Jealousy is an emotional reaction; so by its very nature it has a reason. Jealousy is a normal response to a perceived threat. Getting jealous is not necessarily bad. Problems arise and your behaviors get out of control when your jealousy gets unmanageable.
The Great Gatsby brings about a type of jealousy brought on by imagined or misperceived events. For example: Gatsby, although has quite a bit of money, is sought as a man of crime to people who haven’t much as seen his face. Irrational jealousy is not healthy at all. It is based on non-realistic paranoia and insecurity. People suffering from an irrational jealousy rely mostly on their feelings that something is wrong when there are no real signs that these feelings are genuine.
On the other hand, Myrtle and Tom have every right to be jealous. Myrtle, because she has to sit and watch Tom shift between a married and ‘un-married’ life: One- because he is not satisfied with Daisy; and Two: Tom doesn’t very much find Myrtle anymore fulfilling than Daisy was. He becomes even more depressed, coming to find out, that Daisy is no saint herself and has been having an affair with Gatsby.
However, without any shown belief of their jealousy, irrationally jealous individuals often sink in to a depression based on paranoia. They are convinced that they are right to be jealous even when the evidence does not quite support their beliefs. It will eventually be very difficult to show them the truth.
"Time is one of the important parts of your life where you can't go back to change the past but you can move forward inorder to achieve your goals and dreams in the future."
Jay Gatsby standing infront of his luxurious mansion.
Gatsby's Party
Gatsby's Car
Daisy on People Weekly magazine.
Gatsby and Daisy!~
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther."
Jealousy is an emotional reaction; so by its very nature it has a reason. Jealousy is a normal response to a perceived threat. Getting jealous is not necessarily bad. Problems arise and your behaviors get out of control when your jealousy gets unmanageable.
However, without any shown belief of their jealousy, irrationally jealous individuals often sink in to a depression based on paranoia. They are convinced that they are right to be jealous even when the evidence does not quite support their beliefs. It will eventually be very difficult to show them the truth. 
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