How Does Fitzgerald Use Disillusionment In The Great Gatsby

In the Great Gatsby (1925), F. Scott Fitzgerald suggests that Daisy experiences disillusionment when she realizes that Gatsby is not the person she thought he was. Through Daisy’s experience, Fitzgerald’s purpose is to address those who are blinded by the illusion of love, as their feelings can lead them to oversee who a person truly is.
To begin with, Fitzgerald utilizes diction in order to enhance the disenchantment Daisy felt towards Gatsby when she discovers how he truly became the one and only Great Gatsby. He illuminates this dissatisfaction by specifically describing how Daisy “was drawing further and further into herself” when she learned that Gatsby was a bootlegger and acquired all his fortune in an illegal manner (134). Fitzgerald decided to write about the fact that Daisy drew herself “further away” in order to formulate how learning the truth impacted her perspective and love for Gatsby and how in that moment it “slipped away” (134). Fitzgerald’s choice of words brings to life the character’s traits, feelings, and thoughts. Also, it provides the audience with the main idea of the passage that being the loss of love Daisy felt when learning about Gatsby’s past and how that helped her grow as an individual.

For instance, he brings to life phrases such as “trying to touch what was no longer tangible” and “only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away” (134). Through these examples, readers can figuratively visualize how Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship is growing apart. As the truth continues to unveil and through Fitzgerald’s descriptive language, we can anticipate that Daisy could not overlook Gatsby’s criminal activity, hence, the dream of them being together is over. Details helps the illusion of love others experience fade away, as they gain a deeper understanding of how Daisy became enlightened of the reality of her