With the power of wealth, an individual can try to win over their love but will fail in the end. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, talks about the West Egg and East Egg in the luxurious time of the 1920’s. The novel revolves around the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan. This forbidden love is able to portray Fitzgerald’s message in the novel that money can buy an individual popularity in society but not sacrificial love.
In society, money cannot get a person, sacrificial love. Leading in from a long day of unfortunate decisions, Gatsby waits outside the Buchanan home. "I want to wait here until Daisy goes to bed. Good night, old sport" (Fitzgerald 145). Fitzgerald creates an allusion between Gatsby and Daisy because he makes it seem as if Daisy loves Gatsby and is going to leave Tom for him, but Daisy chose to stay loyal. This is significant because it’s showing that no matter how much wealth a person has, it is just not enough to win over their love. "I called Daisy about half an hour after we found him... But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon and taken baggage with them" (Fitzgerald 164). This is when Gatsby's wealth, sacrifices, and love were not enough to buy sacrificial love. Gatsby's perception of a happy life with Daisy met his reality when she left him. Fitzgerald usage of …show more content…
For instance, Myrtle has her affair with Tom due to the special world it grants her access to. “She changed her dress... At the news-stand she bought a copy of "Town Tattle." and a moving−picture magazine, and in the station drug−store some cold cream and a small flask of perfume”( Fitzgerald 27). At this point, Fitzgerald has introduced Myrtle to the readers to prove that money can make a person happy. But in the long run, she was not happy because of her original marriage. This illustrates that money can bring only temporary happiness as it did in Myrtle’s
In society, money cannot get a person, sacrificial love. Leading in from a long day of unfortunate decisions, Gatsby waits outside the Buchanan home. "I want to wait here until Daisy goes to bed. Good night, old sport" (Fitzgerald 145). Fitzgerald creates an allusion between Gatsby and Daisy because he makes it seem as if Daisy loves Gatsby and is going to leave Tom for him, but Daisy chose to stay loyal. This is significant because it’s showing that no matter how much wealth a person has, it is just not enough to win over their love. "I called Daisy about half an hour after we found him... But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon and taken baggage with them" (Fitzgerald 164). This is when Gatsby's wealth, sacrifices, and love were not enough to buy sacrificial love. Gatsby's perception of a happy life with Daisy met his reality when she left him. Fitzgerald usage of …show more content…
For instance, Myrtle has her affair with Tom due to the special world it grants her access to. “She changed her dress... At the news-stand she bought a copy of "Town Tattle." and a moving−picture magazine, and in the station drug−store some cold cream and a small flask of perfume”( Fitzgerald 27). At this point, Fitzgerald has introduced Myrtle to the readers to prove that money can make a person happy. But in the long run, she was not happy because of her original marriage. This illustrates that money can bring only temporary happiness as it did in Myrtle’s