The quest for love always has a presence in every story. Having a character chasing another are often used to incorporate the meaning of the novel. Like the famous Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and other writings, the theme of the pursuit of love exhibits a fine line between love and infatuation. Embracing a person for who they are versus being preoccupied with the perfect idea of an individual are two completely different ideas. This is established in the novel, ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald, where Jay Gatsby is head over heels for the love of the beautiful and rich Daisy Buchanan; the wife of Tom Buchanan. As Gatsby pursues her, Fitzgerald demonstrates his pursuit of love through the continuing usage of rhetorical moves.
When it comes to having a crush, one might advise to ‘be yourself’. This does not apply to Gatsby. His head is shrouded with disillusioned thoughts that getting rid of his true self will make Daisy fall back in love with him. To him, Daisy represents everything he is not: wealthy, high social status, upper class. He, in contrast to
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Blue sea, wilt thou welcome me? (Dickinson 1).” The narrator, like Gatsby, is begging for their lover to love them back. Dickinson embodies this idea through the metaphors of the river and the sea; the small river in contrast to the big blue sea. Both are completely different things that are never meant to be together, but the narrator is willing to do anything to have his love. The sea is often associated with the implication of deity or a sense of superiority. Dickinson says “fetch thee brooks from spotted nooks” to convey the idea that everything is done to get the love of the unattainable. The river is also a metaphor for the never-ending lover the narrator has for the individual - keeping the flow despite the obstacles of weather and conditions it has, paralleling Gatsby’s love for