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Jaden Thammalangsy
Mr. Horton
English 11
1 May 2019
Gatsby Essay
In the “Great Gatsby” essay by the Green Light it shows how gatsby wanted his
happiness back by having the certain women in his life. Gatsby was one of those people who
would never take no for an answer. In another persons perspective, you see that gatsby lives an
amazing, happily life, although deep down there is something missing that keeps him whole. The
only thing gatsby want is a girl named Daisy. Gatsbys expectations for Daisy is very high
considering he wants more from her like dropping everything she has in life to “live happily”
with gatsby. Gatsby was not poor so that could of been a main factor to his happiness but he
wanted more than that he wanted to be happy with the girl he loves and cares about.
To start things off, growing up was not very easy for gatsby considering he didn't have
much. Gatsby was raised by his mom and dad on a small farm in North Dakota. Growing up
adapting to that kind of lifestyle it encouraged and motivated Gatsby to change his life around
and become an ambitious successful businessman once he became older. As Gatsby became
older, one of his main focus was to be wealthy and successful, he was driven by that mentality to
the point where he had to fake a “rich persona” once he met Daisy because he knew she had high
standards. Gatsby believed even though he was raised in a poor lifestyle that wasn't going to
stop him from changing his life for the better. He believed that your social class could not define
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you as a person or your lifestyle by obtaining a strong mindset that tells himself he is not done
To add on, it is very clear gatsby is in love with Daisy but unfortunately Gatsby knew
things would be complicated between them considering gatsby had to deploy for war. This
situation frustrated Gatsby because he knew he needed to be there for daisy in order to support
her daily needs, otherwise he would lose her. He then received a promise from Daisy that she
would stay strong and wait for him to return from war. Unfortunately once gatsby returned Daisy
was married with a happy life. Once gatsby found out daisy moved on that was not going to stop
him from being with the girl he loves. He was determined he could win her heart back. Gatsby
has a hard time moving on and realizing the past needs to stay in the past, he believes daisy is the
only key to his happiness and he will never be happy without her.
To wrap things up, Gatsby grows a sense of controlling within himself. Gatsby and Daisy
ended up reuniting their relationship and fell in love again. Having Daisy back into his life was
all he ever wanted to live a happily life but that wasn't enough for his happiness, Gatsby wanted
Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him and for her to forget all 4 years of memories she had
with him, Gatsby is showing signs of jealousy. Gatsby doesn't understand that Daisy cannot
easily remove the memories and love she had for Tom just because it mentally affects gatsby, he
needs to learn to move on from the past. In conclusion, Gatsby claimed that the key to his
happiness was to obtain Daisy back into his life but unfortunately he realizes that isn't the only
As a kid Gatsby didn't have much but he was smart enough to know how to turn a poor
lifestyle to a successful lifestyle by making a risk and joining the war. He reminisces about the
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memories him and Daisy shared and questions himself to why he can't recreate them with her