Gatsby Holy Grail Quotes

Gatsby’s Holy Grail A holy grail is referred to as something that one wants very much, but is impossible to get or achieve. One’s holy grail could be anything, from a golden chalice, to the love of a certain Daisy Buchanan. In the book Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main character Jay Gatsby’s holy grail, is the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Daisy had been the object of his desires, and the reason that he has strived to achieve the life that he has now. They met in their youth, and Jay had the perception that he was in love with daisy. Unfortunately, Gatsby does not feel love for Daisy, instead he feels love for the wealth she represents. He saw her wealth and status, and it became apparent that he was not good enough for Daisy, and

Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams-not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. no amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart” (p.95). As Gatsby is saying goodbye to Daisy after seeing her for the first time in 5 years, Nick makes the observation that perhaps Daisy had not lived up to Gatsby’s standards. Of course, Gatsby’s standards had been inflated, due to time and obsession. He had made her into something she wasn't. Instead of loving her for her, he loved her for the idea of her in his head. These idealistic standards that he had been pursuing for five years were not representative of who Daisy really was. So when they met again, Gatsby was bewildered in a way, that it seemed she was not what he expected, when really she had not changed, but her image in his head had. As it said, Daisy had tumbled short of his dreams, not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. Daisy was the sole reason that he had gotten

What he thought was love however was obsession. Possession. He wanted her, and he wanted what she came with. To him, Daisy herself was no more than an object. Another possession he could obtain. But what she came with, where she was from, what she could do, that was something that Gatsby could never have. So he wanted daisy. “It excited him too, that many men had already loved Daisy- it increased her value in his eyes. He felt their presence all about the house pervading. But he knew that he was in Daisy's house by a colossal accident. However glorious might be his future as jay gatsby, he was at present a penniless young man without a past and at any moment the invisible cloak of his uniform might slip from his shoulders” (p.149). When we look into Gatsby’s past, we see that even before he idealized her he saw her as an object. That she was an object that others wanted, that the market was competitive. He then knows and feels that he is not the type of man who is worthy of daisy. He isn’t even worth being in her house, it’s an “accident”. We also see that he is afraid that Daisy will see him for who he really is, that the “invisible cloak” might slip, and that she will see him for who he is, a poor man who is not up to the old money standards that Daisy has. Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy, but it is not