Why Is Nick Carraway Gatsby A Failure

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People are failures, we all seem to have a dream towards the perfect life, similar to the characters in the fictional novel The Great Gatsby written by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. The story revolves primarily amongst the young mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, whose blinded obsession for the exquisite Daisy Buchanan leads every other important character to their emotional and physical collapse. Nick Carraway becomes the narrator of the novel he is morally upright and an honest narrator, or so he makes us believe at the opening of the book when he says he is “inclined to reserve judgment”. Nick moves East after World War l seeking fortune in anything away from his current home. Nick moves to the fictional area of West …show more content…
Gatsby comes from immense poverty, in Gatsby's search for a future he runs into Dan Cody a millionaire who opens Gatsby's eyes to a life full of wealth and luxuries. Gatsby becomes determined to live the American dream and have such a life for himself. After Gatsby obtains the wealth he buys a house across Daisy Buchanan's home in East Egg, his new obsession. “He had come a long way to this blue lawn,and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city.” (180) describes Nick. Gatsby throws extravagant parties in hopes to see Daisy someday, he is not in love with Daisy moreso obsessed with the idea of who he thought she was. Throughout the book he lives an illusion that blinds him completely of the consequences, he wants Daisy to leave her current marriage and have them pick up where they left in their relationship five years ago. However, his intense love causes misinterpreted events leading to Gatsby's …show more content…
Daisy is amused by Gatsby's wealth his mansion, his cars, etc. As Well as money Daisy is motivated by appearance. After Daisy discovers Gatsby's income is earned from bootlegging, illegal gambling, and organized crime, she begins to plant distance. Daisy wouldn't let her name be attached to such a low image, hence her incompetence to leave Tom, whose image and social standard has and would continue to be secure. She also has trouble living up to the image and the pedestal Gatsby has her on "Oh, you want too much!" she cried to Gatsby. "I love you now--isn't that enough? (7) Daisy has always been in love with Gatsby before and after the World War, but his lack of money and his absence drew her away to marry Tom Buchanan whom she was unhappily married
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