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Comparing The Great Gatsby And Homegoing By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald relates to Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi because both explore the sentiment captured by Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, “Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.” What can we learn about love by applying this quote to both books? First, both books show how complexity can make a relationship dreadful. Second, these books show the importance of understanding each other. Third, both books demonstrate how pursuing love is harder in practice than in dreams. I have heard many people use the phrase “it’s complicated“ when describing their relationship. I also noticed that these people sometimes feel a sense of dread. The Great Gatsby’s love story is quite a complicated one. …show more content…

Scott Fitzgerald relates to Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi because both explore the sentiment captured by Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, “Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.” What can we learn about love by applying this quote to both books? First, both books show how complexity can make a relationship dreadful. Second, these books show the importance of understanding each other. Third, both books demonstrate how pursuing love is harder in practice than in dreams. I have heard many people use the phrase “it’s complicated“ when describing their relationship. I also noticed that these people sometimes feel a sense of dread. The Great Gatsby’s love story is quite a complicated one. In The Great Gatsby, Nick's cousin, Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, who was the richest man in America until Jay Gatsby. Before the two married, Daisy dated Gatsby. Tom cheats on Daisy multiple times, and as a result, Daisy also cheats on him with Gatsby. As if this relationship wasn’t complex enough, while Daisy is cheating on Tom, he is once again cheating on her with a married lady named Myrtle Willson. The complicated love story ends with Gatsby being murdered by Myrtle's husband and Myrtle getting run over by Daisy. This whole situation ends up causing a lot of distress and dread, especially for Daisy. This is proven by her remark to Gatsby, “Oh, you want too much! ... I love you now – isn’t that enough? I can’t help but wonder what’s past. I did love him once – but I loved you too”(Fitzgerald 118). Considering multiple marriages were almost broken, it can be concluded that the complications within those relationships caused a lot of dread. Homegoing also has multiple complicated relationships. One is between Willie and Robert. Willie and Robert both grew up in Alabama. When they got married, they decided to settle in Harlem. Unfortunately, life in Harlem was not all they had hoped for. Their lives became a lot more

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Daisy is primarily the person at fault for Myrtle’s death, Tom also plays a role in the downfall after his mistress's death. Instead, Tom never confesses to Myrtle being his mistress and holds Gatsby accountable for her death. As for Daisy she allows Gatsby to take the fault for her mistakes and walks away with her hands clean. Following Myrtle's death comes Gatsby’s death. Rather than attending the funeral of the man she was in love with, Daisy leaves town with the man she “loved” in the past.

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In the beginning, Daisy finds out that Tom, her husband, is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson. Daisy is gradually drifting away from Tom and into Gatsby’s arms. During Tom’s transition, he is having a lack of who he wants, Daisy and Myrtle. His lust for Daisy’s attention and affection becomes obvious when their group travels downtown. First, Tom tries to impress Daisy when Tom asks to switch cars with Gatsby: ‘“Well, you take my coupé and let me drive your car to town’”

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Fitzgerald displays that Gatsby really wants to be back in Daisy’s life in Chapter 7 “‘She never loved you, do you hear?’ he cried. ‘She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me!’” (Fitzgerald 139).

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Tom was not loving to begin with, but because he treated her badly and forced her into the relationship, Daisy felt the urge to then cheat on him with Gatsby. It is evident within this section of the story, that Tom is basing his behavior towards Daisy, on how his affair ended with Myrtle. During the story, when Myrtle dies, Tom is unfamiliar with how to handle the situation and is unfamiliar with how to treat Daisy. Although sad, yet true, it is present

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