The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby had a dream of obtaining something, something other than money of fame. Gatsby had a dream of obtaining his love, Daisy Buchanan. In his quest for his dream, he made careful steps and regrettable mistakes, in which he ultimately would not attain his dream. Early in his quest for attaining Daisy, he realized he was missing a key element in his quest; the element of wealth and great stature. Daisy was of a certain stature, where she would only fall in love with someone who had complete affluence. At the beginning of his quest, he realized he needed to have a home of great grandeur (P. 43). He decided he would buy his house across the bay from where Daisy lived (P. 83). His house was surrounded by beautiful gardens and the inside was carefully decorated all to her taste. In order for his Daisy to see his home, Gatsby put on lavish parties at his homes, in hopes of her appearance. During these parties, he would stand alone approving of the crowds, as his quest for his dream was coming closer (P. 54). In order to create his stature, Gatsby went to great lengths to do so. In the way Gat
In his quest for his dream, Gatsby made many deadly mistakes. One of his first fatal mistakes, which also helped him lure in Daisy, was that of buying his house across the bay from her. Immediately after Tom realized that his house was this close, he had suspicions of an affair. Although Gatsby wanted to Daisy, he wanted her completely. In fact, he wanted her to make public that she only loved him and never loved Tom (P. 116). In a sense, he wanted to re-create the past and only have himself and Daisy in it. This would be a fatal mistake in his quest, in being that one cannot re-create the past and change what has been done or felt (P. 117). This was also a mistake, being he did know completely how Daisy felt about all of this. In some of other early mistakes, he led Daisy to believe that he was something he was not (P. 176). He lead her to believe that he would be able to care of her, as she would see fit, although he knew that he may never be capable of doing so (P. 156). In a mistake that may have been considered the fatal one, he stated to Tom, "Your wife does not love you," bringing fear and cont
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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