The Great Gatsby Essay

    Throughout the story, The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald's characterization tone is very sorrow and he tries to show that no matter how much money you have it won't satisfy your desires from other things. At first most people would be living a happy life because they don't have to worry about money anymore, but throughout months and years they would feel depressed and tired because they could buy whatever they want that won't make them feel happy and accomplished compared to when they were broke. Sometimes people need happiness in other ways not just from money, but from loving someone like Gatsby did with Daisy.
     Gatsby was a rich man living in a castle and always threw parties. Gatsby never threw parties because he wanted to have fun, he did it becasue he wanted to get Daisy's attention who lived across from where he lived. Sadly Gatsby couldn't have Daisy because she already had a husband and a kid but Gatsby didn't know until they hung out after not seeing each other for five years. Gatsby lived by himself in his castle and at night he would go down to the dock and look at the green light that was in Daisy's mansion. He would dream about one day finally being with her alone together.
     The reason Gatsby got the castle was to live right across from Daisy, and he also bought the castle for her because he wanted to see her happy once they were together. Gatsby's happiness was Daisy not the money so he did whatever he can to make her feel comfortable and satisfied, even though they weren't together. Gatsby knew it was going to be hard for Daisy to tell Tom that she didn't love him and wanted to be with him instead. He knew that she had to do it in order for both of them to be truly happy.
     Gatsby and Daisy would secretly see each because Gatsby didn't want to rush Daisy to tell Tom about their secret relationship. Finally after days Daisy told Tom how she felt and it did not go as planned, especially when Daisy killed Myrtle. At the end of it all Gatsby was shot and killed in his pool by Wilson who was Myrtle's wife because he thought Gatsby was the one who had killed her. Gatsby's happiness did not come from money, it came from love and he almost had a grasp of loving and being with his dream girl until it all got shattered.
     In conclusion, Fitzgerald did a great job in defining the attitude towards happiness. When it came to the characters, it did not matter if they had all the money in the world because that was not their source of happiness, especially for Gatsby. Just because you have money don't expect it to make you happy forever, happiness could also come from all sorts of things you just need to find what makes you happy.