Tuesday, February 12, 2008

what does gatsby want daisy to do?

the moral of the story is that gatsby wants everything to fall according to his plan and desire including daisy's love and affection. gatsby wants daisy to pick up the left pieces of the long-gone, innocent kentucky romance they shared before his departure for the war. despite all that has happened including daisy's getting married to tom and having a child with him, gatsby wants her to forget it all and relive the past with him. for example, the reunion instance was initially in gatsby's imagination and fantasy but he managed to make it a reality which is why he carries that-if you can dream it, you can live it-motto throughout everything he does and believes. in other words, he wants to pretend that nothing happened in between his departure to europe and his becoming extremely wealthy because he treats the reality of these facts as if their accurance did not matter and the only thing that did is was what daisy thought of him and how he could get her back. he simply wants the world to fade away with its harsh realities and pain and their love to emerge from the horizon growing bigger and more compassionate with everyday that passes by with daisy in his arms .

1 comment:

Dr. No said...

This gets us close to the quintessentially American nature of the novel, for Gatsby is not confined by his history. He believes in the "eternal present" rather than in the past.

Dr. No