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Emotions In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Even the most put together person can be rattled by love. Love could be dangerous; it could make people feel emotions that they never have felt before. Jay Gatsby, the protagonist in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, has loved Daisy for the last five years. Daisy makes Gatsby feel so different, in ways no one has made him feel or even seen him before. When reconnecting with Daisy after not seeing her for about five years, Gatsby is extremely emotional. Throughout the day they meet up, the most significant emotions Gatsby feels are nervousness, desperation, and confidence, which all reveal more about who Gatsby is. On the day of the anticipated meet up, Gatsby was extremely nervous. Not only was he nervous about the arrival of Daisy, but the majority of the time. Initially, Gatsby arrived extra early to make sure …show more content…

After becoming calmer and more comfortable, he decided to bring Nick and Daisy to his house so he could show them around. He had the goal of impressing them, leaving them in awe after having them see their mansion. As he brought them to his bedroom, “He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them, one by one, before us, shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel, which lost their folds as they fell and covered in the many-colored disarray” (Fitzgerald 92). Gatsby was desperate to catch the attention and love of Daisy. He wanted her to want him, to feel the way he feels for her. “‘We’ll go downstairs,’ interrupted Gatsby. He flipped a switch. The gray windows disappeared as the house glowed full of light” (Fitzgerald 94). Not only was he desperate to impress Daisy, but Nick as well. He wanted Nick and Daisy to see how he was just like his house, magnificent, over the top, and insanely wealthy. Gatsby thought that by impressing Nick and especially Daisy, he would gain their ‘approval’ and desire for him, though in order to do that he had to be

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First, Daisy and Nick join Gatsby at Gatsby’s house next door where her and Gatsby get some time to recollect themselves, “He hadn 't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes, too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way, as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real. Once he nearly toppled down a flight of stairs,” (pg.112). First, in this part of the book is when Gatsby’s attitude throughout the rest of the story completely changes; therefore, the whole world seems to disappear causing him to fall for Daisy. Then, he doesn’t even compensate the rest of his house and how glorious it is due to Daisy taking over his whole entire attention span; this almost caused him to fall down his own stairs.

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After acquiring his wealth, Gatsby started investing it into materialistic objects that he believed would impress Daisy. When he revealed the reason behind the masquerade of wealth to Nick, Nick was blunt; “The modesty of the demand shook me. He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths—so that he could ‘come over’ some afternoon to a stranger’s garden” (Fitzgerald 83). The fact that Gatsby had invested so much time and wealth into acquiring his house filled with impressive objects just to impress a girl he loved five years ago shows how self-absorbed Gatsby is. He was living in the past, trying to recreate a feeling he once experienced.

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When he met Daisy in Louisville, a beautiful girl living in a beautiful house pursued by many other men who found her most desirable, she became the physical embodiment of his dreams. Fitzgerald wrote that whan gatsby Daisy, “the incarnation was complete” (Fitzgerald 117). Gatsby did not really love Daisy, he hardly knew her. He loved what she represented to him, and he loved who he was while he was with her. Gatsby became more fascinated with the idyll of love in his pursuit of Daisy, there is little between both of them that could constitute a real foundation for an authentic relationship.

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As Gatsby gives a tour to Nick and Daisy of his house, Nick notices changes in Gatsby’s mannerisms in response to Daisy’s reactions. Saying that “[Gatsby] revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from [Daisy’s] well-loved eyes” (91). Gatsby’s revaluation of his material wealth in response to Daisy shows that his love is embedded in his material possessions. He values only what Daisy values and Daisy tends towards expensive and extravagant things. Nick depicts Gatsby, saying that “in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real” (91).

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Gatsby wanted to show off his big house to Nick and Daisy, mostly Daisy, so he can impress her. 3. Consider the scene with the shirts. Obviously, Daisy’s not crying because of the actual shirts.

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Gatsby knew that the only way to get Daisy back was to become rich, but in doing this, he lost his values and his morals in hopes of gaining what he thought would make him happier. Gatsby even knows that what he is doing is wrong because when he told Nick that Meyer Wolfsheim is a “gambler, he hesitated” (Fitzgerald 73) Gatsby knows that his ways are wrong which is why he conceals them from the public eye, but internally, Gatsby is going against the morals he has set for himself. To Gatsby, “money and authority is the most important to [him]. [He] oppress[es] the public or

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In chapter four when Jordan Baker says, “ Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay”(78). Gatsby is portrayed as someone who is willing to do anything to reach his unattainable goal: to have Daisy. Before Nick had ever met Gatsby, he saw him standing alone on the dock gazing at the green light. Nick describes the scene as, “And distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way that might have been at the end of the dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished”(21).

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He becomes obsessed with recapturing their past relationship, leading him to building himself a new life centered around Daisy. Wanting Daisy to believe that he is “in the same strata as herself” Gatsby turns to a life of crime and deceit, illegally earning money and becoming the ostensible epitome of wealth and success (149). This new Gatsby buys a magnificent mansion in West Egg “so that Daisy would be just across the bay”, the green light on her dock an infinite reminder of his ever so close yet far away goal (78). Everyday, people flow in and out of his “road house”, constantly attending his extravagant parties that’s sole purpose are to catch Daisy’s eye and perhaps draw her back to him one day (64). After years of this intricate display that becomes his reality, Gatsby expresses a want for Nick to invite Daisy over for tea.

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After meeting Nick, Gatsby sees an opportunity to reconnect with Daisy through her cousin Nick. When chasing a dream the typical human will use any resources to get closer to achieving that goal: in this case, Gatsby uses Nick as his resource. As a reader you can sense the potential excitement Gatsby has after realizing he may actually have a chance now at getting Daisy back. Sometimes when chasing a dream we as people do not actually consider whether or not it is attainable, this very thing is the reason for Gatsby’s downfall and eventual death. There is a battle between whether or not we should pursue our dreams and it is a rather complicated one especially in Gatsby’s case.

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It turns out Jay Gatsby, living the luxurious and glamorous life, did it all and only for the one person he yearned for, Daisy. Gatsby believed in the ideology that money can buy everything. Gatsby’s mansion, the antiques, luxuries, beautiful shirts, and yellow Rolls-Royce, each, and everyone purchased with the hope that it would pull her closer to him. Jordan tells Nick, “But it wasn’t a coincidence at all… Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay… He wants her to see his house,” (Fitzgerald 52).

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Gatsby reveals his intentions for getting Daisy with his lavish parties and beautiful house because of his desire for her. One late at night when Nick is admiring Gatsby’s house, Gatsby walks up on Nick surprising him while Nick says, “your house looks like the world’s fair” (Fitzgerald 81). Gatsby likes compliments like this because he knows if Nick likes his house than Daisy will too. Gatsby also shows admiration for Daisy by constantly referring to her or asking questions about her when talking to Nick. When analyzing on what Gatsby talks about a lot he concludes that, “he talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to know something” (Fitzgerald 132).

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Nick invites Daisy over to his house for tea, without telling her that Gatsby will also be there. When Gatsby arrives, he is initially nervous and awkward around Daisy, but soon they begin to reconnect over their shared memories and experience. Nick observes, “ There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together”. As the afternoon goes on, Gatsby shows Daisy around his expensive mansion and reveals his wealth and success. He even shows her his collection of expensive shirts which symbolizes his desire to impress her with his very expensive

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Before Gatsby was aware of Nick being familiar with Daisy, he was living perfectly fine, throwing lively parties with lots of guests and it was all smiles. Fitzgerald writes in detail. “On weekends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city, between nine in the morning and long past midnight. While his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bag to meet all the trains”(Fitzgerald 44-45). Gatsby's life was going well and everything was positive for him, this all changed when he came up with the plan that involved using Nick to talk to Daisy again and show her his home.

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Gatsby lacked a luxurious life when he was with Daisy, so he made sure he would have the money to impress her if he ever got another chance with her. Fitzgerald says, "'They're such beautiful shirts,' she sobbed, her voice muf-fled in the thick folds. ' It makes me sad because I've never seen such—such beautiful shirts before'" (99). He was trying so hard to impress her and let her know that now he had everything she could ever want. The author states, "He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes" (98).

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This leads Daisy to rethink her choice of Tom over Gatsby as she notices the unnecessary amount of “beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such—such beautiful shirts before." (Fitzgerald 99). Daisy shows guilt here when she realizes she married Tom for his money but now Gatsby has the same means or maybe more. Gatsby spends so much of time pining over Daisy and this idea he has of her even though she left him when he didn’t have anything.

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