The Role Of Motivation In The Great Gatsby

For some, achieving their dreams and fantasies can be so motivating; that it may drive them to do radical things. Naturally, humans position themselves for a path of success in which to attain their desired lifestyle in the future. This path of success may be planned by pursuing a preferred field of study or job; however, some will continuously and relentlessly devote their entire lives to this goal. This means that every choice they make and every chance they have is aimed at acquiring their desired way of life. Inevitably leading to one taking drastic measures to achieve what has gradually become an inaccessible and unrealistic aspiration. These drastic measures are being demonstrated in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, when Gatsby's

His uttermost ambition to reach his goal often pushed him to make outrageous choices with one objective in mind. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby's motivation to reach an unattainable goal highlights how it manipulates one to do radical things to achieve their dream.

As a result of Gatsby using his belongings and lifestyle to entice Daisy, he felt that it increases his probability of attaining his fantasy. Therefore, he endeavors to charm and romance her with his elaborate and expensive lifestyle. Before he left for war, he told Daisy he would return to marry her after completing his military service. She married Tom, nevertheless, because she desired wealth, status, and freedom. Thus, to draw her attention, Gatsby purchased mansions with lavish furnishings and threw extravagant parties

His false notion of a dream eventually manipulated him into making radical decisions, thus ending up harming his life from then on. Daisy is quoted arguing, "Oh, you want too much!' she cried to Gatsby. 'I love you now—isn't that enough?'" (Fitzgerald 100). Despite when Daisy admitted that she loved Gatsby, he felt that it was still not adequate for him. Gatsby's fabrication of acquiring an elusive goal manipulated him into being obsessed with having the woman of his dreams without end. Consequently, he broke the law and went out of his way to intentionally allure her attention through his decisions. Nick asserts: "Gatsby turned out all right in the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men'' (Fitzgerald 2). The pursuit of his dream manipulated Gatsby, increasing his craving to attain an unattainable goal, resulting in Gatsby making impulsive decisions as highlighted. In which was stated as "what preyed on Gatsby ". Furthermore, Gatsby's "predator" is his undying love for Daisy and the extent he would go to to be in a relationship with her. Dickstein asserts, "Gatsby acquires wealth, not for its own sake but to fulfill his exalted notion of life's possibilities" (Dickstein). Gatsby manipulates those around him and himself into believing the