Daisy's Destruction In The Great Gatsby

Finnley Dean English 3 PDC Hour 1 29 Apr. 2024 The Great Gatsby and the American Dream The Great Gatsby was an American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel follows a man named Nick while his friends and family experience different hardships. One person in particular stood out from the rest of the characters, his name was Gatsby. Gatsby was a rich man who was neighbors with Nick. Gatsby was in love with Nick’s cousin, Daisy. Daisy was married to a man named Tom who was cheating on her with a woman named Myrtle. Gatsby, knowing Nick was related to Daisy, recruited Nick into getting himself and Daisy back together. All Gatsby wanted was to be seen as high-class, so he wanted to marry Daisy. All Daisy wanted was to be rich and live comfortably. These dreams led to Gatsby’s destruction.

Daisy wanted to marry rich and live comfortably, which led to the destruction of Gatsby. Daisy wanted to marry rich, “She wanted her life shaped now, immediately—and the decision must be made by some force—of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality—that was close at hand” (Fitzgerald pg. 151). The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid afore Daisy wanted to marry rich and marry fast, which led to Gatsby’s destruction. “A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about.” (Fitzgerald pg. 161). The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid afore “Material without being real” was the relationship Gatsby and Daisy had before Gatsby died. “Poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air” was Gatsby being dead because of his dream of being with Daisy. Daisy wanted money and Gatsby wanted Daisy, and they both led to Gatsby’s death. Gatsby wanted to become high class so he could marry Daisy, which led to his