The Great Gatsby Essay
The Great Gatsby Essay
Maddie Heap
Period 8B
The Great Gatsby is a brilliant novelization about two very different men who make acquaintances under the circumstances of love. Nick Carraway is a cousin with Daisy Buchannan, the woman with whom Jay Gatsby has been madly in love with for the past 5 years. He has done nothing but throw rich and extravagant parties in his colossal mansion that he purchased just to get her attention. But she never made an appearance. If Gatsby could have anyone in the world, it would be her, no questions asked. This book reminds me all too much of a song called “Pick and Choose” by Stepdad. They both are about a man wanting a certain woman more than anything in the world, but she always has an excuse to turn the other way.
In the first verse of Pick and Choose, the lyrics say,
“If I could pick, could pick and choose, I’d choose you its old news. If I could pick, could pick and choose, I’d pick you, yeah, I can’t lose.” (1-6)
This to me is how Gatsby feels towards Daisy. For 5 years all he ever wanted was she. She was his missing piece. With Daisy, he would be complete. Gatsby was a man with great wealth and everyone knew his name. He would not have the slightest trouble in finding another woman. But he did not care; he did not want just any another woman. Daisy was the one he “chose”, just like the song says.
Daisy Buchannan is the kind of woman who looks for security in a man. If her lover is not one to posses much wealth then she, in a way, panics and leaves him. She was madly in love with Jay Gatsby, just like he was with her. When he left to fight in the war, Daisy waited and waited but Gatsby could not return. He wanted to make something of himself before returning home to his one true love. He wanted to be able to support her and give her everything she could have ever wanted. He knew that this was not possible with the money he had at the time. He wrote her a letter asking her to wait because he felt married to her, but of
Maddie Heap
Period 8B
The Great Gatsby is a brilliant novelization about two very different men who make acquaintances under the circumstances of love. Nick Carraway is a cousin with Daisy Buchannan, the woman with whom Jay Gatsby has been madly in love with for the past 5 years. He has done nothing but throw rich and extravagant parties in his colossal mansion that he purchased just to get her attention. But she never made an appearance. If Gatsby could have anyone in the world, it would be her, no questions asked. This book reminds me all too much of a song called “Pick and Choose” by Stepdad. They both are about a man wanting a certain woman more than anything in the world, but she always has an excuse to turn the other way.
In the first verse of Pick and Choose, the lyrics say,
“If I could pick, could pick and choose, I’d choose you its old news. If I could pick, could pick and choose, I’d pick you, yeah, I can’t lose.” (1-6)
This to me is how Gatsby feels towards Daisy. For 5 years all he ever wanted was she. She was his missing piece. With Daisy, he would be complete. Gatsby was a man with great wealth and everyone knew his name. He would not have the slightest trouble in finding another woman. But he did not care; he did not want just any another woman. Daisy was the one he “chose”, just like the song says.
Daisy Buchannan is the kind of woman who looks for security in a man. If her lover is not one to posses much wealth then she, in a way, panics and leaves him. She was madly in love with Jay Gatsby, just like he was with her. When he left to fight in the war, Daisy waited and waited but Gatsby could not return. He wanted to make something of himself before returning home to his one true love. He wanted to be able to support her and give her everything she could have ever wanted. He knew that this was not possible with the money he had at the time. He wrote her a letter asking her to wait because he felt married to her, but of