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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trust, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” Love is associated with many things-patience, trust, hope, endurance. There is, however, one other thing that I think-and I feel that the characters in “The Great Gatsby” would agree with me-that love goes hand in hand with: money. In this story, there are many examples where true love fails, and “love” mixed with money prevails. Weaved throughout the pages are stories of true love terminated, and materialism mastered. The book is enduring proof that love doesn’t conquer all, especially money and greed. It shows up in many relationships throughout the novel, but mainly in that of Tom and Daisy, of Daisy and Gatsby, and in George and Mrytle/Myrtle and Tom. All three of those relationships are either lost because of love, or won because of money.
The first money based relationship that prevails is, most obviously, that of Tom and Daisy. The further you get into the novel, there is one question you keep asking yourself; why doesn’t Daisy divorce Tom? He’s rude, abusive, deceitful, and egotistic. As you rack your brain for reasons she is with him, you can come up with one answer: money. This can keep you content, until you realize that she is holding onto Tom, even when she finds herself with the just as wealthy Gatsby. When Daisy decides she can not simply leave Tom, I found myself with one conclusion: that Daisys’ and Tom money based relationship had turned into something unbreakable. This relationship, founded on Daisy’s love of money and Tom’s love of appearance has turned into more. Tom, who starts cheating on Daisy the first chance he gets(on the honeymoon), is even plagued by sadness when Daisy says she never loved him, as shown on page 139 when he begs, with husky tenderness “Not that day I carried you down from the Punch Bowl to keep your shoes dry?...Daisy?” And Daisy, even though she admits to not waiting for Gatsby because Tom had money that he couldn’t offer, is reluctant to say that she never loved Tom. This proves that, even if the money was the base of the relationship, it made for a solid base to a marriage-a marriage that persevered over a partially true love story between Jay Gatsby and Daisy.
For every bit that we are appalled by Tom and Daisy, we are enthralled by Gatsby and Daisy, whose love is found on a much more romantic base. Two lovers, equal in beauty and loyalty, torn apart by a war, but kept together by a promise of tomorrow. They are forced to say goodbyes after days filled with sunset drives, sweet whispers, and goodnight kisses. Before her wedding, we find Daisy torn apart by a letter (presumably from Gatsby) and ready to tell Tom that “Daisy’s changed her mine.” After the war (and long after Tom and Daisy’s wedding) Gatsby finds money, a house across from Daisy, and a reason to throw magnificent parties that he does not enjoy. His efforts are not in vain, because of that one magical day he is reunited with Daisy. The two fall in love all over again, and one day vow to get Daisy away from Tom. Yet, when the opportunity arises for Daisy to leave, readers are shocked when she panics. Could it be that her money made marriage with Tom is stronger then her long lost love affair with Gatsby? He now has money to support Daisy (though made in a questionable manner), more love then Tom ever has had for her, and she somehow still feels compelled to be with Tom. And, as if this isn’t horrible enough, she is the indirect reason Gatsby dies in the end, and does not even bother to go to the funeral. This makes you wonder if Daisy ever loved Gatsby at all, even though she had all the right reasons too. Still though, it is a love story in the way that Gatsby loved Daisy, which ultimately did not stand up to Daisy’s desire to stay with Tom. Gatsby’s love for Daisy is matched by only one other characters devotion in this book-George Wilson.
The love story of George and Myrtle Wilson is far less romantic, but just as tragic. When they met, George loved Myrtle, and Myrtle loved how George was a gentleman. Before they knew it, George had borrowed a friend’s tux, they said their vows, and started their lives under the watchful eye of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. While George was working his hardest to support his wife, Myrtle was working her hardest to get the things she felt she deserved. She found them in Tom, who was attractive, rich, and willing to share. He offered her adventure, higher standards, and a nice apartment in New York City. When George was working, lost in his garage knee deep in grease, Myrtle went to “visit her sister” and spent hours in New York with Tom,