in ‘The Great Gatsby’

In ‘The Great Gatsby’, the theme of ‘appearance vs. reality’ is explored in great detail. Jay Gatsby’s dream and hope is to win Daisy back, as Gatsby seems to think that she is the perfect girl for him. Daisy appears to be a rich, beautiful girl who has a perfect life, but in reality all she cares about is money. Gatsby also appears to be rich and charming. However, in reality he obtained his money in the wrong way, and it appeared that the American dream was about discovery, individualism and the search of happiness, like Gatsby’s dream of getting Daisy back in to his life, but in reality his dream is ruined by the hunt for wealth and materialism.

First, Gatsby’s dream and hope is to win Daisy back, as Daisy appears to Gatsby as the perfect girl for him, so he is blindly in love with her. He even compares her to money when he says, ‘Her voice is full of money’ (The Great Gatsby 115). This portrays how firm the idea of wealth was to Daisy in Gatsby’s mind. The only feelings of love and emotions between the two had been kept by Gatsby’s obse

Third, Jay Gatsby appears to be a rich, gorgeous man who studied in Oxford and earned medals for being a war hero, but in reality he lies about his education and past life when he says that he ‘was brought up in America and educated at Oxford’ (Gatsby 64). This shows Gatsby as being an elegant, giving person. On the contrary, we also get another realistic insight into Gatsby’s character when one of the girls in Gatsby’s party says, ‘You look at him sometimes when he thinks nobody’s looking at him. I’ll bet he killed a man’ (Gatsby 45). This line conveys a darker, mysterious side of Gatsby and it foreshadows future events that suggest that Gatsby is a criminal and murderer.

Daisy appears to be a beautiful young, rich girl who has a perfect family upbringing. However, in reality she is a very small-minded and hollow person who does not care about anything or anyone else except for herself. Furthermore, money and wealth is the only thing that makes her happy and appreciative towards someone, because when

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