Daisy’s and Gatsby’s relationship in the Great Gatsby. In the novel, there are relationships and secret relationships among the characters, one of those secret relationships being Daisy and Gatsby’s. Their relationship was very one-sided, obsessed, and all around money. Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship was rocky. Daisy and Gatsby had once been together, but had separated due to Gatsby succeeding in battle. After the war was over, Gatsby couldn’t return straight home as he was sent to Oxford instead. This had changed their relationship as Daisy left Gatsby while he was at Oxford, remarrying a man named Tom. After a few years, Gatsby finally connected with Daisy after a tea party Nick invited her to. Once she arrived, Gatsby had said “5 years …show more content…
Daisy was a materialistic girl who was very careless with herself when it came to wealth in men, marrying men who have wealth. Once Daisy and Gatsby had gotten back to talking to each other, Daisy had seen Gatsby’s mansion, starting to seem like she has interest in him again. As Gatsby walked Daisy around his mansion, he had thrown his shirts around the room, as Nick states “The shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel” (92). Daisy had begun sobbing as she held the shirts, making her upset as she told Gatsby, “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such—such beautiful shirts before”. …show more content…
As Gatsby talked about Daisy, denying all the accusations, Daisy was drifting away from Gatsby, finally realizing the truth about him. After the whole argument, when everyone was heading back to Long Island, Daisy was terrified, her frightened eyes had ripped out her courage, having to go back with Gatsby. During their whole argument, Daisy started to distance herself from Gatsby, realizing he wasn’t the man that he said he was. Gatsby revealed to be a poor man that Daisy had never known about before, making her not trust Gatsby as much as she did