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Great Gatsby Emotional Destiny Quotes

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Emotional Destiny “Lets not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it”-- Vincent Van Gogh All humans have emotions which tend to cause them to do certain things in order to fulfill their emotions. For example, if a girl cheats on their boyfriend with another man, the boyfriend would become angry and want to beat up the other guy. We see emotions taking action throughout The Great Gatsby with the main character, Gatsby recreating himself in the name of love. In the novel, “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main character, Jay Gatsby decides he must make himself more appealing to Daisy: the girl he dedicated his love to at around age 19. He asks her to wait for him until after the war, although Daisy instead decides not to wait for Gatsby and marries old money millionaire, Tom Buchanan and has a child. Even though Daisy is married, Gatsby still pursues her love and tries to break apart Tom and Daisy’s marriage. This shows Gatsby’s scandalous love to get back ‘the love of his life’ in his arms again. …show more content…

Gatsby purchased that house in that location in order to be closer to Daisy and easily show her he finally has the money she was looking for. Having that mansion also allows Gatsby to show off his fortune to Daisy by throwing parties. We are informed of this implication made by Jordan when she implies “I think he half have expected her to wander into one of his parties, some nights, but she never did” (79). Gatsby throwing all his ‘lavish parties’ is another example of him going to endless lengths to earn Daisy’s love. His enormous wealth is a symbol for the amount of work he has dedicated to impress

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