“And it was from Cody that he inherited money- a legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars. He didn’t get it. He never understood the legal device that was used against him, but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye” (Fitzgerald 100). Gatsby lied to everyone about how he earned his money, when all he was, was a bootlegger. The contrast between Gatsby’s external and internal appeal is very different. All of the people that know of Gatsby think that he is very satisfied with himself, yet he is actually very desperate, to have one thing, Daisy Buchanan. Daisy means the world to Gatsby, and he is so desperate to have her, that he is willing to risk it all. Daisy’s feelings for Gatsby continuously make him lost yet he remains in the hopeful state of mind that she will choose him over her husband Tom. Gatsby tell everyone that he is an oxford man, which is yet another
“And it was from Cody that he inherited money- a legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars. He didn’t get it. He never understood the legal device that was used against him, but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye” (Fitzgerald 100). Gatsby lied to everyone about how he earned his money, when all he was, was a bootlegger. The contrast between Gatsby’s external and internal appeal is very different. All of the people that know of Gatsby think that he is very satisfied with himself, yet he is actually very desperate, to have one thing, Daisy Buchanan. Daisy means the world to Gatsby, and he is so desperate to have her, that he is willing to risk it all. Daisy’s feelings for Gatsby continuously make him lost yet he remains in the hopeful state of mind that she will choose him over her husband Tom. Gatsby tell everyone that he is an oxford man, which is yet another