Theme

The themes throughout this novel are relationships built on lies, unhappiness, and love. In the beginning of the novel, Nick meets a girl named Jordan baker who is very much a liar about many things; golf, relationships, borrowing things, etc. "Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply-- I was casually sorry, and then I forgot"(58). Although Nick forgives or says sorry his relationship that he could be pursuing with Jordan may be a lie. This is on going with Gatsby too. Gatsby seems to be this very understanding man who listens. One may disagree with that now. He was not very caring when it came to Daisy's feeling; he just knew that he wanted her and he was going to do whatever it took to get her. Another thing that Gatsby was lying about was that he was practically a criminal. There are many other lies throughout this book. Unhappiness is another on going theme throughout this book because Daisy is not happy with her relationship with Tom. She ends up cheating on Tom with Gatsby (another lie) and tells Gatsby that she loves only him (another lie). A major theme throughout this book is love. Love is crazy and seems to be a big mess. Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby had a love triangle. Daisy loved Gatsby, Daisy loved Tom, Gatsby thought that Daisy only loved him, Tom was upset, and the list goes on. Daisy did not know what to do so she kind of just went with the flow and it created this big mess. The characters throughout the book seem to be selfish and only think about what was satisfying to them therefore they have this mindset that they are going to get what they want.