Examples Of Failure In The Great Gatsby
Often in works of literature a character will do almost anything to achieve his ultimate goal or dream. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the main characters, Gatsby will fail at achieving his dream. For Gatsby his ultimate dream is to get back together with his long lost girlfriend Daisy who he is sickly in love with. You might think that this could be an easy task for a man like Gatsby who is extremely wealthy and likable but what you don't know is that Daisy is happily married to a man named Tom Buchanan who plays the role as the bad guy, he is a Yale graduate and comes from a very wealthy family. Daisy and Gatsby are in love with each other and also have an affair, but they can never be together. Throughout the story he will
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The reason why I think this is not correct is because Gatsby has already achieved success he is extremely wealthy and could get whatever he desires. The only thing he cant get is Daisy. Another example of them two rekindling their past was when Daisy hangs out with Tom, Gatsby, Jordan, and her husband on the hottest day ever. This was the worst thing they could have done. During lunch Daisy's husband Tom realizes that Gatsby and his wife are in love and having an affair. Gatsby just stares at Daisy with love eyes, and Daisy right next to Tom, says that she loves Gatsby. On page 122 a lot of stuff goes down Tom sees Gatsby and says “Mr. Gatsby! He put out his broad, flat hand with well-concealed dislike. “ I’m glad to see you, sir…..Nick…..” Right after that Daisy tells Tom to make them drinks and she immediately kisses Gatsby and says on page 123 “You know I love you.” As you can see Gatsby thinks that his dream is coming true and it seems that way but it will soon get shattered when Tom finds
The reason why I think this is not correct is because Gatsby has already achieved success he is extremely wealthy and could get whatever he desires. The only thing he cant get is Daisy. Another example of them two rekindling their past was when Daisy hangs out with Tom, Gatsby, Jordan, and her husband on the hottest day ever. This was the worst thing they could have done. During lunch Daisy's husband Tom realizes that Gatsby and his wife are in love and having an affair. Gatsby just stares at Daisy with love eyes, and Daisy right next to Tom, says that she loves Gatsby. On page 122 a lot of stuff goes down Tom sees Gatsby and says “Mr. Gatsby! He put out his broad, flat hand with well-concealed dislike. “ I’m glad to see you, sir…..Nick…..” Right after that Daisy tells Tom to make them drinks and she immediately kisses Gatsby and says on page 123 “You know I love you.” As you can see Gatsby thinks that his dream is coming true and it seems that way but it will soon get shattered when Tom finds