Unrealism In The Great Gatsby

Unrealistic Love In the first chapter of “The Great Gatsby,” Fitzgerald foreshadows that “it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams” is what eradicated him in the end (Fitzgerald 6). Critics argue over what, or who, is responsible for Gatsby’s death; many say Daisy, Tom, Myrtle, or the obvious, Wilson. There are many reasons why each character in this story is responsible for the death of Jay Gatsby, but his own thoughts and his unrealistic expectations of Daisy come create the downfall of his life. Gatsby spends his whole life in West Egg trying to impress Daisy. All of his parties, fancy clothes, and even his colossal house are all to impress her. But, Daisy does not genuinely return the love, which is what makes Gatsby’s death melancholy. Gatsby’s infatuation with Daisy is blinding him from the real world, and leads him into corruption. From the beginning to the end of the book, Gatsby is trying to recreate the relationship that once was. He knows that Daisy has remarried, and where she lives with Tom, because of the elaborate house he rents just across the lake from her. It’s very odd, even stalkerish, that he buys a house overseeing her house; how did he even find her there? It is mysterious why or even how he did that, but people will go great lengths for someone they love. Gatsby imagines his life with Daisy and how it is going to be impeccable and just how it was before he left for the war. He even admits he wants to repeat the past, because when Nick mentioned that the past can not be repeated, he disagreed, “‘Can’t repeat the past?’ … ‘Why of course you can,’” (Fitzgerald 116). Many places in the book Gatsby wants Daisy to abolish everything that had happened since he left, even creating an image about the idea of her. Sometimes though, he realized that life may not live up to his expectations, “the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby’s face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness,” he was scared and confused that his future might not live up to what he believed (101). Gatsby see’s what he wants, he longs for it, while Daisy just plays along with Gatsby, not fulfilling his dreams. It is not expected that Daisy should drop everything and do everything Gatsby wants. Gatsby is so in love with the image of Daisy, the illustration in his head is exceeding what Daisy can even pragmatically do do fulfill this. But, Gatsby did not care. He was putting his confidence in something that could, and would, never fulfill his expectation. Gatsby’s dream of Daisy was not the direct cause of his death, it was the beginning of something that was not going to work, and he pushed it. Daisy, being the flirt that she is, led him on. …show more content…
He thought wealth, acceptance from the rich, parties and prosperity would win over her heart. He only got rich and tried so hard to be rich, because he wanted to impress Daisy, due to the fact that she came from a very wealthy family. He actually made up stories, lied to Nick multiple times, and changed things around so his life would seem like the wealth had came naturally, to be in the same social spectrum as Daisy. Gatsby felt meaningless and plausibly knew he was not going to win Daisy back if he didn’t become a celebrity. He had to have more or equal wealth to her, so he gave her a “sense of security; he let her believe that he was a person from much the same strata as herself” and he believed this is what would make her fall in love again (Fitzgerald 156). He truly made himself believe he was good enough for Daisy and he was worthy enough to have her. The inclination and motivation Gatsby has to even hold the elegant, deluxe parties, have an unnecessarily enormous mansion, and fancy clothes all comes from his love for Daisy. But, if Daisy had really loved him, she would love him no matter how much money he had, or how fancy his shirts were, or how yellow his Rolls-Royce