Desire In The Great Gatsby

There are many stories as teenagers that surround us with this notion that life will be full of happy endings and no hardships will ever happen to us. In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, we enter this era of the roaring twenties where life was all about drugs and living life as if there was no tomorrow. As we look into The Great Gatsby, we get introduced to many themes surrounding these people such as love and desire, society and class, & morality and ethics. There’s one theme that stands out as a shining diamond in the novel which is love and desire. In the beginning of the novel we are met with Nick, the narrator of this story about forgotten love and social statuses. We then move on to meet Jay Gatsby, this wealthy

See he had this love, Daisy Buchanan who he met before his departure to World War 1. They both immediately fell head over heels for each other, Gatsby lied about his background to be able to relate to Daisy’s wealth and get closer to her. When Gatsby got sent away for war, Daisy was distraught about Jay and moved on with Tom Buchanan who we soon find out is just like his era, roaring. Which leads us into their relationship which is toxic to say the least, in this quote from the book Tom says “And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time." They both claim their marriage is happy but Tom is an adulterer throughout his whole marriage with Daisy, who remains faithful just until Gatsby makes his presence known. While Tom begins his affairs right after his honeymoon with Daisy, then continues in their hometown with a woman named Myrtle who is married to George Wilson, a poor mechanic who owns a car garage. Now Daisy at the time had forgotten about Gatsby just until Nick sets up a date for them at Gatsby’s request. When they meet Gatsby is very nervous and shooken up at the