In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald explains how Gatsby sees Daisy as his ideal woman. Gatsby creates an image of Daisy in his mind of which he believes is perfect and ideal. Gatsby pictures her as flawless and absolute, which she is not. Fitzgerald discusses that Gatsby deeply believes that Daisy is the ideal woman for him even though she falls short of his dreams of being that. Even though Daisy cannot be the woman Gatsby wants her to be he still does not give up on her.
F. Scott Fitzgerald explains that Gatsby would do anything for his ideal woman, which is Daisy. The epigraph in the beginning of the novel says, “Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; if you can bounce high, bounce for her too, till she cry “lover, gold-hatted, high bouncing lover, i must have you!” (Fitzgerald epigraph) By this, Fitzgerald means that if Gatsby wants to get his ideal woman then he must make himself appear luxurious and affluent. Gatsby does anything and everything for Daisy to notice him and remember him. He displays his money and extravagant belongings to get closer to Daisy. Gatsby does this so Daisy can see his success and wealth because rich girls can’t marry poor boys.
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“He talked about the past and i gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could one return, to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was” (Fitzgerald 109-10) Nick said about Gatsby. Gatsby wanted to recover what happened to Daisy and the love they had. Daisy still had hope even though she felt like there was barely any to still reach out and grasp for. Gatsby just wanted his lover with Daisy to be as ideal and passionate as it was before he left for the