The Great Gatsby Research Paper

Love is something that drives individuals to do things for those loved ones. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald dives into the effects that love can have on a person's actions, including a form of disillusionment. The novel introduces plenty of relationships where absurd actions are done either out of loyalty or disloyalty due to love. It is clear that love and relationships can cause a person to act out in a delusional manner. The Great Gatsby dives into the relationships and how they are examples of love's power to control a person's actions against their better judgment. When you're in love with someone, you tend to want to impress them. There are lengths someone can go to in order to gain their person of interest. Gatsby

She only married you. I was poor, and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me!” Gatsby allows his emotions to get the best of him and doesn't take time to process and think about what he is going to say. This confrontation leads to Gabsy getting a reality check and leading to Daisy revealing she also loved Tom at some point. Although Daisy confessed her love for Tom, Tom in his true fashion, was never loyal to Daisy. Tom of course was having an affair with Myrtle, using her as an escape from his daily life. Their relationship causes Myrtle to live in a fantasy of where she thinks Tom will one day leave Daisy for her. Myrtle is blinded by Tom’s ability to grant her needs and his social status, which allows her to be attached to Tom. “I told that boy I was going to plant myself on that front porch until he came out.” (125) Myrtle lives in such disillusionment, she believes she's more to Tom than she really is. Earlier in the novel, a party took place where Myrtle was attending. She talks about the materialistic objects Tom was able to give her to Nick, saying, “He bought me a bunch of flowers”