Daisy's Love In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby: What Love Does
Love has always been to people the temporary feeling they experience when with the subject of their interest; when that feeling disappears they claim that love is tragic and dangerous. In the book, The Great Gatsby, I can see many instances where the characters all have a twisted idea of love and because they know no better, they go about destroying each other’s lives.
The novel, The Great Gatsby is a sad story based on the topic of lost love. Gatsby, the protagonist of the story, based his love for Daisy on the young girl she was before he went off to war. During their time apart, Gatsby strived to live the American Dream while Daisy enjoyed a life of being adored by the rich. The character Daisy is described by the author throughout the novel as a fickle and shallow young …show more content…

He thought he fell in love with Daisy but we can see he fell in love with the life she lives instead. Before Gatsby went on to fight the war he made Daisy promise that she would wait for him; Gatsby, being wooed by her wealthy life vowed to come back a wealthy man, but she never did keep her promise. While Gatsby was gone Daisy flourished in her artificial life and soon moved on from him. In Gatsby’s case, distance made his heart weaker for her. It soon became evident that Gatsby tracked Daisy’s life when he showed her clippings on their first meeting. “Look at this,” said Gatsby quickly. “Here is a lot of clippings -about you.” (Line 90) He knew in order to be on the receiving end of Daisy affections he would have to acquire wealth, even if it meant acquiring the money through illegal means. Once Daisy gave up on waiting for Gatsby, her love is soon bought by a new suitor of hers, Tom Buchanan with a thirty-thousand dollar pearl necklace; after all, it is money and excitement she desires the

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