Jealousy

Jealousy is a very common thing in the Great Gatsby. Jealousy is the feeling that you get when you really want something that another person has. In the book, there are plenty of jealous people, and this jealousy makes people do things that they normally wouldn't do. The jealousy between Tom and Daisy is very prominent in the book. Tom is married to Daisy but he is also having a relationship with Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle Wilson is also married to George, and he doesn't know of her secret relationship with Tom. Myrtle is very jealous of Daisy because she married Tom. Daisy knows about their relationship but she doesn't do anything to stop it. Tom pretends that his affair doesn't effect his relationship with Daisy.

Jay Gatsby is a very rich man and he becomes jealous very easy as well. He is mostly jealous of Tom because he married his dream girl, Daisy. This jealousy causes Gatsby to throw huge parties every week hoping that one day Daisy would come to one. This seems odd because in the book it says that Gatsby doesn't even like to party. In the book, the Great Gatsby, it is obvious that many people are jealous of other people's spouses and their lifestyles.

Even though Nick doesn't show his jealousy, he can also get jealous as well. I believe that he is jealous of Gatsby's riches. Since he lives right next door to him, he probably wishes he can have a nice house like that. Gatsby has a good way with woman and money so I think that Nick can get a little jealous because of this. This shows that jealousy can be portrayed in many different ways. In the Great Gatsby, people's jealousy can be either bad or good. However, many people's jealousy can go for the worse in this book.

The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Selfish People

There are many selfish people in the book "The Great Gatsby". Pretty much every person in the book can be considered selfish for some kind of reason. Even Gatsby can be selfish sometimes. Gatsby is selfish because he doesn't care how Tom feels about his relationship with Daisy, and how it can effect Tom. Daisy is also very selfish because she doesn't care how her husband, Tom, feels about her relationship with Gatsby. There are plenty of selfish characters in this book. All they care about is themselves, and they don't seem to care about other people's worries or thoughts.

Personally, I think that Gatsby is the most selfish person in the book because he has a big sum of money and he can use it to his benefit. Gatsby's dream in the book is to find Daisy and try to renew their relationship together, but he is being selfish because he knew she was married and he didnt't even think how it be if Tomwere to find out about them. If Tom were to find out then there would be even bigger problems. Instead of sharing his wealth with other people, he only spends it on parties and entertainment, instead of helping the poor and doing other nice things.

Gatsby isn't the only jealous person in the book, Tom also doesn't care about how Daisy feels even though she knows that he is cheating on her. I also think that Myrtle is one of the most selfish people in the book. She has a loving husband who works hard in a garage shop all day to help pay for her, but she doesn't even appreciate him. She also doesn't care that Tom is married to a woman that loves him for who he really is. Myrtle doesn't care about her husband's feelings because she doesn't even care if he catches her cheating with someone.

Great Gatsby: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Unrequited Love

The defenition of unrequited love is when one person has strong feelings towards another that are not reciprocated. In the story the Great Gatsby, an example of unrequited love is between Tom and Daisy. Daisy married Tom just for his money basically. Tom doesn't have much of any feeling for Daisy because he has a mistress girl that lives in New York who he goes to visit once a week. Tom never has her come to his house, he always is the one traveling up to New York to see her, and it's usually on Sunday's because he says he has nothing better to be doing.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are another example of unrequited love. Mrs. Wilson is having her secret affair with Tom who is cheating on Daisy. Mr. Wilson was oblivious to all the clues and signs that were poitning to Mrs. Wilson having an affair. Tom would come down to the repair shop and talk to Mrs. Wilson, they would then secretly make arrangements of where to meet up to be together away from Mr. Wilson. Tom never felt threatend by Mr. Wilson finding out because he didn't think he was even smart enough to catch onto what was going on.

Many of people have to deal with unrequited love now a days. Alot of people marry there spouse just for the money or extra's they have. Sadly this will usually eventually lead to a divorce. Alot of people are attracted to this life style though because they are to lazy to work and would rather just marry into a rich family and not have to do anything.

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"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald