Illusions In The Great Gatsby
Men, who base their future objectives on past experiences, will end up destroying their own dreams. When Gatsby was trying to remake his past with Daisy, He messed up his own American-Dream, which was being successful. In Scott F. Fitzgerald’s Novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby past created an obsessive illusion, a vision of himself and Daisy living in a perfect world, in which lead him to destroy his own life. It is Gatsby's ideas and illusions created by his past that blind him to reality.
The authors use betrayal in the Great Gatsby to describe the characters to get what they want. Tom betrayed his wife by ignoring the sanctity of their marriage having an affair with a woman in New York City. In the novel, Tom Said, "And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while …show more content…
Tom had messed up the relationship that they built. Tom had a kid with Daisy and the affair made their family potentially fall apart. Tom’s disloyal and guilt-free ways allowed him to have an affair without feeling any regret and guilt that he cheated on Daisy with a married woman. Another Betrayal that was in the book was that Jay Gatsby betrayed his own self-believing that he could trust Daisy and start a future relationship with her. “Oh, you want too much!” she cried to 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.” (Fitzgerald, 132) When Daisy told Gatsby that she love him too, He just couldn’t believe that he was not the only one that Daisy was in love with. When he realize that she still in love with Tom he was devastated and hurt because he thought he was going to get his girl back and live his American-Dream. He could have easily been a very successful man and could have done a lot of great things with his life, but instead he wasted all his time chasing after Daisy and trying to get her to notice him. It all started when Daisy led
The authors use betrayal in the Great Gatsby to describe the characters to get what they want. Tom betrayed his wife by ignoring the sanctity of their marriage having an affair with a woman in New York City. In the novel, Tom Said, "And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while …show more content…
Tom had messed up the relationship that they built. Tom had a kid with Daisy and the affair made their family potentially fall apart. Tom’s disloyal and guilt-free ways allowed him to have an affair without feeling any regret and guilt that he cheated on Daisy with a married woman. Another Betrayal that was in the book was that Jay Gatsby betrayed his own self-believing that he could trust Daisy and start a future relationship with her. “Oh, you want too much!” she cried to 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.” (Fitzgerald, 132) When Daisy told Gatsby that she love him too, He just couldn’t believe that he was not the only one that Daisy was in love with. When he realize that she still in love with Tom he was devastated and hurt because he thought he was going to get his girl back and live his American-Dream. He could have easily been a very successful man and could have done a lot of great things with his life, but instead he wasted all his time chasing after Daisy and trying to get her to notice him. It all started when Daisy led