I think it relates but with a twist. The pleasure that Aymler is trying to obtain is seeing Georgiana without the birthmark. This is because the birthmark represents everything that he despises about Georgiana. He is in constant effort to obtain this pleasure but lacks conscience to do so. This is primarily because he does not think about the most important aspect of this obsession with is Georgiana herself.
Daisy, on East Egg does not desire money and has social standing. Gatsby only desires money in order to win Daisy but lacks social standing. While he lives on West Egg, he does so only in order to view his dream, Daisy, on East Egg. In fact, Gatsby’s father tells Nick that “Jimmy always liked it better down East” (9:176). Daisy, while she may love Gatsby, loves social standing more and so she remains on East Egg in a loveless relationship.
Only when he went away, and she was desperate for order did she consider marrying Tom, who was “worthy” as he had the proper background, wealth, and the approval of her parents. Daisy is portrayed as a relatively weak-willed women, who “wanted her life shaped now; immediately- and the decision must be made by some force- of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality”. (151) It could be said that while Daisy was in love with both Tom and Gatsby, her main affections lie with money, ease, and material luxury and she would be with the man who could offer all those things. In a world where men are the dominant
Pidgeon explains why Gatsby pretends to be having a great life. “Fitgerald makes it clear that Gatsby does not enjoy these things for himself. They are merely being used to realize his dream...the acquisition of Daisy” (181). As Nick gets to know Gatsby more closely we as the readers begin to think that, despite Gatsby’s enriching stories, things don’t add up. Gatsby did it all for Daisy.
Gatsby believes that if he reaches the “green light” than he and Daisy will be together just like in the past. When Gatsby reaches the light, in other words Daisy’s dock, he still continues to struggle, which reveals that putting hope into an inanimate object that a long lost dream will come true is just futile. But even after this, he continues too have faith that there might still be a chance for them to get back together. By putting so much faith in past love life, it leaves him unaware of the terrible tragedy that lies ahead of
Lewis is clearly not sure about Lucy’s ‘modern’ approach to love and thinks love is “the last gasp of bourgeois romanticism” Lucy said. Lewis’ views on love are somewhat different from those of Lucy’s, as he thinks that love and fidelity are important. So when Lucy cheats on Lewis with Nick and thinks nothing of it as they are not married, he doubts the concept of open relationships and free love. The use
Illusion of Being Well Liked Through the character Jay Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald disproves the idea that money can buy happiness, friendship and love. Through the actions of Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays the idea that wealth cannot buy happiness. Gatsby having all the money in the world, still does not make him happy. Even though he has nice clothes, a car, a mansion and good looks he still is unhappy because a life with Daisy was his main goal and he never reached it. Trying to show off all of his possessions didn't impress her, but made her feel sad.
Conscious decisions are those actions individuals are aware of, but some decisions we are not aware of yet they still affect our behavior and emotions. In the play Fences by August Wilson, the main protagonist, Troy Maxson, struggles in his relationships with his loved ones, especially the relationship he has with his son, which is put into serious jeopardy when Troy decides that Cory cannot participate in sports. Troy’s action of pulling Cory out of football can be best explained by his conscious reasons that the white man will strip Cory of his opportunities, to protect Cory from being emotionally hurt, and his unconscious reasons of not wanting Cory to surpass him, and his inability to accept and understand the change around him. Troy
An example of this is how Tom doesn’t even really like Myrtle, but he still cheats on Daisy with her. In this example, Tom is only using Myrtle as an escape from his life with Daisy, which isn’t as perfect as he wanted it to be. Therefore, he feels the need to cheat on Daisy, simply because he can get away with it. Another example of how the rich use the less rich, is when Gatsby uses Nick to get to Daisy. Gatsby wouldn’t have showed so much interest in Nick if he hadn’t known that Daisy was Nick’s cousin.
After being separated from her for a long time, when they finally meet again, Gatsby learns that she is married and even has a kid. Despite this situation, Gatsby still dwells on winning over Daisy and achieving the final aspect of his dream. It is because he dwells and obsesses over achieving his final goal of winning over Daisy that Gatsby is unable to be content with what he has. He lacks the ability to reflect and this is why he suffers. This is also why he is unable to realize the business he does is corrupt and evil."