The Great Gatspy

I think that romanitcism is the most prevelant theme shared among the characters in this movie/book. While Jay has convinced himself that the beautiful, exuberant Daisy is the women of his dreams and will wait for him till the end of time; Daisy is in lust with the nostalgic idea of a man in uniform and the romance of anticipation. Their month of new relationship bliss obviously didn't translate over eight years of silence, especially since they didn't know much about each other to begin with. Afterall, "rich girls don't marry poor boys." Myrtle and her husband seemed to have at one time loved each other, but Myrtle longed for the lavish life every girl dreamed of. Her husband's love wasn't enough to buy her a happiness deemed politically correct in a roaring, larger than life society. Tom wanted to live vicariosly through the important people around him, his trophy wife by his side, catapolting the pair into the limelight of 1920 culture. The ironic part about Jay's deep and surreal obssesion with Daisy, and the money that would surely bring her back to him is that he couldn't have cared less about his immense wealth. The parties and money created a facade that brought about the realiztion that he didn't actually know Daisy. Nick's idea of himself is comprised of the friendships around him, finding that money doesn't always mean happiness, and love is very rarely unconditional.