How Does Fitzgerald Present Love In The Great Gatsby
Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott. Fitzgerald, love and money are big concepts that are shown. Love is rather superficial and not pure between Tom and Daisy. The days leading up to their wedding Tom put on quite a show for Daisy to prove he had money, “He came down with a hundred people in four private cars, and hired a whole floor of the Muhlbach Hotel, and the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars” (75-76). Later on, Daisy gets drunk and begins to sob while holding a letter in her hand, “She groped around in a waste-basket she had with her on the bed and pulled out the string of pearls. ‘Take ‘em down-stairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to. Tell
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When Daisy meets for tea with Gatsby and Nick, she is completely surprised by the man she is reintroduced to. As they approach Gatsby’s mansion Daisy says, “‘That huge place over there?’ she cried pointing” (90). Gatsby is truly in love with Daisy, but she is only looking at the value in his home and belongings. For example, when looking through old photographs Daisy says, “‘The pompadour! You never told me you had a pompadour-or a yacht’” (93). This shows how superficial Daisy truly is and she is only praising Gatsby for materialistic items. When Daisy is finally convinced that Gatsby is more suitable than Tom, she decides to tell Tom that she never loved him but later takes back what she has said. Daisy then gets frustrated at Gatsby, “‘I love you now-isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past.’ She began to sob helplessly. ‘I did love him once-but I loved you too.’” (132). This quote shows how conflicted Daisy is within herself because she had loved both of the men in the past, but now wants to leave Tom for Gatsby. Daisy and Gatsby also have an artificial love much like the other characters throughout this
When Daisy meets for tea with Gatsby and Nick, she is completely surprised by the man she is reintroduced to. As they approach Gatsby’s mansion Daisy says, “‘That huge place over there?’ she cried pointing” (90). Gatsby is truly in love with Daisy, but she is only looking at the value in his home and belongings. For example, when looking through old photographs Daisy says, “‘The pompadour! You never told me you had a pompadour-or a yacht’” (93). This shows how superficial Daisy truly is and she is only praising Gatsby for materialistic items. When Daisy is finally convinced that Gatsby is more suitable than Tom, she decides to tell Tom that she never loved him but later takes back what she has said. Daisy then gets frustrated at Gatsby, “‘I love you now-isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past.’ She began to sob helplessly. ‘I did love him once-but I loved you too.’” (132). This quote shows how conflicted Daisy is within herself because she had loved both of the men in the past, but now wants to leave Tom for Gatsby. Daisy and Gatsby also have an artificial love much like the other characters throughout this