The great gatsby
Social status plays a big role in every society. Everybody wants to achieve some form of social status. In the movie The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby sole purpose in life was to achieve a very high social status and not live as his parents did. With Jay’s vision of himself, along with the love he poured into Daisy and his insistence on reliving the past his Gatsby’s ultimate down fall. Jay’s own vision of himself started out at an early age, he even denied his own parents since they were not of the social class he wanted to live. He decides to run away during which he learns how to become a proper gentlemen and learns how to mingle with the higher class society. However this does not bring him the fame and fortune he sees for himself and interns decides to start selling moonshine under the table which leads him to the fortune and fame he so seeks. This however does haunt him since he cannot explain how he made his fortunes and leads to suspicions by others. With others questioning him and starting to piece everything together Gatsby realizes he can no longer up hold the elite status while illegally making millions. The biggest down fall for Jay was his love and affection for Daisy. Everything he did and everything he bought he had Daisy in mind, even to the extent of buying the house across the lake from her. His undying love for her however does get the attention of Daisy’s husband who starts to inquire on Jay’s financials and uncovers what he is really been doing. Had Jay Gatsby just moved on from Daisy and found another love he would not have wound up in a pool of his own blood. Even though rekindling his love for Daisy lead to his downfall it was his wanting to relive the past that cost him everything. He was so hell bent on making Daisy admit to her husband that she never loved him that it started the beginning of the end for Gatsby. He could not be satisfied with just a friendship or slowly having Daisy fall in love with him, no, he wanted to pick