to be rich and famous as Daisy does. But even after Gatsby got much money and famous as Daisy, Daisy runs away with her family after Gatsby’s dead. According to the article “On possessions and character in the Great Gatsby”, “he dies protecting her by his silence.”(Donaldson 9), readers can estimate that Gatsby is dead because of Daisy’s …show more content…
sin. In the Great Gatsby, Nick says “I called up Daisy half an hour after we found him, called her instinctively and without hesitation. But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them”(Fitzgerald 164). It states that she doesn’t even comes up to Gatsby’s funeral. It also means Gatsby cannot earn love of Daisy. Gatsby does not have both friendship and love even he is wealthy and rich. Through this, readers can estimate that Fitzgerald wants to tell readers that money cannot buy both friendship and love. Second, Fitzgerald wants to tell readers that repeating the past is hard and almost impossible.
In the Great Gatsby, Tom and Daisy are both invited to the Gatsby’s huge party. And after the party, Gatsby tells to Nick that “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before”(Fitzgerald 110). Through this, readers can estimate that Gatsby is still in the past and tried to make all things as same as the past. Also, Gatsby still loves Daisy and want her to love a smuch as he does. According to the “On possession and character in the Great Gatsby”, “Part of Gatsby's dream is to turn back the clock and marry Daisy in a conventional wedding”(Donaldson 8), But she already gets marriage with Tom. Therefore, Gatsby wants Daisy to tell to Tom that “I never loved you”(Fitzgerald 109). It states that he wants to bring back Daisy as before as she gets marriage, and wants her to marry with him. Furthermore, it states that Gatsby wants Daisy to break up with Tom and make her as same as before she gets marriage. When Nick tells Gatsby that you cannot repeat the past, Gatsby gets angry and tells to Nick that he can repeat the past and also can make Daisy to love him as past as she does. But readers, Nick, and Fitzgerald know that repeat the past is hard thing. Especially in Fitzgerald’s shoes, Fitzgerald has drastic time after Zelda’s affair. And he also misses his past, before Zelda gets affair, as Gatsby does. Through this, readers can estimate that Gatsby reflect
Fitzgerald’s mind and determination. Fitzgerald wants to tell readers that repeat the past and leave it behind is hard but should do it.
he didn 't want to live the same sad life as his parents,where he had to work just to put bread on the table he wanted more then that ,he want to have a legacy.he saw an opportunity to seek,and he took it .when he help the old man from drowning.Gatsby went through alot in the war and his life but the thing that kept him alive is daisy buchanan, his love for daisy was unstoppable.Gatsby worked hard to make himself one of new york richest people for daisy buchanan.Gatsby does everything he can to conquer Daisy’s heart again.”Although Daisy has been married off to Tom Buchanan,”Gatsby is determined to win her back by displaying his new wealth.Similarly, purchasing a new wardrobe and an expensive home in part for daisy o fell in love with him Not only do Gatsby try to impress women with their wealth, but they equate those women with money” (Pearson). He believes that the only way Daisy will be with him is if he is rich and if has enough money to sustain her.Gatsby would do anything in order to achieve this status that.in order to get enough money in such short time ,he gets his “hands dirty” to be able to live in West Egg and have the ability to throw his very-well known extravagant parties.”There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whispering and the champagne and the stars…
In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby functions under the illusion that Daisy is perfect and is living in such distress because she was forced to marry Tom due to Gatsby being away at war and being poor. This illusion leads Gatsby to spend his entire adult life pining after Daisy and cheating his way up the social and economic ladder in order to win her over. Gatsby believes that Daisy will someday come back to him because she loves him so much and they will live happily ever after together.
Daisy and Gatsby spend five years away from each other and when they get back together, the circumstances change. Daisy gets married to Tom Buchanan. Gatsby has no option except for grabbing Daisy’s attention. The love that the readers realize is passionate however this love changes into a forbidden one because Daisy is now married. Gatsby tries his best to convince Daisy that everything will go back like they used to, but she doesn’t seem to agree. The past cannot be repeated. Tom sees the love between Daisy and Gatsby but he does not say anything until the right time. The circumstances that are happening to both Daisy and Gatsby make their love forbidden. As much as Gatsby is very rich, he does not seem to be enough because he’s new money
This brings us to our second similarity, Tom and Gatsby both love Daisy, but they love her in different ways. Tom loves who she a...
Money plays an important role in Gatsby’s life, which is why it is slightly hard to believe that he would even want to be friends with the less-than-rich Nick Carraway. Within the book, there is even a clear understanding that his love for Daisy is exaggerated by money and her luxury.
Recreating the past will only result in sorrow and misfortune. Leave what happened long ago where it is and create a new future and make this new life whatever is desired. If only Gatsby believes in this. Daisy knew this to be true and even Nick knew that reliving the past will never truly result in happiness. Gatsby pushed his ideals onto Daisy and made her do something she does not want to do. Gatsby wants to go back five years and live this life again whereas Daisy just wants to create a new life. The uncertainties of the past are not grounds to repair a current situation in an individual’s life. The basis of the future is that what is created in the present. The future is not created in the memories of days before, the future cannot the same as the past once was. The future is the life of an individual, this present day reflects how the individual feels now and not how they felt five years ago. Using what has already occurred to change the future will never end well and individuals who seek to use memories to fix the present will only dig their own grave. Gatsby slowly digs and digs as he attempts to win over Daisy and even when he does, he will take nothing less than to go back five years and start
Zelda had her mental illness, but Fitzgerald denied it and willed to live the rest of his life with her . But still Zelda cheated on Fitzgerald and had an affair with another man, which leads into Tom ' character. That he reveals his hate emotions toward Zelda 's mistake by cheating on him and make him the guy who has the perfect life and woman , but still cheats on her. Fitzgerald gave us a clue that no matter how he offers Zelda everything she wanted, she still cheated on him, which probably he kept in his inside and never forgave her. Exactly like Daisy how she has a clue that Tom is cheating on herby having an affair with another woman in NewYork, but she still acts out and make everything seems alright . While Gatsby share in common Fitzgerald 's admiration of his love, that he never gives up from pursuing to win Daisy 's love and thinks he could repeat the past by having a love relationship with Daisy ,"Can 't repeat the past?..Why of course you can!"(Fitzgerald 110) . No matter what Nick gives an advice to Gatsby that his relationship with Daisy won 't, but he still has this image in his mind enjoying the rest of his life with Daisy, that will never make him quit trying to get back Daisy. After all getting the fame and wealth for both Fitzgerald and Gatsby are having some kind of gap, that makes them
They both went at attaining love in similar and different ways. In the end though, Gatsby was able to realize that he would not be with Daisy and he accepted reality, but Blanche was still left trying to live in a fantasy. They would never get their first true love, and due to that they both lost a great amount. Gatsby lost the ultimate; he lost his life because of Daisy. Blanche lost the respect of all those who loved her, and was in the end sent to a mental hospital because she had lied so much, and when she finally told the truth it was unbelievable.
Many aspects of Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are polar opposites. They grew up differently, they look at life from vastly diverse views, and they treat people contrarily. Their commonalities lie in their wealth and their connection to Daisy, although they differ in many aspects there as well. At the end of The Great Gatsby, Tom gets to keep living his privileged lifestyle and he still has Daisy while Gatsby is left dead and betrayed.
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
Gatsby downfall came when he sacrificed his morality to attain wealth. Gatsby realises that the illusion of his dream with Daisy, demands wealth to become priority, and thus wealth becomes the desire overriding his need for her [Daisy’s] love. Gatsby claims to others that he has inherited his wealth, but Nick discovers "[h]is parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people" (Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, pg 104) and that Gatsby has lied about his past. In a society that relies on luxuries, Gatsby throws parties to attract Daisy’s attention. Also, Gatsby expresses that same need to keep busy, just as Daisy does, in a society of the elite. Nick describes Gatsby as "never quite still, there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a hand" (Fitzgerald, pg 68). Gatsby fills his house "full of interesting people...who do interesting things" (Fitzgerald, pg 96). Gatsby's dream is doomed to failure in that he has lost the fundamental necessities to experience love, such as honesty and moral integrity.
Gatsby is a dreamer, he dreams that one day he and Daisy will be able to be together once again. To achieve this dream Gatsby has made himself a rich man. He knows that in order to win Daisy back he must be wealthy and of high social stature. Gatsby becomes rich, has a beautiful mansion, nice things, things like shirts “They’re such beautiful shirts. . . it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful clothes” (pg.98).Gatsby believes his dream will come true because of all the money and nice things he has. The way that Gatsby becomes rich is in a way the demise of his dream. Gatsby becomes wealthy by participating in organized crime, including distributing illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities. Daisy eventually learns about this and it is one of the reasons she will never again be with Gatsby. The other reason is Daisy a...
In the book Gatsby says, “Can’t repeat the past? He cried incredulously. Why of course you can!” (110). This quote explains one of mistakes leading to his downfall by stating that he does believe that you can repeat the pass when you can’t. In the book Gatsby tries his hardest to repeat his past relationship with Daisy and it leads him to trouble. He tries different tactics to gain her attention, like throwing the extravagant parties at his house. He hoped one night that Daisy would wonder in so he could see her again. The scene in the book where Gatsby, Nick, Tom, Daisy, and Jordan were in the apartment you can see how Gatsby’s actions had a toll on the other characters. Daisy specifically showed this when she said, “Oh, you want too much! She cried to Gatsby” (132). When Daisy said this it clarified that Gatsby was asking too much of her and that ultimately lead to his
Gatsby has many issues of repeating his past instead of living in the present. A common example of this would be his ultimate goal to win Daisy back. He keeps thinking about her and how she seems perfect for him, but he remembers her as she was before she was married to Tom. He has not thought about the fact that she has a daughter, and has been married to Tom for four years, and the history there is between them. The reader cannot be sure of Gatsby trying to recreate the past until the reunion between him and Daisy. This becomes evident when Nick talks to Gatsby about how he is living in the past, specifically when Nick discusses Daisy with him. “‘I wouldn’t ask too much of her,’ Gatsby ventured. ‘you can’t repeat the past.’ I said. ‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’” (110). This excerpt shows how Gatsby still has not learned that eventually he will have to just accept the past and move forward with his life. If he keeps obsessing about Daisy, and trying to fix the past, more of his life will be wasted on this impossible goal. Througho...
However there are more than just similarities between them. The most obvious one is the way they are viewed by their communities. Willy who is seen as a loser by most people is on one side of the spectrum, Gatsby who is almost revered by the people around him on the other. So whilst the community views Gatsby as a great success he sees himself as a failure because he has not yet achieved his dream; Daisy. Willy on the other hand end is viewed as a failure by most of the people that know him, he does not however realize this most of the time. Which might be one of the reasons he thinks and act like he is well-liked and successful, this success however seems to be completely fabricated by Willies imagination. Yet he frequently sees himself as