In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, a man with recently acquired wealth, tries to win over Daisy Buchanan, a married woman from Gatsby’s past, with money. Gatsby sacrificed plenty of his wealth on a big home across the bay from Daisy where he could see a green light coming from a dock across the bay from his house. Gatsby would spend thousands of dollars throwing extravagant parties to try to get her attention, hoping one day she would attend them. Later in the book, Gatsby shows off his fancy cars and silk shirts to Daisy, which impresses her, to the point where she starts to cry. The wealth in The Great Gatsby sacrificed is consistent in Destino by a woman, who is the main character of the film. As she is walking up a tall structure, she stops …show more content…
In the novel, Gatsby spent five years searching, thinking, and wondering if he would ever see Daisy come to the lavish parties he had thrown. In the earlier stages of the book, Nick Caraway, an old friend of Daisy, has Gatsby trying to befriend him to get closer to her. After many days of getting to know Nick, Gatsby is able to persuade him to invite Daisy over for tea, and instead of it being with Nick, Gatsby will be there with her. Sacrifices of time in The Great Gatsby can be related to the sacrifices that were made in Destino. In Destino, a woman makes plenty of sacrifices of her time to try to win over a man who is more focused on pursuing his dream. Throughout the film, the woman and the man spend an endless amount of time trying to make their love for each other work, but ultimately, the man chases his dream of playing baseball instead of being with her. After a long duration, the man realizes he made a mistake, but it is too late; he comes face-to-face with the woman before she turns to stone and the love is lost. In both stories, a man or a woman loses an uncountable amount of time, only to gain a broken heart and unpleasant