Examples Of Time In The Great Gatsby

Time is the concept of continuous change. Although it is broken up into the past, present and future, time moves gradually. Many thrive to be able to relive the past but when we try to live in our past it can limit our future. Our eternal existence is in the present and all we can foresee is our future. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published April 10th 1925 in New York portrays the main character Jay Gatsby spending his entire life devoted to pursuing Daisy Buchanan's love, a woman from his past. Gatsby had spent most of his life fighting for a sensation he was unable to revive due to his delusion of his ideal future. Time is continuous. Trying to relive your past will get you nowhere in life, you should live in the

All in an effort to attract Daisy Buchanan, a single woman, he would host lavish parties with open invites. Daisy, on the other hand, was born in a wealthy environment. She was born into riches, married into wealth, and planned to remain in wealth. Realizing this, Gatsby continuously worked on elevating his reputation in order to win Daisy over. Gatsby is unwilling to admit the distance that Daisy and he have developed over the past five years. Along with the obvious outcome that their relationship will never be the same again since she is too far gone. After five years of not seeing each other Gatsby awaits Daisy on a gloomy, rainy day. Gatsby has a hope that him and Daisy can recontinue what they left off but he is taken by surprise when he finds out Daisy is with another man who is occupying her time. Gatsby can't seem to wrap the fact around his head the fact that in their time apart, Daisy was able to

He is unaware that his goals are currently out of reach and that he must comprehend this and move on. Gatsby built a great possible future for himself but he ruined it when he began attempting to relive the past. You should live in the present if you want to create the ideal future for yourself. Gatsby's past possesses him. Gatsby spent his entire life trying to recreate a pure, perfect past with Daisy. At one point in his life, Gatsby had nothing. He was a poor man but determined to gain wealth in order to win Daisy over. Daisy was born into riches and strives to be that way her whole life. Gatsby became a bootlegger, selling alcohol illegally in order to gain money. Gatsby tried to charm Daisy before he set out for WWI. By the time Gatsby returned he had become a wealthy man who began to host house parties solely for the intent of hoping Daisy shows up to one. When he and Daisy reconnect she has married a rich man that has a mistress. Gatsby and Daisy claim that they still are in love with each other, yet she loves someone else too. A few weeks later Gatsby is shot to death and Nick, who was Gatsby's only friend makes attempts to get others to attend his funeral. Nick was unable to get neither Tom nor Daisy to show up. This just shows their ignorance and how they resort to money over everything else. Gatsby strived his whole life for Daisy just for her to be ignorant enough to not