The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1463 Words

The Great Gatsby? People hear this title and think of the movie, the movie that got 351 dollars worldwide. The movie directed by Buz Luhrmann and the movie with a story line that follows a book. What book? Of course it has the same title. Written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, â€Å"The Great Gatsby† the book has have been people reading the novel to this day. In the book, there are so many layers that need to be peeled in order to analysis the deeper meanings of the book. psychoanalysis therorism does prove out how unconscious behaviors caused characters like Gatsby to drive to bigger goals destructively because of the past, also by what method defenses such as selective perception, selective memory and denial played a part in the book when†¦show more content†¦Out of all the characters, the one and only Jay Gatsby drive for many desires to satisfy himself. First of he was born poor, never fit in with old money as he wanted. Brought up poor, he didn’t get wha t others did like a good reputation. This drove him crazy, he lead to being partners with Wolfshiem and became part of illegal business. At the end of the novel when someone calls nick thinking it was Gatsby the man says â€Å"Young Parke’s in trouble,† he said rapidly. â€Å"They picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counter. They got a circular from New York giving ’em the numbers just five minutes before. What d’you know about that, hey? You never can tell in these hick towns——† (Fitzgerald 174). Plus, when Nick tried to get in contact with Wolfshiem, there was no contact information and criminals never wanted to be reached out that easily. This is proof that Gatsby did some illegal things to get the wealth he had. He was motivated to not be the person he was as a kid, he took extreme measures to become the exact opposite. In the past Gatsby was poor and nothing compared to Tom, he knew he wouldn’t have been able t o take care of Daisy which made him drive for higher dreams. He bought expensive cars, a mansion across from Daisy, servants, land all that to impress his love. He didn’t care if Daisy fell in love with him and cheated on her husband, he would anything even illegally to get the money and supplies to get Daisy back. Another part of psychoanalysis therorism