The Great Gatsby Honesty Analysis

Fake Honesty In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character Jay Gatsby falls for a young woman named Daisy. As a fake millionaire he set out to be the type of man Daisy needed. Once she learned the truth about Jay, Daisy liked that she married her current husband Tom after all. One could describe Daisy as an unhappy young woman because she always wants what looks good to her without taking time to know all there is to know about people or a situation. As a young woman, she falls in love with a soldier, Jay Gatsby, who left for the war. She is easily swept away by his charm and never thinks he is anything but honest with her. Unfortunately, she doesn’t wait for him to return to her and marries Tom. Never
Daisy fell in love with a young soldier named Jay Gatsby so easily. Her innocence sets her up as prey to selfish men. She displays several qualities which make him an interesting character. Jay Gatsby is soldier who wants the girl and is willing to lie to her to get what he wants. This is evident when she thought he was wealthy because he led her believe that was the case. His fate was set when Daisy’s parents want her to marry is also her parents do not want her to marry someone who has a long line of wealth and from the east coast. She wants to marry Gatsby but doesn’t go against her parents. This behavior exemplifies how she is somewhat immature and used to living an easy life. On her wedding day to Tom, she cries when she gets a letter from Gatsby. You can tell from her drinking and emotional well-being she knows she is not following her heart (Chapter 1). This behavior is also indicative one an insecure person. According to Webster, insecure is defined as “not highly stable”
During the 1920’s everyone searching for the American Dream. A national ethos of the United States, The American Dream was comprised of a set of ideals (Democracy, Rights, Liberty, Opportunity, and Equality) in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers. Daisy’s immaturity and insecurity doubly set her up to be characterized as a weak female who confuses her American Dream with dependency on others to make her happy (Wikipedia). . Her willingness to rekindle her romance with Gatsby five years after they were together shows she’s somewhat selfish herself. Daisy falls in love with Jay Gatsby all over again, even though she is now married to Tom Buchanan (Chapter 5). This emotional struggle is evident when Daisy agrees to meet Jay as his mansion without alerting her husband to what she is doing. To a certain degree she is still looking for something make her happy and thinks that Jay might have been the one she was supposed to marry in the first