Part 2-- Elaine (Yuyao) Wang-- Expensive Love with Miss Siren

💁HelloOOo!!!➤➤ Welcome to Elaine's BLOooOG!

📌Let me show you 🤓 how the main tragic love💔 in the story links to the American Dream❗❗

⇩Daisy Buchanan💋(Miss SIREN)

👉Daisy is Tom Buchanan’s wife👰, but she is the lover of Gatsby as well👀. Her image is charming💟 and beautiful✨ with an attractive voice🎙 which has a deep effect on man😻😻😻. She is old money💰, and like others in this group, she is a little unacceptable with new money. At the same time, she has a deep obsession with money🤑 that she even gives up her love🙊 for it. Her perfection makes Gatsby chase for material desperately.

😼Jay Gatsby⇩

👉Gatsby used to be poor, but after falling in love💚💚💚 with Daisy, he uses criminal actions❌ to become rich❗. Obviously, he obtains a lot of wealth💰💰 successfully, and he wants to buy Daisy's love with money❗❓❗❓. Green light🟢 is his distant dream💭 which is a symbol for him as the love for the perfect Daisy💥 in his mind🧠.

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✋From my perspective, ❗the American Dream❗ uses media to let people believe that only material will bring happiness🙄🙄🙄 to people which defines happiness superficially😡😡😡. However, happiness should have different interpretations in everyone's heart✅, and everyone has the right to realize their own happiness. It is not only a kind of deprive of people’s rights😰😰😰, but also causes damage to their life🤕🤕🤕 for forcing a diversified thing to be just material❎.

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✋The American Dream uses media to let people believe that happiness will only be brought by material💩💩💩, like Daisy’s charm💋💋💋 and money-worship🤑🤑🤑 makes Gatsby only chase for materialism in his life😔😔😔. Nick once describes his charming cousin as: “… but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered ‘Listen’…” She is just like a siren💋👻💋 who seduces people with sweet singing🎙🎙, lets Gatsby create “green light” as an illusion that can only fit her perfection on the surface. However, this “perfection” is like the media in the American Dream, which has a gorgeous look but define happiness superficially as material and corrupt people’s mind. 💣

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👉After meeting Daisy, Gatsby devotes himself to make more money💰, because it is the only way to get happiness— to get love from her🖤. “‘They’re such beautiful shirts👕👕👕,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad💦💦 because I’ve never seen such—such beautiful shirts before.’”. Daisy is obsessed with material and money😍, her tears seem to tell us that only these luxurious things👛 can touch her heart💓 Furthermore, like the media which deprives human rights😟, she also causes damage to others😡.  Her desire for material changes Gatsby’s life, and makes him lose the moral baseline by the criminal acts❓❗❓❗ to become rich🤯🤯🤯. He chases for the “green light” for his whole life, which is an ideal illusion for him💭, but it just makes him corrupt😱😱😱😱.

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On the other hand, from my point of view, Daisy’s mind is also controlled❗❗❗. In her youth, she fell in love with poor Gatsby💎, and even wanted to cancel her engagement with Tom😮 just because she received a letter💌💌💌 from Gatsby. Maybe her love for Gatsby is true somewhat, but the power of her old money thoughts keeps regulating her from alcohol or the marriage with a poor young man. “‘Gratulate me,’ she muttered🍷. ‘Never had a drink before but oh, how I do enjoy it💦💦.’” It seems like the appearance of Gatsby is the change in her life. However, her mind is deeply shaped by the old money, so she obediently obeyed her inner old school and the worship towards money and chose to marry Tom. As a result, I think society and old money thoughts are just like the media in the American Dream, which control her mind and interfere with her decision.

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✋From my point of view, I think Daisy achieves her American Dream👏✔, which is just enjoying the life full of material😬 and money😑. But ironically, Gatsby also has a luxury life, but he does not achieve his dream...🙍🙍🙍

👉Although Gatsby uses the money to win Daisy’s heart, it is not what he really wants❗❗❗. His longing for the love of “Daisy”💗 is his American Dream, not that “Daisy” who is crazy for material, but the “green light”💚😭😭😭. 

“No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.”

Sadly, he did wrong totally from the beginning.😭😭😭 He just wants to go back 🔙🔙to when he was a soldier👱🏻‍♂️, and she was the young girl👱🏻‍♀️ who fell in love with him purely💧. Such “Daisy” is an unreachable✨ and over beautified💫 “green light” that only flashed in his mind. And his efforts to get Daisy’s love in reality which controls him to obtain wealth through criminal☠️ or illegal actions💀only keep him away from what he really wants.😣😣😣In this case, he completely runs counter to realize his American Dream.😢😢

👉For Daisy, her American Dream is to have a rich material life.😈😈😈 

“…half an hour later when we walked out of the room the pearls were around her neck and the incident was over.”

She has the opportunity to abandon this marriage of family property and fame💩 to chase true pure love💜, but she gives up love for the wealth💰💰💰 that can give her perfect material life😵. So, in her view, she achieves the happiness she wants and realizes her American dream.👍😒👍

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However, in this tragic love, I think neither of them needs to change❗❗❗, except society. Like the media has no right to manipulate people’s definition of happiness, we also cannot judge others’ pursuit of love✅. I think maybe Gatsby was poor in the past😷, so the material does not occupy such a large part of his life😲. So what he longs for is the pure love💖 on the spiritual level. 

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On the other hand, Daisy is old money😈, she thinks she cannot live without beautiful clothes👒 and luxurious jewelry💍. Compared to a specific love for someone, she is more likely to pursue a material love for wealth💝. Furthermore, I also think her desire for the material is affected by society. Compared to her crazy for money💵💵💵, the more important reason for making her relationship with Gatsby broken💔 is her unacceptable towards new money in her old ideas😵.  “But the rest offended her💢—and inarguably, because it wasn’t a gesture but an emotion😢😢😢.” Gatsby successfully becomes rich✅ but his group cannot be changed❎, he is still new money, which is seen to be lowly in old money’s view💢💢💢. I will say that old money like Daisy and Tom have the persistence💪 towards “The Perfect Money”🙎, they cannot accept any kind of wealth except family property💩, let alone Gatsby's money obtained through illegal means😨😨😨. Her family and society😑 make Daisy prejudice against Gatsby😣 and destroy his American Dream💣💣💣. If the society can change, for example, erase the “offended” feeling between old and new money✂✂✂, or reduce Daisy’s desire for material✂✂✂, Gatsby’s dream about getting pure love💎 from Daisy may come true😔. However, fate makes these two unsuitable people meet😈, and the wrong but crazy infatuation👫 with each other caused such a sad ending💔💔💔.

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"The Perfect Body"👙 from the media of Victoria’s Secret fits with "The Perfect Daisy"💚 in Gatsby's heart and "The Perfect Money"💎 for Daisy, which is gorgeous🔥 but one-sided and superficial🌚🌚🌚. 

The model👩 who has been processed with graphics software defines what beauty looks like for the public. Daisy's love💩 also makes Gatsby pursue material desperately😤😤😤. And the old money's persistence of the family money and the prejudice towards new money also affect Daisy to not accept Gatsby. All three of them use undeniable perfection💥 to give wrong notions to people forcibly👎, and also cause damage to them as well🙀. Those who lose themselves🙉🙉 because of the control of the advertisements may take unhealthy measures such as dieting🥗 in order to lose weight. Gatsby corrupts his mind to do some criminal actions👮 to become rich💵 to buy love from Daisy💍. And Daisy gives up Gatsby💦, and stays with Tom😒 although he is cheating on her💩💩💩.  Whether it is Victoria ’s Secret advertisement👙, Daisy💎, or the persistence from old money🔒, they are just like the American dream, which is a kind of control and hurt over others.🤬🤬🤬

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🔗Resources:
📌https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=english_seniorseminar

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