I think when Fitzgerald started the novel he intended it be about Nick and Jordan (since that reflected what was going on in his real-life) then somewhere along the way he as a writer discovers Gatsby in much the same way as Nick discovers him in the narrative, and the novel becomes a letter home to the America he left behind.
Gatsby could handle almost everything but being called out for the reality of his situation. He couldn't handle being called out in the sense that he built his fortune on criminal activity and was always one step away from having to deal with gangsters who would catch up with him. I find it boggling that while they did have an attachment and they did care about each other, it is clear to me that he really did in fact view her as buy-able and that she should flip her life and obligations and not run off with him, but redo the courtship, this time with him in the role of the respectable upper class man of wealth, despite the fact that the class Daisy comes from would have in fact sniffed out his criminal activity and run him out and Daisy would have been a fallen woman.
I have not seen a more talented...no... extremely talented actor like Leo caprio....he just mesmerizes us with his performance...its not like he's acting but real shot of his real self...
Daisy embodies the lack of virtue and foolishness of the 1920's boom and the untouchable realms of old money that only few could fall back on. Underneath she's cruel, shallow and uncaring and nothing that those dabbling in illegal activity to make one's wealth could rely on. She's the enlightment that so many sought after during the 1920's, she's class and luxury and everything bootleggers like Jay Gatsby want to have. She is enthralled by Jay's wealth only to discard him when disaster strikes (encapsulated by Jay's death aka the great depression) because it's easier to hide behind empires and old money than to struggle amongst the masses. The reality is she cannot be with Gatsby because he encapsulates the holy grail that is the "American Dream", the hard climb out of poverty into extravagent wealth, something that can be dashed in the course of a day (like their accident with the mistress in the valley). He represents the harsh reality of the socio-economic atmostphere of the 1930's. It's an illusion that Jay holds so dear, the American Dream that he can almost grasp, the green light just across the bay that will never be touched. Obsessiveness, excessiveness and a dream-like mentality was the ultimate downfall that Fitzgerald want readers to heed, should any future listeners fall into its trap. The all-seeing eye of the occulist in the Valley of Ash is the only true source of unbiased reality, he sees the discardment of the shiny city's waste and it's inhabitants surviving on the meagre rations the city spits out. That is what Fitzgerald was living in, he had seen the Great Depression's beginning and put it into the story as a way to showcase the alpha and omega of a society so enthralled by greed and grandiose that it's beginning and end of the film was impacted by this true, dark actuality. Fascinating narrative, thankyou for this analysis!
I just finish reading the book, great analasys. I didn t realize the metaphore betwen the eyes glass in the poster and god watching the sins of men. Thx for your video
I was reading the book then couldn’t contain my desire to watch the movie. I always try to read a story then watch it. Now that I’ve watched it I don’t feel like reading it. It’s such a bad feeling. 😭
I think Gatsby had MAJOR self loathing issues and if Daisy had run off with him, Gatsby would have never been able to move past his own neurosis about his impoverished past. There is no way that Gatsby would have been able to rewrite his past and I am certain that he would have ended up mistreating Daisy, since Daisy could never have turned him into a member of the blue blood set by birth. There is no way that Daisy could be that perpetual fantasy and there is no way that Daisy would have made him respectable. He was a money-laundering bootlegger and had ties with the mob and he would have been either arrested, killed, or gotten Daisy killed in some kind of retaliation if Gatsby had ticked off a mobster or messed up a deal. I do not think that he would have ended up making her happy and he would likely have disliked Pammy (Daisy and Tom's daughter).
Gatsby did everything for Daisy. He became rich, built a castle, threw parties just hoping she'd walk in... and ultimately died for her. Them no one showed up to his funeral besides Nick. Not even Daisy. Let's be honest, Daisy was not a great person.
@@TJ22_83 He did all that, but thing is, that Daisy was married with a life of her own, a family of her own. I also believe that Daisy was just an image, an access key to his inner view of himself. For Daisy to leave her husband and then for him to court her from the home of her parents does not take into the reality of the situation. Daisy would be ostracized and since Gatsby is laundering money and smuggling in booze, he would be even worse than a poor soldier since he would be engaged in criminal 'work'. Daisy was a realist and was also a mother. Daisy also liked him until Tom revealed that Gatsby was a criminal running with criminal cohorts and money laundering is still a felony and bootlegging is the equivalent of drug smuggling/dealing. There is no way that Daisy would have ended up being happy with Gatsby and she would have lost Pammy if she had left Tom. She would never have left her daughter and she would never have married a man engaged in criminal activity. There is also the underlying anger/rage that Gatsby had simmering in him.
@@TJ22_83 Daisy was the symbol of Scott Fitzgerald leaving his country Daisy was pretty but shallow Daisy was Gatsby great obsession And that is that obsession that fueled Gatsby ambition and ascension to greatness And at the same time she was the catalyst of his downfall Great era 1920
@@TJ22_83 Daisy didn't owe Gatsby shit. They had a good time together years ago, did have feelings, but Gatsby decided to go into criminal enterprises and also basically worm his way into her life via her dolt cousin Nick who was taken in by Gatsby completely. he threw those parties hoping Daisy would show interest, despite the fact that she had a life and small daughter to pay attention to. She had responsibilities FIRST as a mother and it is clear that Gatsby was exhibiting red flags all over the place from his shady side of life (Tom noticed this right away) and the fact that Gatsby was delusional to believe that having the same amount of money made them the same. Gatsby was making his money through two major criminal enterprises and I would have flipped if I found out a guy I liked as committing felonies regularly and was in fact a lowlife gangster. Gatsby also had major self loathing and anger issues and she HAD A FUCKING DAUGHTER to think of always. As for the funeral, he had led a life of criminal enterprise and disrepute and was in fact psychotically obsessed with Daisy in ways that would have gotten him a restraining order.
LOL, Shocking how basically nobody understands the plot. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Great Depression, or the working class being poor, or the loss of the "American Dream." LOL, it has everything to do with human vanity as manifest in Gatsby, yet it is told from a sympathetic voice from NIck Galloway. You see, old sport, vanity is not a sin, so long as you are a decent human, as Gatsby was. While the Daisy and Toms of the world are not decent. Daisy is from old money family in the Midwest. That's why Tom Buchanan wants to marry her and refused to divorce. Neither Bucanan or Gatsby really loves Daisy. They love the IDEA of being married to Daisy. Because clearly it is implied that Daisy's family status gives a level of social standing that money alone does not grant, because Bucanan and Gatsby were already rich at that point. Also don't forget Nick Galloway went to Yale with Bucanan, and looks down upon Bucanan as a brute. That is not simply because of his good heart. Galloway is also from elite family with status, even if he is relatively poor. He can look down upon Bucanan as a crass polo player, while even though Gatsby also came from no social status, Nick can sympathize with him because he sees a vulnerable and ultimately decent person, despite his shortcomings as a social climber. It is surprising how nobody notices basically Bucanan and Gatsby actually do seek approval from Nick, even though he's just another poor dude. LOL, when Gatsby says to Tom: the only thing respectable about you is your money. I have just as much as you do, so we are equal. Tom Bucanan retorts back: no, we are different. I am, we are, she is. You see, we were born different, it's in our blood. Really, Daisy and Nick actually have the status. Bucanan just wants to attach himself to it, even though he doesn't really have it, either, just slightly better than Gatsby. Bucanan, after all, is an Irish name. Nothing here is accidental. LOL.
You are completely and entirely wrong. Fitzgerald wrote the book prior to the stock market crash. Prior to any sort of understanding that it could even take place. Based on that merit, this interpretation is defunct.
He didn't now how it would end or when it would end, but there's no way the 20's could roar forever. The lost Generation were a pretty pessimistic bunch too, so this feeling that there was a sword dangling over America's head was a common theme among them. I always thought if he wrote a sequel it would have opened with Tom drinking himself to death after losing his estate in the great fall.
