Want In The Great Gatsby

Have you ever heard the difference between a want and a need? I realized there is a slight difference between a want and a need. A want is more of something you find as a possession or you observe everyone else having that similar item. A need is used for survival. Most people think it is used for desperation, but it is mainly for survival. Deciding between a want and a need is absolutely difficult, which is why we all tend to be indecisive, as we cannot make the choices on our own. Referring to the texts of The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald, The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, and the Excerpt From King Midas by Howard Moss, it describes and prioritizes their desires, ideas of morals between your want and your need, and irrational thinking,

In the book, Nick states, “He had gone beyond her, beyond everything.” (Fitzgerald 92). This describes Gatsby’s desires and dreams of yearning for Daisy. It separates his actions from his thoughts, as it suppresses his need to obtain Daisy. Unfortunately for Daisy, she is a confused lamb. She does not know what to do if she can stay loyal to Tom and stick with her unrequited love for Gatsby. Therefore, this leads to another example of how lost Daisy’s feelings are, as she states, “I have been everywhere, seen everything, and done everything.” (Fitzgerald 22). Daisy is extremely unsure of what the future holds for her if she wants to leave Tom and her baby, grasping a new life with Gatsby. Her desires are lost and unfulfilled, which makes Daisy think her life is purposeless without a sense of direction. With all the commotion entering her mind, she is soon left feeling emotionally exhausted and just needs a break from everything. This is one aspect of desire, whether it means you are greedy or just yearning for something to fill that empty gap in your

But when you cannot tell the difference, it can lead to an unexpected life choice. If I were to take a statement from King Midas, it states that,“And when you dream, a gold mine in your brain, will have both eyes release their golden ore, and cry for tears they could not cry before” (Moss 462). A dream is a desire, and once you achieve that desire, it can mean something hopeful or something sorrowful. When we have a desire, it shows you need to achieve it, but once you achieve it, it can be overly somber and maybe lonely. Nevertheless, you will never expect the outcome of your choice as nothing comes for free, and there will be a traded consequence. This poem has fulfilled the King's wishes to turn everything he touches into gold, but he soon realizes that the wish he made caused a ruckus, leaving everything and everyone he loves as gold statues. Another statement is from the Queen's perspective, which is “Whatever grows; The King’s touchy color let live, but close; Your nets upon the pink and crimson rose” (Moss 463). This states that his need for gold made him fulfilled, but it makes you blinded by another