Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Comparison between F.Scott Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby Essay -- Gatsby F

Comparison between F.Scott Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby After watching the biography of F.Scott Fitzgerald, I noticed there are a lot of similarities between F.Scott Fitzgerald and the protagonist of the novel â€Å"The Great Gatsby† – Jay Gatsby. First of all, their romantic idealism are very much the same, they both love the person that love so deeply. In the novel, before Gatsby and Daisy were first separated, Gatsby was already deep in love with Daisy, we can see this from a quote in the novel, â€Å"well, there I was, ‘way off my ambitions, getting deeper in love every minute, and all of a sudden I don’t care. What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?† (Chapter 8). However, Gatsby was poor and Daisy didn’t want to marry a poor boy, so Daisy married a rich man named Tom afterwards. This didn’t stop Gatsby’s love towards Daisy. He waited for almost five years and during that time, he got rich by bootlegging. So he came back and ready to win Daisy’s love again. This showed how much Gatsby loves Daisy and willing...

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