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Examples Of Irony In The Great Gatsby

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Ironies in “The Great Gatsby”
Many ironies take place in “The Great Gatsby” Gatsby worked his entire life to be the type of man Daisy wanted. He also held party after party where hundreds of people would show up in hopes that Daisy would walk in. Gatsby also took the blame for killing Myrtle only because he loved Daisy so much he didn’t want anything to happen to her, his plan backfired. Gatsby had many parties at his mansion, in which hundreds of people would attend. From the turn out of the guest it would seem as if Gatsby was a very respected, likeable, and popular individual. But that proved to be incorrect after his death. When only three people attended his funeral. One of which was his father, one was man known as the “owl eyed man”, and Nick. I find that ironic because while alive he was always surrounded by people where ever he went, but they didn’t even care about him. The guest that attended …show more content…

He built a mansion, became a very wealthy man, and had nice clothes. He was no longer the poor man he once was. Daisy married Tom because of the materialness he could offer her at the time Gatsby couldn’t, wealth, nice things, and the upper class lifestyle that she wanted. Gatsby never stopped loving her, everything he did in his life was to become the man she wanted and to win her love back. Once Gatsby acquired that lifestyle and finally reconnected with Daisy it still wasn’t enough. Gatsby even took the blame for the death of Myrtle knowing that Daisy was the one who was driving the vehicle when she was struck and killed. But that still wasn’t enough to win her back. Daisy never left Tom like she promised Gatsby she would. At the end of the day he had worked so hard to be the man she “wanted” and she still didn’t choose him. His love for Daisy and wanted to protect her cost him his life, because he took the blame for the death of Myrtle he got

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