grandiosity by Gatsby had to do with his parentage, which had never really “his imagination he from his platonic conception of himself. He was a son of god- a accepted.” Instead, “sprang phrase which, if anything , means just that.” Gatsby is extremely dishonest and manipulative with both when he first meets her daisy and later when they are reunited. He tells her lies of a most serious nature in defending himself about how Gatsby has made his money. In short, Mitchell against Tom’s revelations states, “in asking Daisy to leave Tom, he is being Gatsby lies to Daisy because she is the morally devious.” idealized object of his projection and therefore not real. I agree with statement because Mitchel’s morally it is devious. Cheating on a loved one and persuading one to leave their spouse is unethical and wrong in the past and in this day in age. . Intimacy, as Mitchel describes it, means knowing and being known, and Gatsby does not want Daisy to know him, he is a criminal with a poor education and a background of and Gatsby does not want to know the real impoverished, “shiftless unsuccessful farm people.” Daisy, he wants to know the Daisy he met five years ago, the daisy who have a husband, a didn’t child, another love. The real runs far away from the scene of her crime and does not daisy(ETC) even bother to call Gatsby to say good-bye. Although she can weep over display of Gatsby’s shirts, the real daisy in the absence of all Gatsby describes has, “impersonal eyes desire.” Tom’s and love as all makes sense, in the sense of Gatsby wanted to keep Daisy’s “just personal”. This Daisy out of his This really makes me believe that Gatsby really truly “personal life”. doesn’t love Daisy. In relationships today, couples need to know everything about each other. Not necessarily what they ate for breakfast, but if they are involved in drug crimes and illegal distribution of to discuss that. And if they to share alcohol it’s probably necessary aren’t willing
grandiosity by Gatsby had to do with his parentage, which “his imagination had never really accepted.” Instead, he “sprang from his platonic conception of himself. He was a son of god- a phrase which, if anything , means just that.” Gatsby is extremely dishonest and manipulative with daisy both when he first meets her and later when they are reunited. He tells her lies of a most serious nature in defending himself against Tom’s revelations about how Gatsby has made his money. In short, Mitchell states, “in asking Daisy to leave Tom, he is being morally devious.” Gatsby lies to Daisy because she is the idealized object of his projection and therefore not real. I agree with Mitchel’s statement because morally it is devious. Cheating on a loved one and persuading one to leave their spouse is unethical and wrong in the past and in this day in age. . Intimacy, as Mitchel describes it, means knowing and being known, and Gatsby does not want Daisy to know him, he is a criminal with a poor education and a background of impoverished, “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people.” Gatsby does not want to know the real Daisy, he wants to know the Daisy he met five years ago, the daisy who didn’t have a husband, a child, another love. The real daisy(ETC) runs far away from the scene of her crime and does not even bother to call Gatsby to say good-bye. Although she can weep over Gatsby’s display of shirts, the real daisy has, “impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire.” Gatsby describes Tom’s and Daisy’s love as “just personal”. This all makes sense, in the sense of Gatsby wanted to keep Daisy out of his “personal life”. This really makes me believe that Gatsby doesn’t really truly love Daisy. In relationships today, couples need to know everything about each other. Not necessarily what they ate for breakfast, but if they are involved in drug crimes and illegal distribution of alcohol it’s probably necessary to discuss that. And if they aren’t willing to share
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