Would you rather conform to society and live in bitterness, or defy social norms to live happily? In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, a wealthy married couple, both have affairs with other people. They remain together only to create and show society their facade of a happy, healthy, and perfect marriage. Couples should have married each other for love instead of money and status. This situation was inspired by Fitzgerald’s personal experience- his first lost love. He was infatuated with a high classed socialite, Ginevra King, but could not marry her because Ginevra’s father did not approve of him- Fitzgerald was only a meager college student. I believe that he turned his own fantasy into the book The
