ipl-logo

Daisy's Relationships In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

1089 Words5 Pages

Daisy’s and Gatsby’s relationship in the Great Gatsby. In the novel, there are relationships and secret relationships among the characters, one of those secret relationships being Daisy and Gatsby’s. Their relationship was very one-sided, obsessed, and all around money. Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship was rocky. Daisy and Gatsby had once been together, but had separated due to Gatsby succeeding in battle. After the war was over, Gatsby couldn’t return straight home as he was sent to Oxford instead. This had changed their relationship as Daisy left Gatsby while he was at Oxford, remarrying a man named Tom. After a few years, Gatsby finally connected with Daisy after a tea party Nick invited her to. Once she arrived, Gatsby had said “5 years …show more content…

Daisy was a materialistic girl who was very careless with herself when it came to wealth in men, marrying men who have wealth. Once Daisy and Gatsby had gotten back to talking to each other, Daisy had seen Gatsby’s mansion, starting to seem like she has interest in him again. As Gatsby walked Daisy around his mansion, he had thrown his shirts around the room, as Nick states “The shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel” (92). Daisy had begun sobbing as she held the shirts, making her upset as she told Gatsby, “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such—such beautiful shirts before”. …show more content…

As Gatsby talked about Daisy, denying all the accusations, Daisy was drifting away from Gatsby, finally realizing the truth about him. After the whole argument, when everyone was heading back to Long Island, Daisy was terrified, her frightened eyes had ripped out her courage, having to go back with Gatsby. During their whole argument, Daisy started to distance herself from Gatsby, realizing he wasn’t the man that he said he was. Gatsby revealed to be a poor man that Daisy had never known about before, making her not trust Gatsby as much as she did

Show More
Related
1051 Words | 5 Pages

Is impossible to say that a relationship where the two partners label themselves as different things is that of a healthy one. Whereas Gatsby genuinely cares about Daisy and has thought about nothing but her for the last 5 years; Daisy is caught between her feelings for Tom and Gatsby, unable to decide between them.

Read More
936 Words | 4 Pages

Gatsby had spent so much time and effort pursuing this unrealistic view of Daisy that it became impossible for her to live up to these expectations. He never made a real effort to find out who she actually is, or even simply respect that she had created a life apart from him. It’s unsurprising that he is disappointed by reality; he has been living in an elaborate dream, deluding himself to believe that his plan to win her over will work just because he wants it to, and ignoring the real factors that would break this illusion until it is broken for him. Gatsby is aware of the factors playing against him when it comes to his dream of being with Daisy, such as her marriage and commitment to her family, but he creates a mental version of events that serve him when he cannot accept this reality. Subsequently, he suffers from realizing that his imagined perfect version of Daisy and their perfect life together is not real or reasonable.

Read More
181 Words | 1 Pages

In the middle of the Novel Gatsby meets up with Daisy after 5 years, and after that day they got closer and closer to each other. Towards the end of the novel Tom found out about Daisy affair with Gatsby. Daisy says to Gatsby that she loved Tom and him both! But Daisy decided to stay with Tom and forget about Gatsby. Gatsby was devastated after that day.

Read More
1426 Words | 6 Pages

They began to fall in love when they were young. Then, Gatsby was sent off to war, and to college; ergo, he was not able to see this woman for 5 years. After those 5 years, the woman was married to another man,

Read More
1529 Words | 7 Pages

She felt as if she had no choice because they’re both rich and her family and friends thought they should be together. Daisy was not expecting to see Gatsby ever again until five years later she meets him at Nick’s house for tea. Later on that day Gatsby invites Daisy and Nick over to give her a tour of his house. Daisy starts to realize how wealthy and well Gatsby is doing in life and starts to regret not waiting for him. After this day Daisy and Gatsby’s affair begins.

Read More
868 Words | 4 Pages

In the beginning, Gatsby was an impoverished man in the military, where he fell in love with Daisy. Although, Daisy’s parents didn’t approve of Gatsby due to his lack of wealth. Gatsby attended Oxford College and Daisy got married to Tom Buchanan while he was away. After this, Gatsby and Daisy did not see each other for five years. Throughout these five years, Gatsby turns to illegal extremes to secure prosperity in order to be a better man for Daisy.

Read More
752 Words | 4 Pages

Daisy has a tough decision to make when she and Gatsby reunite and start spending time together. Her decision to stay with Tom reveals her true nature and will lead to the death of gatsby. Although daisy is seen as the exact woman Jay Gatsby desires, in reality her actions show how she is untrustworthy, deceitful, and careless, the opposite of what Gatsby thinks she is.

Read More
1589 Words | 7 Pages

Everyone makes friends differently, everyone looks for different kinds of friends, and everyone feels the need to have friends. The characterization and the interaction of the characters is very dynamic, and is all seen through the main character Nick Carraway. Nick and Gatsby build a very powerful relationship based on companionship and love. The basis for the relationships of the characters in the Great Gatsby are a symbolism for the idea of self-worth and love. The way the relationship between Tom and Daisy is another example of how Fitzgerald will use characterization to show how the foundation of the relationships affect the relationship.

Read More
200 Words | 1 Pages

In chapter 7 Gatsby meets Daisy’s daughter Pammy. Tom Buchanan finds out on his own about the affair going in between Daisy and Jay Gatsby. Tom insists on going to town to go drink. Nobody wants to go except for Tom. Tom takes Gatsby 's car with Jordan and Nick and Daisy and Gatsby take Tom 's. Daisy began to speak of how Gatsby is always so cool .

Read More
681 Words | 3 Pages

When a person reads The Great Gatsby, one relationship that stands out is that of Gatsby and Daisy. When analyzing Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship, the reader will see that it is one sided, selfless, and obsessive. The first factor the reader notices is that their relationship is one sided. Jay Gatz cares so much about Daisy and she barely has shown any empathy for him, or his feelings for her.

Read More
685 Words | 3 Pages

It is true that Daisy had loved Gatsby once, but it was all in the past. After Gatsby left to go to war, Daisy fell in love with Tom Buchanan. The reasons why Daisy married Tom was part of her love for him and the other part is because she loves the social position she is in when she is with Tom. Gatsby failed not because he was killed, but because Daisy’s love for Tom can not be changed with material things. All of the main characters have ideas for the perfect life and none were able to achieve them.

Read More
780 Words | 4 Pages

(99) In this moment, Gatsby makes it clear to Daisy that he could easily provide her with the same lifestyle she shares with Tom. Once Gatsby captures Daisy’s affection, he becomes full of greed and doesn’t want to believe she ever gave any of her love to Tom. “He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you.’” (118) When Daisy states “‘Even alone I can’t say I never loved Tom,’ (142), Gatsby begins to feel a “touch of panic” (142). All of his parties, stories, and entire persona were all fabricated to win Daisy back.

Read More
708 Words | 3 Pages

Pursuing this further, Gatsby shows off his wealth to Daisy again by flaunting his expensive clothing. At this point in the story, Gatsby shows off his money in any way that he can. Daisy states to Gatsby, " 'It makes me sad because I 've never seen such – such beautiful shirts before '" (92; Ch 5). Gatsby 's shirts are part of his lifestyle, they were made to impress others. Daisy 's world is made up of wealth and flashy materials, and when she realizes that Gatsby is now connected to money, she breaks down.

Read More
1530 Words | 7 Pages

Throughout the book, Gatsby wants their relationship to work, but he mainly uses money to impress Daisy. Gatsby really loves Daisy because he will not stop trying to get her and Daisy also feels the same way about Gatsby because she shows her true self. However, on a closer examination, it becomes clear, that both Tom and Gatsby’s relationships with Daisy are based on money than love because money can lead to a destruction of love. However, both of their relationships with Daisy involve love proving

Read More
723 Words | 3 Pages

After Daisy moved on, Gatsby set out to make his millions to win her back. Gatsby meets her years later and gives her a choice of money or love. Daisy reveals her true colors by pursuing the

Read More

More about Daisy's Relationships In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Related Topics

Open Document