Baz Luhrmann’s period drama, ‘The Great Gatsby’ mirrors many social issues in modern society. The most strongly resonating element of The Great Gatsby in my life is the theme of love and infatuation, which is relevant in many interpersonal relationships in my life. The Great Gatsby if a film directed by Baz Luhrmann which follows Nick Carroway’s interpretation of Jay Gatsby’s life during 1920’s America. The film depicts the booming stock markets and how easily obtainable wealth was during the time, which is seen in Jay Gatsby’s life. Love and infatuation is a key theme in The Great Gatsby and is also a key issue in my own life. During the film, Jay Gatsby’s unhealthy infatuation with Daisy Buchanan reflects many relationships throughout my …show more content…
Throughout the film, Daisy Buchanan’s indecisiveness in her commitment to her relationships mirrors interpersonal relationships in my own personal life where people are more concerned with social status than their own happiness. This becomes a consistent problem throughout the film, Baz Luhrmann also illustrates Daisy and Tom Buchanan’s destructive relationship that reflects a modern society in ways where affairs are considered normal if that meant your desire for satisfaction is fulfilled.
The story throughout the film depicts Jay Gatsby and his quest to reunite with his long-lost lover, Daisy Buchanan. In order to achieve this, he gathers an immense amount of wealth and throws lavish parties in hopes to obtain Daisy’s attention. Jay Gatsby revolves his entire life around Daisy, throw his wealth, social life and his mind. Daisy Buchanan consumes Jay’s life in negative ways as he manipulates his authentic self for her attention. In my life, I have seen many examples of people revolving themselves
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They smashed up things and people and then retreated back into their money and vast carelessness.” This quote comes from Nick Carroway as he describes Tom and Daisy’s selfishness. Throughout the film, Daisy is seen multiple times debating on who she truly loves, Gatsby or Tom. In her end decision, she chooses Tom for the sake of economic security and social status over love and happiness. This is a clear example of her selfishness, as she would rather drown in money and unhappiness than be with someone who she knows will look after her and is truly in love with her. In my life, I have seen many unhealthy, toxic relationships where someone has stayed for the sake of money. In modern society, people have used their money in romantic relationships for stability and security and that raises the question; does true love exist if people surround themselves with selfishness and money? Daisy is a character who does not know the meaning of true love, as she leads Jay on, waiting for her phone call, ultimately leading to his demise. She retreats into her old life with Tom, where they are both extremely controlling of one another and unhappy. Daisy chose the corrupt relationship over a man who truly loves her. Throughout my life, I have witnessed multiple of my close friends stay in relationships despite not truly loving them. The modern idea of love has become so corrupt, that people would rather stay in an unhealthy relationship for the sake
In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby tries to find Daisy Buchanan. Daisy, is a women who fell in love with jay, but ended up marrying Tom Buchanan. There are a lot of mixed feelings with who loves who, and a massive indecisiveness throughout the whole book. The way Jay pursued love, was the same was he pursued wealth. Love and wealth play big parts in The Great Gatsby.
In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald describes a story of obsession from a wealthy gentleman, Jay Gatsby, who has jeopardized his entire future and respected reputation for a woman, Daisy Buchanan. After the Great War, Gatsby returns to Long Island with the only hope of seeing love once again, but, unfortunately, at the same time, Daisy has married to Tom Buchanan, a millionaire. Instead of accepting the reality and forever let Daisy live happily with her married life, Gatsby continues longing for the past with Daisy that he patiently waited for her one-day return. For five solid years of waiting, everything Gatsby does, everything he owns, and even every extravagant party he throws, are all part of his grand idea to bring Daisy
Daisy Buchanan was the love interest of many men, including Jay Gatsby. Gatsby had claimed he was from a wealthy background in order to win Daisy over. This was enough for her, winning Daisy’s heart, but he soon left to fight in the war. Daisy promised Gatsby that she would wait for him until he returns, that when he returned, they could be together, but soon married Tom Buchanan, who could provide her a wealthy life. Because Daisy adopts the role of the a fool, she achieves power, but becomes shallow in the process.
The average reader might say while reading the novel that Tom and Daisy were in love at a young age which lead to the poor decision to be married. Later it is easy to see that Daisy just wanted a lavish and care free life while Tom just wants to have the trophy wife at his side. Daisy even knew when she was getting married that all Tom was doing was buying her love which is obvious when Jordan describes Daisy's wedding gift from Tom "He gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars." (76). After reading this you believe that from the beginning Daisy was only into Tom for the money, but this is later contradicted when Daisy says to Gatsby "Oh, you want too much!"
The destructive power of obsession and love can corrupt one's morals and can lead to one hollow and unfulfilling existence. And consumed by desires and being unable to control their actions, leads to tragic consequences. Set in the booming 20s after the great war “The Great Gatsby '' displays an extravagant and over-the-top 20s with a story of love and despair. In his book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author displays that corruption from obsession and love hurts more people than helps.
The Great Gatsby is a tragic love story. Most marriages in The Great Gatsby are loveless, frigid, and therefore littered with infidelity. Daisy Buchanan’s husband has a mistress and she decides she deserves a lover too. When Jay Gatsby declares his long lost love for Daisy, she is captivated by the excitement. Daisy whom is attracted to luxury is enthralled by Gatsby’s affluence.
Her internal struggle is revealed in this instant when her hedonistic desires cause her to feel conflicted. Mrs. Buchanan tends to act extremely selfish, especially during the moments when she cannot resist the temptation of hedonism. When Daisy impatiently awaits Gatsby’s return from war, “there [is] a quality of nervous despair in [her] letters” (151). Daisy’s egocentric nature ultimately causes her to believe that the world revolves around herself. Her tragic downfall is made clear when she decides to marry Mr. Buchanan and pursue old wealth.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Daisy possesses extreme power and control over Jay Gatsby. Daisy, though a woman in a predominantly male-dominated time period, uses her attractiveness to manipulate the ‘great’ Jay Gatsby to her advantage. As the novel progresses, Daisy has many different roles. She is initially portrayed as Tom’s trophy wife without much purpose, aside from representing Tom’s ‘prize’ for success. As we learn more, we find out about her and Gatsby’s past five-year relationship.
The Great Gatsby is an American novel written by Scott Fitzgerald. On the surface, the book revolves around the concept of romance, the love between two individuals. However, the novel incorporates less of a romantic scope and rather focuses on the theme of the American Dream in the 1920s. Fitzgerald depicts the 1920’s as an era of decline in moral values. The strong desire for luxurious pleasure and money ultimately corrupts the American dream which was originally about individualism.
In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the protagonist, Jay Gatsby, pursues his love interest, Daisy Buchanan. Although Gatsby glorifies Daisy, in truth, she is careless. This misconception of Daisy results in disaster, as Gatsby’s obsession to win her affection leaves him emotionally unstable and spoils his reputation. Throughout the novel, Gatsby idealizes Daisy, thinking extremely highly of her, which is evident in his expectations of her. In reality however, Daisy is far from the perfect character Gatsby conceptualizes; on the contrary, she is extraordinarily disingenuous and materialistic.
Daisy’s character conveys an obsession with materialistic things and money, which ultimately lead to her destruction. When Gatsby had to leave for the war, Daisy chose Tom over him instead of waiting for Gatsby to return. Daisy valued wealth over the true, genuine love that Gatsby had for her. From a very young age, Daisy possessed many materialistic values and she will continue to live a privileged life. Gatsby states, “She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me” (Fitzgerald, 130).
Gatsby tries impressing Daisy, her reaction is a mixture of awe and melancholy. The display of Gatsby’s newfound wealth reminds her of the opportunities and experiences she missed out on after marrying Tom. The luxurious fabric of the shirts triggers a flood of memories, causing Daisy to question her past life decisions and wonder if she should have followed a different path. It also signifies her realization as if she could have attained wealth and been with Gatsby instead of being in a toxic relationship with Tom. Gatsby’s presence and the feeling of nostalgia he presents to Daisy allows her to awaken herself to a possibility of a different life.
In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what Jay Gatsby feels for Daisy Buchanan is obsession. Gatsby revolves and rearranges his entire life in order to gain her affections. Gatsby’s obsession with Daisy resulted in him buying a mansion across the lake from her, throwing huge parties, and spending years of his life trying to become rich. Gatsby bought mansion intentionally across the lake from Daisy just to be closer to her.
Although this figure, Gatsby, experiences an intensely intimate relationship with Daisy, his emotions reside on the side of extreme obsession rather than genuine affection. Desire plays a pivotal role in the development of the characters in the novel, showing Fitzgerald’s seminal message
In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays the themes of love, lust and obsession, through the character of Jay Gatsby, who confuses lust and obsession with love. The character of Jay Gatsby was a wealthy business man, who the author developed as arrogant and tasteless. Gatsby 's love interest, Daisy Buchanan, was a subdued socialite who was married to the dim witted Tom Buchanan. She is the perfect example of how women of her level of society were supposed to act in her day. The circumstances surrounding Gatsby and Daisy 's relationship kept them eternally apart.