Gatsby's Undying Love for Daisy in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

“He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was” (Fitzgerald 110).

Gatsby is characterized as a very elaborate man sophisticated in his ways. He is always seen throwing extravagant parties with only the best of the best belongings in his home. “One week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains.” ( Melville, p.39). Nick explains the bizarre lifestyle that Gatsby had with all his parties. Although, throughout Gatsby’s life, the reader is able to see the emptiness he feels without Daisy. “I,m just going to wait here and see if he tries to bother her about that unpleasantness this afternoon. She’s locked herself into her room, and if he tries any brutality she’s going to turn the light out and on again.” (Melville, p.144). Here, the reader recognizes the love Gatsby has for daisy. He is willing to wait all night in order to be sure of her protection. Gatsby has called off all of his parties and fired all of his servants just to spend time with daisy. In doing this, Gatsby shows great qualities that one should look for in another person: love, loyalty, trust, and a kind heart. Unfortunately, these attributes led to Gatsby’s death,

Sometimes people put on a facade for the rest of the world to hide the bad in themselves which they don't want others to see. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy Buchanan is caught in between her husband, Tom Buchanan and her first love, Jay Gatsby who are both fighting for her love. Daisy is sympathized for as she is put in this tough spot, however true intentions are revealed as she leads both of these men on. As she has relations with both Tom and Gatsby, Daisy selfishly acts to only please herself and protect her character. Although Fitzgerald carefully builds Daisy's character with associations of light, purity, and innocence, when all is said and done, she is the opposite from what presents herself to be.

One of Gatsby’s many fantasies is that Daisy is his and always has been. He thought that Daisy loved only him during the five years he was

Jay Gatsby is arguably the richest man in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby and is also one of the most conflicted. At face value, it would seem as if he has everything a man could want in life, a mansion, extravagant parties evert night and so on. However what does this man struggle with? What is it that even with all his money he cannot obtain? That one thing would be Daisy Buchanan’s love the one thing that Gatsby has tried so hard to obtain, working for five years, most of his adult life, just to get to see this woman again and its driven him borderline insane. There are quite a few obstacles in Gatsby’s way to obtain Daisy’s love throughout the novel most namely among these are Gatsby’s struggles within himself and with other

Gatsby’s pursuit for his past relationship becomes selfish in his attempt to make Daisy notice him, specifically his wealth. While Daisy chooses Tom over Gatsby considering his deprivation of wealth, he remains judgmental when he assumes Daisy “only married [Tom] because [he] was poor and she was tired of waiting for [him]...she never loved any on except [Gatsby]” (130).Quickly, he presumes she solely decided on wealth to marry Tom, a simple alternative. Bringing up the past generates the thought to please himself into believing that Daisy has always

c The main character, Jay Gatsby, falls in love with a woman, who’s name is Daisy, before he is shipped off to war and they promise to get married someday, once he has returned from the war he finds out that Daisy has married another man. He is terribly upset by this and starts to have parties every weekend at his house, hoping that she will walk in. But is what Gatsby felt for Daisy true love? Or was it obsession, affection, accumulation or objectification? Can Gatsby really love Daisy after only being with her a handful of times? Gatsby quickly became obsessed with Daisy after that night they met in 1916. He thought that she would change his world. Gatsby’s main agenda was to change his life from this poor farm boy, to a rich millionaire. Unfortunately for Gatsby only one part of his dream comes true.

Gatsby aspires to be Daisy’s only love interest despite continual rejection, proving his endless passion. Gatsby never ceased pursuing Daisy for he knew one day she would come running into their relationship once again. In contempt of returning home from war, left alone without the woman of his dreams, Gatsby continued a life that fabricated an internal greatness of wealth. There was no explanation for Gatsby continuing his life other than in hope of Daisy regretting Tom. He had the wealth he dreamed of, but grasped the idea that money wasn’t the cure for all evil. No matter what had previously occurred, Gatsby endured all pain. While holding Jordan in his arms and thinking of life’s purpose, Nick recalls a certain phrase. “‘There are only

I firmly stand with Nick when he explains that you cannot repeat the past. In the past, Gatsby and Daisy were no doubt in love. They adored each other completely, but Daisy had to make the decision to choose money over love. However, in the years that they have been apart, she has greatly missed the love she felt for Gatsby. Because of this, she feels as though she loves Gatsby the same as she used to. Gatsby sees how much Daisy adores him, and is very hopeful. He wants desperately for things to be the way that they were when Daisy and he were still young and very much in love.

“His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people -- his imagination has never really accepted them as his parents at all.” Gatsby was born into intense poverty, raised by dirt-poor farmers under the legal name James Gatz, and was expected to be doomed to continue this life for as long as his would last. Gatsby despised this living, and refused himself to label his life as such. Gatsby began to create a new life during his career in the military, where he began to carve a new identity that he could use as his own, where he could label himself as a soldier, not a farmer, and more importantly, where he could label himself as the partner of Daisy Fay. Daisy was the richest girl in the town of Louisville. She was desired by all men, but ultimately the significant other of Jay Gatsby, at least until Gatsby was forced to leave her for World War I. During his absence, Daisy had grown restless and vulnerable while waiting, and in the midst of growing impatient, she had met, and become engaged to, a new man, Tom Buchanan. When Gatsby returned from the war, he had moved relatively close to Daisy without even realizing it, and was now, seemingly without trying, crafted into a symbol of immense wealth and resilience. “The truth was that Jay Gatsby… sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God…” He is often respected for portraying a “self-made man”, most recognizably someone who

“Gatsby had a humble past, but would lie about his past in order to show how great he was. Gatsby said he fought in World War 1 and was an Oxford student for a few years in an attempt to show Daisy that he did a lot in his past and was not truly a poor man” (Fitzgerald, 1925). Gatsby has created a false image of himself in order to regain Daisy’s interest in him. He has put so much value on money that he has to lie and illegally make money. Gatsby believed that becoming wealthy would lead him to his American dream of getting Daisy’s love and did not achieve it because he put too much focus on money instead of thinking about how Daisy feels now.

Gatsby is a man who hangs on to his dreams and works toward achieveing them. When he meets Daisy again after five long years, he is ecstatic beyond belief. For Gatsby, being with Daisy is his dream come true and he experiences genuine happiness at the fact that he is with her. Gastby started out as a poor soldier, and, in order to impress Daisy and earn a position in society as highly ranked as hers, Gastby went through many different occupations, and dealt in illegal business to be able to have the vast amount of money he has accumulated. During the five years that he hasn't been able to see Daisy, he has made her into the perfect woman, making it impossible for Daisy to live up to his great expectations. In his mind, Gatsby has made Daisy

Gatsby lived in a world where money took priority over moral integrity, which impacted negatively on Gatsby. In the past, Gatsby had an love affair with the affluent Daisy. But they separated because of the difference in their social status. Then Gatsby started to amass wealth. In the process of seeking for money and status, Gatsby began his evil business. To be rich, he engaged in criminal activities. Through his dealings with organized crimes, it could be seen that he did not adhere to the American Dream guidelines. So his American Dream was doomed to failure. In addition, Gatsby was blinded due to his ideal love for Daisy. Actually, Daisy was far from the idealistic figure in Gatsby’s mind. She was a realistic woman, attracted by substantial things—money and solid social status. However, because of his blinded love, Gatsby could not realize the true essence of Daisy, though he saw through that “her voice is full of money”. Even if they could live together, Gatsby would have been

“If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him,” Nick said. The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a wealthy man named Jay Gatsby and his unconditional love for Daisy Buchanan. They were once together, but unfortunately got separated because of the war. Five years have gone by and Gatsby is still in love with Daisy. Daisy couldn't wait for him (to come back from war), so she gets married to Tom Buchanan. Gatsby must go through so many obstacles to be with the one he truly loves.

Coming from a poor, farming family, Gatsby wants to make a name for himself, which he is partly driven to do by his attraction for Daisy Buchanan, a rich young lady that Gatsby dates before the war who becomes a driver for Gatsby’s pursuit of prosperity throughout the book. Despite the appearance that Gatsby looks as if he has everything he could have ever wanted, he never comes across satisfied with himself or his situation. Gatsby throws exquisite parties, but rarely does he make an appearance at them. This is because Gatsby has internal struggles and dissatisfactions, but he masks them with his money, which continually leaves him