The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1250 Words

An Illusion of Love Relationships are crucial components of human social life and are a common topic in most literary works. Many argue that romantic relationships are the most interesting and popular because of their appeal to human emotions. However, not everyone sees these connections between characters as positive, which was quite evident in Fitzgerald s timeless classic, The Great Gatsby. Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship is centered upon personal gain rather than pure love for one another. Gatsby sees Daisy as a goal he spends years trying to achieve. Jordan Baker describes when she first saw the two together: â€Å"The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometime, and†¦show more content†¦Jordan concludes her recollection of Daisy and Gatsby’s past by stating Gatsby’s motivations behind his large parties: â€Å"‘I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties some night,’ went on Jordan, ‘but she never did. Then he started asking people casually if they knew her, and I was the first one he found,’† (84). Gatsby is well aware that he cannot outright go and see Daisy because of her marriage to Tom, but he also does not want to â€Å"do anything out of the way,† (84). He takes a passive approach in all of his attempts to find Daisy. She becomes a motivating factor that drove him to obtain his wealth and position in society. There fore, she also becomes more of an idea rather than a flawed human, and Gatsby is afraid to meet her again. Overall, Gatsby’s actions reflect that he sees Daisy as his final objective instead of the love of his life. Daisy sees how much Gatsby adores her and likes feeling beautiful and wanted. Daisy describes to Nick the being alone in the hospital after the birth of her daughter: â€Å"She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. ‘All right,’ I said, ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool--that’s the best thing a girl can be in the world, a beautiful little fool,’† (21). Daisy contemplates her life and realizes that she was simply a prize Tom won. She is not and never will be the only woman in his life, which leaves her feeling unappreciated and insignificant. Daisy wishes her daughter will