The Great Gatsby Theme Of Love

The Great Gatsby is all about the social interactions of the narrator Nick Carraway has with others as he attempts to integrate himself into his new life. Born in Wisconsin and having served in World War I Nick Carraway (the protagonist of the novel) seeked a better life in New York pursuing a place in the bond business. F. Scott Fitzgerald pays great attention to detail in his novel while following the ventures of Nick while he works to conform himself to his new life. Fitzgerald treats the subtleties and nuances of conversation with care in The Great Gatsby with the faint changes in mood and expression being just as easy to overlook in reading as they would be in real life. Fitzgerald implements techniques into his writing that make it impossible

Throughout Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby most if not all characters fall victim to the complications and consequences of love. Throughout a significant portion of the book Nick is caught up in Gatsby’s five year long plan to reunite himself with Daisy all while he is struggling with his own conflicts of attempting to stay true to himself as “one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” (Fitzgerald 64) Fitzgerald portrays love as something you make sacrifices for, do unreasonable things for, and go to the extremes to pursue, examples of all of these can be noted throughout the story. Gatsby builds his fortune over a span of five years and spends a massive amount of money constantly in order to get Daisy to fall in love with him. Gatsby expended the best and last years of his life working to impress a woman that already had her whole life set and likely forgot about him. Gatsby sacrificed his time, money, and ultimately his life for Daisy, that is love. Gatsby tried to win over Daisy the only way he knew how, with money. It almost worked too, Gatsby wooed Daisy with his extravagant array of expensive possessions yet, when the time came to choose between Gatsby and Tom Daisy simply couldn’t commit to Gatsby. Daisy wished to stay with Tom likely due to the security Tom provided her with financially for she wished to live a life of ease and

Throughout Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby most if not all characters fall victim to the complications and consequences of love. Throughout a significant portion of the book Nick is caught up in Gatsby’s five year long plan to reunite himself with Daisy all while he is struggling with his own conflicts of attempting to stay true to himself as “one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” (Fitzgerald 64) Fitzgerald portrays love as something you make sacrifices for, do unreasonable things for, and go to the extremes to pursue, examples of all of these can be noted throughout the story. Gatsby builds his fortune over a span of and spends a massive amount of money