Great Gatsby Analysis

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Gatsby’s dream to be with Daisy also forces him into situations and to make decisions he otherwise would not. One example is that Gatsby changes his life to be sure he can be with Daisy as much as possible, one day Nick is with Gatsby and says; “I hear you fired all your servants.” Gatsby responds with, “I wanted somebody who wouldn’t gossip. Daisy comes over quite often — in the afternoons’”(Fitzgerald, Chapter 7). Gatsby firing the help at his house to ensure his relationship with Daisy remains a secret tells readers how invested he is in making sure that Tom doesn’t find out which lets Daisy and Gatsby’s secret relationship continue. Another and much more prominent example in the novel is the life-changing decision of taking the blame for Daisy when Daisy kills Myrtle, Tom’s mistress in a car accident. This is arguably the most reckless decision that Gatsby makes due to the fact that it is directly responsible for ending his life. Out of rage, George Wilson, Myrtle’s husband kills Gatsby out of revenge because he thought that Gatsby was responsible for the death of his wife thus another example of how Gatsby lets his dream to be with Daisy ruin his life.

Gatsby’s luxuriously rich lifestyle, the parties, and all of his friends he has Gatsby won't have it all until he doesn’t have Daisy, his one dream. Throughout the story Gatsby allows his dream to be with Daisy to shape his decisions in life. Even though Daisy does love him back, this dream evidentially ruins his life because it holds him in the past, isolates him from finding other love and forces him to make decisions that do eventually end his life.