Great Gatsby
...qualities, no two are exactly alike. A reader can see some but not many similarities between the two novels. The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Are Watching God. The Great Gatsby written by Scott F. Fitzgerald is a tale of high society and its twists and turns, while Their Eyes Are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is of poverty and the struggle of being judged.
In both Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Are Watching God and Scott F. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby there is a prevalent theme in common with the male characters. Both Jay Gatsby and Joe Starks long for success, but end up failing and inevitably losing the women they sought after for so long. In The Great Gatsby the goal of Jay Gatsby is to obtain the love of Daisy once again. He planned out his whole life on this one woman. Every move or decision he made revolved around the life of Daisy. His love for Daisy drove him to change and reform, his whole lifestyle in order to regain this love. Gatsby had no way of getting this love back because Daisy had married a very prominent male figure in the high society named Tom Buchanan. The only way for Gatsby to gain Daisy's love back was to find his way into this high society that Daisy so loved to be a part of. Gatsby eventually rose quite high on the high society ladder and moved across the bay from Daisy and Tom Buchanan. Moving closer to his goal he began to have many parties in hopes that Daisy would wonder over but she never did. He finally turns to his
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neighbor and narrator of the novel Nick for his help. Nick was Daisy's cousin. With his help Jay Gatsby hoped to once again see Daisy. Though he had many lavish parties and dining events Jay Gatsby was never fully happy on this journey to gain Daisy's love. He finally admits to Nick at one point that he has "failed and failed again miserably" in trying to attempt to gain her love back. In Their...
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