The Great Gatsby is a story about millionaire Jay Gatsby, told by Nick Carraway. Gatsby’s mansion is adjacent to Carraway’s humble home. After Nick is invited to one of Gatsby’s parties he learns that Gatsby is in love Daisy Buchanan, Nick’s cousin and the wife of Tom Buchanan, an acquaintance of Nick. When Buchanan takes Nick for a day in the city, he tells him he is having an affair with Myrtle, the wife of a mechanic. Nick is later told that Gatsby, Jay Gatz at the time, and Daisy had once been in love, but Daisy married Tom while Gatsby was in Europe during the Great War. In the aftermath of this, Jay Gatz abandoned his old identity, becoming Jay Gatsby and amassing a fortune. Gatsby chose the site of his house because it was across the …show more content…
Nick and Gatsby also become close. Buchanan eventually confronts Gatsby about the affair, and the two argue about who Daisy genuinely loves. Daisy claims to love both of them, but decides to be with Gatsby. Daisy drives Gatsby’s car, and accidentally kills Buchanan’s mistress Myrtle who had run out thinking Buchanan was in the car. Myrtle’s husband blames Buchanan for her death, but Buchanan informs him that it was Gatsby’s car that killed her. The mechanic goes to Gatsby’s house, where he shoots Gatsby and then himself. Daisy refuses to confess to her crime, and few people show up for Gatsby’s …show more content…
Gatsby based his whole self-being on how much money he earned and the possessions he had, his sole purpose for acquiring wealth was to win back his old love. When Gatsby first met Daisy he was underprivileged and considered unworthy because of his lower class status. He knew that while he was poor there was no chance of them ever uniting as a couple. Gatsby felt that the only way to win Daisy back was to reach for what many people considered the “American Dream.” After achieving it, his life turns into a worthless existence based on falsehoods. Gatsby tried to buy happiness and became something he was not. Even with all of his money and possessions, he was still not able to truly be happy. He lived his whole life in pursuit of money and class but ended up dying for his “American