Gatsby shows parallels to Ronald Franz from Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild. Ronald Franz has an extraordinary love for Chris McCandless similar to Gatsby's love for Daisy. McCandless writes a letter to Franz telling him to go out and see the world. Franz listens to McCandless for love. Franz waits in the desert for McCandless to return. Gatsby's love for Daisy shows similarities. Gatsby becomes a criminal and sells bootleg alcohol during Prohibition. Gatsby risks his life for a chance to rekindle his love with Daisy. Gatsby shows parallels to William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Hamlet's father is killed by his uncle. The ghost of Hamlet's father asks Hamlet to avenge his death. Out of love, Hamlet performs unusual actions to avenge his father. Gatsby and Hamlet are undoubtedly similar because of their unusual behavior. Buddha once wrote “Ambition is like love, intolerant of both delay and rivals.” Although Gatsby waits five years before reuniting with Daisy, he pursues his task of reviving his love with utmost impatience, which is also reckless. He should have approached the task step by step instead of chasing it at full speed. “I [Daisy] never laid eyes on him [Gatsby] for more than four years” (Fitzgerald 75). At the first chance Gatsby gets, he directs all his money and efforts to get Daisy's attention and, ultimately, her