symbol in The Great Gastby

Final project The paper chooses two characters from the famous work The Great Gatsby, who are Daisy and Gatsby respectively. The paper will analyze the two characters from following points of comparison: dreamer or realist, desire for what, motivations, origins and their fates. The paper will respectively choose “A beautiful kite with the string in the sky” and “A beautiful kite without the string in the sky” as symbols of two characters. In the whole novel, it is easy to find that Daisy is a complete realist, who just cares about material enjoyment. She wants always to lead a luxurious life. She will not give up marriage for Gatsby. A beautiful kite with the string in the sky means that it has to consider its limited height although it wants to fly high. Even if she knows Tom has loved another lady, “the thing for Daisy to do was to rush out of the house, child in arms—but apparently there were no such intentions in her head.”(p. 23) If she leaves Tom, she may not be able to live a wealthy life. But Gatsby is an enthusiastic pursuer of American Dream. He believes that he will regain the heart of Daisy again through hard work to become a rich person. A beautiful kite without the string in the sky symbols Gatsby can have high aspiration and encounter no limit to achieve, and he work hard and soon become rich. “It took him just three years to earn the money that bought it.”(p.96) Daisy desires for material enjoyment, who just wants to dance through the life. She does not understand the true love. To date with Gatsby, which can make her life more colorful, that is enough. Just like a beautiful kite with the string in the sky, no matter how attractive the scenery outside is, the sky will stay where it belongs to. “...after she was free, they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house—just as if it were five years ago. She doesn’t understand...”(p. 118) Gatsby desires blindly for waiting for Daisy’s true love. A beautiful kite without the