Lies…. The biggest weapon a person can have. People can warp reality and change the way you see things. The truth might be the noblest of traits, but I do not mean truth you’ve twisted, I mean honest truth. One of my favorite stories was about the expensive price you pay for the truth. It is hard to be completely honest, so all you can do is try. In The Great Gatsby, the characters you are introduced to care very little for the truth, only aware of the lies they spread and how it reflects on their pristine image. The rich prey on those they feel superior to, and with their corruption, they go through life like waves of self-centeredness. Gatsby got the short end of the stick and when it was all said and done he failed to attain his happily …show more content…
She was Gatsby’s everything, and she threw him away like a piece of old gum. Some might say she deserved her sad life- cheated on and hurt by Tom. Daisy will never be happy or fulfilled, always stuck in an unhappy marriage, as a dramatic housewife, and showing no care or concern for her young child. Her former lover Gatsby, comes to town bringing with him the promise of better life. Gatsby shows Daisy the vibrant and loving lifestyle they could have together, vastly different from the drab existence of her life with Tom. Gatsby tried to be honest with her and give her a happier life. All she had to do was leave Tom and she could be happy, but she chose to betray Gatsby. She lied to him the whole time with false promises and goes as far as telling Tom she doesn’t love him and that she was leaving him for Gatsby, but when push came to shove she couldn’t. She left with her brutish husband and beautiful, fool of a daughter. Together with Tom, she left her responsibilities and problems behind, she didn’t have the decency to attend the funeral of the man she doomed to death. Being a ghastly and self-serving person she left everyone and didn’t look back. All these decisions doomed her to a miserable …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Great Gatsby, for the roaring twenties and their dark side were not as polished as you’d think. From the twist and turns of forbidden love and the lust of the rich and bored, it was a marvel. The Great Gatsby has earned its right to be a classic. While some criticize the characters I feel in the end it is justified. Myrtle the ludicrous gold digger is gone, Daisy the liar and destroyer will live out her days sad and lonely and Tom the manipulator will never be able to have the control he once did over Daisy and can’t trust her around other men.The only one who was really slighted was the Great Gatsby, he deserved much better than his untimely death. If Daisy had been honest the whole story would’ve been vastly different. Gatsby would be alive and would’ve had to move on from her, Myrtle and George would not be dead, and the only hurt done would be what Tom and Daisy do to each other. Lies change things and in this story, it changed lives, it killed people and hurt others leaving destruction and corruption in its
Gatsby ends up getting humbled in the end when he asks Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him and Daisy can not do so. Daisy loved Gatsby, but she also did love Tom and her memories with him still mattered to her. Tom offered Daisy stability and reassurance. Daisy did not think Gatsby had enough to satisfy her back then and she continues to have this same feeling now. Gatsby is hurt by this but he does not give up on his love for her until finally she gives up on it for the both of them.
Daisy pretends to be happy after finding out about Tom’s mistress. She lied to herself and burrowed it all inside until she finally collapsed and turned to Gatsby. Dishonesty is a negative virtue that can destroy you character and will result in your peers distrusting
What is honesty? Is there a difference between being honest with someone else and being honest with yourself? Well, in The Great Gatsby, a novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald, and in Chicago, a musical, by Dir. Rob Marshall, there are several characters that have a difficult time being honest with themselves and who they truly are. The characters in both the novel and musical all have something in common; they continue making the same mistake of lying to get what they want and to feel like they have control over anyone, mainly women.
She had no idea what emotions were in her mind. She didn't know how to express her emotions. She was with Tom and loved him. Yet, she loved Gatsby. All the mess was caused by her, she was a selfish shallow character.
Beginning with becoming rich and buying the house across the Bay he developed an obsession with her. Unable to live his life, searching the papers everyday hoping to catch just a glimpse of her name to see what she was up to, Gatsby was setting himself up for failure. He never opened up to the idea that things could change and that Daisy could love someone else. Daisy pushed Gatsby away in the end because of the person Tom had made him out to be. She saw Gatsby as damaged which only damaged him more, leaving him to feel unloved by the person he loved
In life, what is perceived tends to show misconception in how thoughts play out. One prime character in the novel is, Jay Gatsby, he was not capable to decide between the love he felt for Daisy and the illusion that he could recapture her love by inventing a false past. Jay believed he could repeat the past. In the novel, Jay Gatsby refuses to establish the differences in the reality of his life and his illusions for his love for Daisy. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American classic: “The Great Gatsby,” displays how deception effects when one falls in love and when one realizes reality.
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.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel that depicts the American Dream; however, the American Dream cannot be established without running over a few people in the process. Gatsby the protagonist of the novel is known to deceive others and himself; however, his lies are not meant to hurt anyone. Gatsby is lost in his desire to be rich and have Daisy’s love, and in his desire forgets about how his actions may harm others. In addition, Gatsby only wanted to be more than his parents who were “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people” (98). Gatsby’s deception goes as far as fabricating who he is, his financial standing in the past; including how he makes his money, lying to Daisy, and allowing others to tell rumors about himself.
Throughout the story Daisy has been lying about who she loved when she knew that she was still in love with “ Great Gatsby” and that showed when daisy read that letter, she was hysterically crying, it showed that she still cared but she didn't want to put herself out there. She could've fooled everyone with her love lies but she sure couldn't fool “ Great Gatsby”. Tom fell for all these lies, makes Daisy and Gatsby deceitful. This novel is full of love, lies and deceit.
The 1920s, a time when money was abundant. Wealthy family's always wanted to impress others rather than living their own life. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby’s great American dream was to control the truth in which he lives his life, and keep his option open. The reason why truthfulness and options are mandatory for the happiness for Gatsby is because he could not be happy if he is addicted to something or someone. One reason Gatsby is unable to be happy is because he is not truthful.
Tom cared more about his affair with Myrtle than his own wife. Neither Tom nor Daisy truly wanted to be in the relationship. George had his life all mixed up not knowing that Myrtle is being unfaithful to him. These instances of dishonesty from all of these characters against each other result in their own twisted realities due to unfaithfulness and dishonesty.
In the story The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the majority of the characters are either dishonest, chasing hollow dreams, or plain ignorant. Fitzgerald flaunts the flaws of these characters regularly. Tom Buchanan is a constant example of dishonesty, due to his reoccurring affair with Myrtle Wilson. Although she does not believe it true, Daisy is one of the most ignorant characters.
She was a little brain washed by Tom influencing her make hard desions on her own. Each one of these movements like marrying Tom, falling in love again, and the influence from Tom had a harsh impact on her faith of loving the write man and killing the wong
We all like to believe that hard work and persistence pays off. The Great Gatsby is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that includes many themes such as wealth, love, dissatisfaction, and most importantly, the American dream, and how it’s really only a dream. The characters, especially Gatsby, are trying to achieve this dream of a perfect life throughout the entire book. It becomes apparent that instead of reaching the success they desire from the hard work that they put in, they destroy their entire lives and relationships with one another in the process. Unfortunately, this story is not too far off from something that could happen today.
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzerald expresses a negative view of the 1920's and the American Dream. He does this using the characters, setting, and symbolism. One character Fitzgerald uses to show his view of the 1920s is Nick. Nick doesn't have much of an effect on the story, he just observes everything as it happens and makes silent judgements of those around him. The reader experiences the story through his eyes and sees the world the way Nick perceives it.