Examples Of Pristine In The Great Gatsby

Every one of us can possibly be guilty of pursuing what we believe will bring us joy, yet once we get them we are no longer satisfied. It is possible to want the newest phone available. To get this phone you work harder and make sure that you are checking the price daily to see if it has changed. You become so excited for the day that you actually purchase it and you make sure that everything about the phone is pristine. At the start it is exactly what you pictured all this time before. After a few days it is no longer exciting and it loses the value that you once placed in it. If you have gone through a similar experience then you can relate to Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald suggests through the actions

He would do anything for her, including criminal activity. Although Gatsby wanted Daisy apart of his life, he did not realize that the memories of the past influenced the way he saw their future. However, he kept track of where Daisy was and he did everything to make sure that he was close enough to her, yet kept his distance so it was not creepy. Gatsby built his mansion across Daisy’s bay so that he could attempt to impress her and he could also look over whilst reminiscing the past. Although she was so close Gatsby still felt that Daisy was unattainable. He had this unrealistic vision that he was going to live a sensational life with his past lover from five years ago, yet he felt too apprehensive to pursue her alone. He wanted to relive the greatest moment of his life, so much that Daisy was what motivated Gatsby in life. Nick states “[Gatsby] had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths--so he could 'come over' some afternoon to a stranger's garden." This shows us just how special Daisy was to Gatsby and the lasting impact that memories had on

For instance, when Daisy is coming over for tea at Nick’s he cuts the grass, buys flowers, and dresses exquisitely, but most importantly, attempts to seem less nervous than he actually is. Yet when he does this, it backfires and he makes a fool of himself. Although this is what Gatsby thinks of himself, he goes to Nick to get reassurance that meeting Daisy was not a mistake. Already Gatsby’s reality is less than his memory of being with Daisy. As revealed by when Nick says “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that green light had now vanished forever.” Nick means that Gatsby no longer sees it as the memories of Daisy but instead, that the meeting of Daisy was not as magnificent as he imagined. Gatsby began to realize that all of his dreams built up to this expectation that they would be together forever, yet that is not how reality plays out for