Impulsivity is a multifactorial construct that involves the tendency to act on a whim, displaying behavior characterized by little or no forethought, reflection, or consideration of the consequences. In Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, the author raises the idea of how impulsive actions of a person could led to unpleasant consequences. The novel was set during “Roaring Twenties”, a term used to describe the year of 1920s, also known as an era of the wealth unprecedented through the cultural dynamism. During that period of time, everybody had their own dream and steoreotype to complete in their own. Throughout the novel, it can conclude that one individual can not be held accountable for Gatsby’s death. Even though Mr. Wilson is the one…show more content… Provided that, Daisy leaves Gatsby on hope by telling him that she will leave her husband and run away with Gatsby. but from the bottom of her’s heart, she doesn’t sure about that, “She realized at last what she was doing and as though she had never, all along, intended to do anything at all.” (Fitzegerald 132) Daisy always tells Gatsby that she really loves him, in the others hand, she perceives the old money from her husband is better than the money that Gatsby inherited from somebody else. The following, when Gatsby asks Daisy to clarify for Tom that she never loves Tom, she replies, “I did love him once, but I love you too.” (Fitzgerald 132) Daisy is taking advantage of Gatsby, if she truly loves him, she will wait for Gatsby to comeback from the war and marries him rather than become a wife of a rich man. For this reason , Daisy plays an important role in the death of Gatsby, her confusiveness about staying with Tom or run away with Gatsby makes her lose the control of herself and it causes Daisy to accidently hit…show more content… Before, Gatsby once tells Nick that, “I can’t describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her, old sport. I even hoped for a while that she’d throw me over, but she didn’t, because she was in love with me too.” (Fitzgerald 150) It follows that Gatsby could not accept the fact that Daisy did not want to leave Tom because she still likes him, After the accident, Nick caughts Gatsby hiding in the Buchanan’s garden to look for Daisy, and Gatsby reveals the truth to him, “ “Was Daisy driving?”,“Yes,” he said after a moment, “but of course I’ll say I was…” (Fitzgerald 143) To be able to protect Daisy, Gatsby refuses to reveal the truth about the car accident and he wants to take the blame for her. During his entire life, Gats by’s dream of having Daisy helps him to become rich, it also cause him to get into trouble with Tom , who told Wilson that Gatsby killed his wife, and causing Wilson to kill Gatsby and
