The Great Gatsby And Daisy's Relationship

In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Caraway, the protagonist from whose perspective the entire book is set, almost always exhibits radically negative views on other characters and their actions. One person, however, who is “exempt from [his] reaction – [is] Gatsby” (1.4). Nick almost enamors Gatsby. The reason for Nick’s exception of and affection for Gatsby lies largely in Nick himself. Set during the Roaring Twenties, the time when young millionaires were drowning in their wealth and living a careless, lavish life in a city that Nick describes as being filled with: “wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world" (4.68) Nick can’t help but have a feeling that he is “inside and outside at the same time”. On one hand,

Gatsby’s character is only being reinforced in the next couple of chapters. When Nick talks with Jordan about the story behind the purchase and acquisition of Gatsby’s mansion the realization that its position right across Daisy’s estate has a much deeper value and significance fills Nick with admiration and fondness towards Gatsby: “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay. Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor” (4.78). This unexpected revelation, that Nick firstly claims to be “a strange coincidence” (4.78) made Gatsby so much more interesting in the eyes of Nick. Being romantic himself, Nick truly admires this act. Nick understand that Gatsby’s love towards Daisy is more than just strong. In Nick’s understanding the person is not truly alive if he has no higher goal or dream towards which a person works and tries to reach every day of his life. Gatsby, by Nick’s definition, is truly alive. The beginning of the end starts when Gatsby and Daisy are finally reunited, and are taking a tour around Gatsby’s estate. As they approach the pier, Gatsby says: “If it wasn 't

After this pivotal point in the story, Gatsby’s life and his visions start to slowly fall apart one-by-one. This grim theme reoccurs again in the later part of the same scene: "as I went over to say good-by I saw that the expression of be-wilderment had come back into Gatsby’s face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness. Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams-not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart"(5.95-96). Suddenly Nick sees a man with an “expression be-wilderment” on his face, who has great doubts about the things that he considered to be the priorities. Nick sees a man whose entire life was dedicated to one dream, and now that his dream is achieved this man is truly lost. Gatsby made a world full of lively illusions, and now as they are disappearing, they take a part of Gatsby’s ‘life’ piece by piece. Gatsby realizes that while he lived for this dream, Daisy didn’t. While he created numerous illusions, he forgot about the reality and a simple notion of time. Next quotation shows Nick as a true optimist and a person full of hope. During their