Daisy's Dream In The Great Gatsby

The 1920s was a time when the rich wanted to become wealthier, and individuals were looking for attaining wealth on their own. In this time, no one was satisfied with the money they had. Everyone was always wanting more than they had even if they were wealthier than others. Individuals looked to show off their wealth to others and were selfish in doing so. F. Scott Fitzgerald was one that no matter his status, was always wanting more to reach a dream of his. Like the protagonist in his novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald makes it clear through the character, Jay Gatsby, that one is never satisfied with both their wealth and their wants. Jay Gatsby dreams of getting his old lover, Daisy Buchanan, back although she is already married to Tom
When Gatsby hands Daisy the toilet brush, “Daisy took the brush with delight.” The delightfulness that Daisy has in the toilet brush shows his wealth intrigues her although she already has her own wealth. Daisy’s interest in Gatsby’s wealth is also shown when Daisy is describing the shirts. Daisy explains the shirts by saying, “‘They’re such beautiful shirts.’” The word choice of “beautiful” that Fitzgerald uses for describing the shirts truly shows how the richness of Gatsby fascinates Daisy. The word choice that Fitzgerald uses to describe how interested Daisy is in Gatsby’s wealth shows that Daisy is not satisfied with her own wealth and wants more of
His development of this theme was a direct reflection of how he, and others were like back in the 1920s. The techniques that Fitzgerald uses in the passage reveals that both Gatsby and Daisy and not satisfied with their wealth and what they have, just like the novel as a whole reveals that one will always be wanting more, no matter how much they have already