Pursuit Of Happiness In The Great Gatsby

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In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby’s constant pursuit of wealth had a major role in his happiness. Gatsby’s true sadness stemmed from his constant pursuit of money and wealth which caused him to be alone, fail to bring back the woman he loved, and not share the same status with other wealthy individuals. Despite Gatsby’s wealth, he isn’t happy or satisfied with himself without Daisy. Despite Gatsby having a lot of money and wealth he still feels alone. Gatsby is in constant search of something to not make him feel alone. Gatsby feels like he is missing something in his life, he isn’t married to the woman he loves and she was the whole reason he wanted to be wealthy. Gatsby said "Well, suppose we take a plunge in the swimming pool? I haven't made use of it all summer." "I've got to go to bed." "All right.". Gatsby has a swimming pool but never uses it so he just buys and gets pointless things just to show off anyway but he has no one to show it off to. Despite Gatsby‘s wealth, he doesn’t have someone to spend it on besides himself and this makes him feel alone. …show more content…

Daisy is always on Gatsby’s mind, he is thinking about her to the point of obsession. He is doing everything he can think of to try and win Daisy over such as showing off his house and trying to take her out to NYC. Gatsby said "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."(Pg.63). Gatsby is trying to anger Tom, and make him think that Daisy has only loved Gatsby and that she only married Tom for his money, Tom also uses the word never which implies that Daisy hasn’t loved Tom throughout her whole life. No matter what Gatsby put into their relationship, Daisy will not be with