Happiness is something humans have been pursuing for centuries. The quest for happiness is so cemented in the minds of human beings that it has been used as a method of control, and as a weapon against others. Humans are moths, ever drawn to the distant flame of joy. Over the past year I have learned much about this pursuit that has plagued humans for millennia. Pieces of literature like The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men and The Devil and Tom Walker all explore this pursuit in unique and diverse ways.
Every Human has their own opinion on the outlook of life. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, two of the main characters have different and similar views on various aspects of life. Tom and Gatsby view Daisy in similar ways, life in different ways, and money in similar ways. Tom and Gatsby view Daisy in very similar ways.
Despite their differences, Gatsby and Tom share some similarities such as their in upper-class society (Fitzgerald 89). Ultimately, their positive and negative characteristics set them apart; we're going to analyze Tom and Gatsby and see their differences in similarities and why Daisy might be attracted to each of them. First, we both look at the similarities Gatsby and Tom are both wealthy and come from privileged backgrounds which Gatsby doesn't have but has alluded to Gatsby's Fortune is shrouded in mystery with a rumor circulating about his criminal activities well Tom's wealth is inherited and stems from his family's old money status both men can flaunt their wealth through extravagant parties and luxurious possessions which
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” Gatsby and Tom are different, but one of the things they have in common is Daisy; they both want to protect her yet they do it differently, and they both lie to her about different things. One of the things that Tom and Gatsby have in common is that they both to protect Daisy. On page 155 of “The Great Gatsby” Fitzgerald wrote “He couldn’t possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do. ”(This is Nick when he was thinking about Gatsby.). This shows that Gatsby is worried about her and wants to protect her.
The Great Gatsby is a novel that discusses many issues around money in American society. A direct link to this is Daisy and Tom Buchanan, characters who represent the old money upper class. Throughout the story their true personality appears. The Buchanans’ are centered around wealth to the point that their relationship is built on money and class. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the characters of Tom and Daisy Buchanan convey the theme that when the foundation for a relationship is money in place of love the outcome is a hollow marriage.
Tom and Daisy were displayed as a vision of wealth in The Great Gatsby. Daisy grew up in an affluent family and wanted for nothing. She never knew of a different lifestyle. Daisy knew of large, fancy homes and enjoyed life’s finer pleasures. Daisy’s “rich life and her rich home is another factor that makes her desirable to a young man without a past” (Tate 94).
The theme of illusion dominates throughout this entire novel, The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan are both created illusions, and they are very similar and different in many ways. Both illusions relate back to the realistic fact that you cannot repeat the past. Jay Gatsby, the man himself, is an illusion, created by James Gatz in 1917. When James first met Daisy, he fell in love with her.
However, in reality, Daisy is a shallow, greedy, and selfish woman. She yearns to have a lavish lifestyle and because of this, marries Tom, a very wealthy man. However, it is not just the wealth that interests Daisy, it is also the fact that Tom is an Old Rich as opposed to Gatsby, a New Rich. Tom, unlike Gatsby, inherited his wealth from his family while Gatsby obtained his wealth independently in his lifetime. Old Rich live in the lavish East Egg and New Rich live in the West Egg “the less fashionable of the two” (5).
How can two people be so clearly different but similar at the same time? In the story The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this is shown between Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. Tom and George throughout the book are shown to be two very different characters on how they care for their wives and how they hold themselves. But in the story they are also shown how similarly easily they can both lose their temperaments and hurt people.
Start here. Was Gatsby in love with Daisy’s dough, or the way she dipped? While Gatsby was attracted to Daisy while she was wealthy, Gatsby’s love for her was not influenced by her wealth. Gatsby told Daisy he would return when he could financially support her. Gatsby loved the way Daisy looked, especially in his house.
Alivea Luning Mr.Stephens English 2 Honors 03/27/24 In the story, The Great Gatsby, characters Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are what some might describe as the opposite, but yet the same. During most of the story, readers heard about Tom and Gatsby very differently. We’ve heard about both their personalities, flaws, and ostentatious belongings. Throughout the story, both characters display their loyalty and secret relationships they have with others.
There are two wealthy neighborhoods called East and West egg, furthermore, people in east egg have been rich for generations, yet east egg people look down on west egg people because west egg people started out poor and only recently acquired their wealth, for east egg people think west egg people do not know how to behave. Young, wealthy, handsome, mysterious Jay Gatsby owns a fabulous west egg mansion, even through Gatsby throws outrageous parties every weekend, still east egg people refuse to attend, meanwhile, Daisy's family has old money, likewise, Daisy's family lives in east egg, and Daisy's husband Tom is a cruel and controlling hypocrite. Gatsby and Daisy knew each other several years ago, although, at that time, Daisy was single and
The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about how the interactions between money and love have major effects on the relationships between Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby. The relationship between Tom and Daisy is built more on money rather than love, however, there is little bits of love. Daisy marries Tom because of his wealth, but throughout their relationship she does, fall in love with Tom at least once. Also, Tom uses his money to basically buy Daisy’s love showing that he wants to have love in his life. The relationship between Gatsby and Daisy is also built on wealth, but it also involves love, alike the relationship of Tom and Daisy.
Gatsby was once poor, and later in his life, he earned a large amount of money through illegal businesses to earn the love of Daisy, whom he lost five years ago. However, Gatsby dies in the end, and Daisy never accepts Gatsby’s love. This affects the validity of money, proving happiness in any way. Moreover, Daisy’s personification as a character is a model of someone who is born into the American Dream due to the fact that she was born in America and therefore has high status and opportunities for money. However, Daisy ends up unhappy since she has no dream to strive for.
It was ironic that even Nick, a person who was “inclined to reserve all judgment” (Fitzgerald 1), was able to see how money had made Tom and Daisy careless and lazy. Nick also notices that Daisy and Tom had disappeared right after Gatsby’s death. Daisy and Tom were wealthy enough to move out of Long Island, while they made everyone else solve the problem that they had left behind. It is easy for rich people to become weak and only focus on
