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Examples Of Daisy Ptsd In The Great Gatsby

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There are about 24.4 million people in the United States struggling with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ("PTSD Statistics"), a mental disorder that developed after a person is exposed to a traumatic event ("Posttraumatic stress disorder"). In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s protagonist, Nick Carraway, witnesses the tragedy of Jay Gatsby who creates his life and pursues wealth and Daisy during a summer living in New York. Jay Gatsby’s obsessive pursuit of Daisy and wealth are signs of him having PTSD. Most people would think of his PTSD due to the battles in world war I, I would like to offer another hypothesis that Jay’s PTSD comes from sexual assault in his early age, and Daisy and wealth are his only salvation. Daisy
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