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Examples Of Love In The Great Gatsby

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“Love is a weapon of mass destruction or reconstruction” (Anonymous). The book The Great Gatsby there is Nick Carraway who moves to New York to be a bonds salesman. There, he moves in beside Jay Gatsby, and across from his second cousin Daisy and her husband Tom. As the story unfolds the love connections in the story are revealed. The love between Daisy and Gatsby, the love between Tom and his mistress Myrtle, and Daisy and Tom’s love. The loves in The Great Gatsby were destructive to those involved, especially Daisy and Gatsby’s love. Daisy and Gatsby’s love led to the destruction of each persons livelihood through their desire to get back to the love they had before. Daisy and Gatsby had known each other before he had become rich and before he went off to war. They fell in love with each other although Daisy was under the impression that Gatsby could provide her with the life that she …show more content…

Daisy tried to wait for Gatsby to come back but eventually she moved on and married Tom. Gatsby however was not accepting of this love. “He wanted nothing less of Daisy that that she should go to Tom and say: “I never loved you.” (Fitzgerald 109). Gatsby is desiring for Daisy to leave everything she has created with Tom in the past four years of being married. Gatsby is stuck in the mind set of that Tom is the only thing keeping him from Daisy, but the Daisy that is in his mind is the Daisy from five years ago. Daisy is no longer the woman he fell in love with and she has had an entire life without Gatsby being involved in it. Daisy has responsibilities now, although not few that keep her away from Gatsby. Gatsby growing up not having much always felt like he was mean’t for greater things in life. Gatsby’s obsession of being with Daisy the way it was five years ago stems from that. When he met Daisy and convinced her that he could provide a luxurious life for her it was then Gatsby felt he was reaching his

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Daisy “wanted her life shaped now, immediately-and the decision must be made by some force-of love, of money, or unquestionable practicality-that was close at hand” (151). Tom provides security when it came to money and he fit the status quo. Daisy is more concerned about her social status than love. She would rather be  high end and classy instead of waiting for someone she loves. Eventually Daisy and Gatsby reunite, but this relationship does not last.

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Inconsistently with Tom and Daisy’s marriage in the novel, Daisy’s feelings towards Gatsby are much different than those with Tom. Richard Dabiel Lehan, author of, “Careless People: Daisy Fay” explains Daisy’s strong love for Gatsby when he states, “Once Daisy gave herself to Gatsby… She incarnates the dream. She embodies all the wonder and mystery that lies inherent in romantic possibility, so that to yearn for her is to romp like God through the heavens,” By interpreting this it’s pretty simple to say that Daisy wanted to be with Gatsby for life, while it appeared she wanted Tom just for a period. Lehan elaborates on the ‘romantic possibility’ throughout the article and what could have been between Daisy and Gatsby.

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“She's manipulative and cruel but hides it behind her whimsical stare. Gatsby never had a chance. On top of using Gatsby for her own enjoyment, she ends up going back to Tom. After he had openly cheated on her” (Tanner). Gatsby still had feelings for Daisy and she still liked him.

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He will keep Daisy. But then Gatsby insists on hearing that she never loved Tom. Gatsby wanted to enforce more power and make her say what he wanted to hear. This is where Fitzgerald gets tricky with his theme: he doesn’t let commitment and love get entirely separated. Daisy admits she had once had feelings for Tom; she’d loved them both.

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If Gatsby is to truly love Daisy, instead of destroying her marriage, he would have let her go. However, because of his extreme devotion towards Daisy, he dreams of a utopia where their feelings for each other is mutual. Thus, he demands her to say that she has never loved Tom to affirm that she loves him only, but Daisy does fall in love with Tom at some point in her marriage, in between the five years of Gatsby’s absence. Nonetheless, Gatsby does not give up. He “[clutches]

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“He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she would go to Tom and say, “I never loved you. ””(131) Gatsby is so wrapped up in himself that he doesn't see what he is asking Daisy to do. Over the years, he has been able to remain happy solely with the thought of getting Daisy back. At the Plaza, Gatsby decides it's time to tell Tom.

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While Gatsby was away at war Daisy moved on and married Tom. Gatsby already has so much but still wants more he wants Daisy to come live with him now that he is rich he found her and is trying to win her love back even though she is married to Tom now. But Gatsby believes that Daisy never loved Tom at all and that she only married him for his money and because she was

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The Influence of Love F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, uses the influence and effects of love on a person to express what one may become during this quest, the measures one will take to obtain unconditional love, and the many differents choices one will make. Love itself is a very dangerous and beautiful element many people for centuries have desired and would do everything and anything for. Jay Gatsby and many other cast in The Great Gatsby were blinded by it thus making many harsh and skeptical decisions. Gatsby is a boy that comes from a dirt poor family that he did not even consider to be his real family.

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Well, the love runs very deep and never falters in him, and reunion of Gatsby and Daisy has rekindled the love, after all these countless odds that he defeated extraordinarily. But, one of the last two things about the dark side of Gatsby is the attempt to break the marriage of Daisy and her husband Tom. Yes, in the confrontational scene, Gatsby demands that Daisy admits that she never, ever loved Tom at all, but, the result was not expected by Gatsby. “I did love [Tom] once,” says Daisy, “but I loved you too.”

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It is true that Daisy had loved Gatsby once, but it was all in the past. After Gatsby left to go to war, Daisy fell in love with Tom Buchanan. The reasons why Daisy married Tom was part of her love for him and the other part is because she loves the social position she is in when she is with Tom. Gatsby failed not because he was killed, but because Daisy’s love for Tom can not be changed with material things. All of the main characters have ideas for the perfect life and none were able to achieve them.

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Love, a deep affection, is only complete when felt by two unique individuals. In this story Gatsby has become blinded by his affection for Daisy he does not stop to consider anything else but being with her. He has this illusion and fantasy he has longed for since a little boy in his dream. While he has obtained everything else, the fame, glory, and wealth he lacks one thing, a lover. He has his life all crafted out and Daisy was his missing piece.

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In the book The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald portrays and image of love versus infatuation. The relationships between the characters shows the struggle of an emotional connection in a world driven by societal pressures and money. Gatsby’s and Daisy’s relationship with each other is intertwined with each other’s love and lust, and is complicated with their other relationships, such as Daisy’s and Tom’s marriage. Gatsby is the “fool” in love throughout this whole endeavor and his week with Daisy, because of his constant search for love to fill the void in his life that no amount of success can. Gatsby’s complete infatuation with Daisy started out with them meeting five years back, and surfaced into a love affair.

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Once Gatsby returns home he comes to find out that Daisy Buchanan married Tom. However, Tom eventually discovers the affair between Gatsby and his wife and convinces her to return to him even though he himself is having an affair with Myrtle. Daisy married Tom because she knows that he is able to provide for her and although, Gatsby is richer than Tom she wants to forget about the past between her and Gatsby. In the book Daisy says, "Oh, you want too much!" she cried to Gatsby.

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