Examples Of Love In The Great Gatsby

Over 67% of Americans have experienced what they call ¨true love¨ whilst the other 33% have yet to experience being in love. To be in love means to have a strong unexplainable desire for a certain person and admire them for who they truly are. In the book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the readers are introduced to a soft-spoken woman named Daisy, who appears to be in a love triangle with the man she once loved and the man she ¨loves¨ now. Jay Gatsby, the man she once loved has come back into her life hoping that she'd come back to him -- which ends up causing a mess for Daisy and her husband, Tom Buchanan. However, there is confusion between the two about who she has a greater attachment and connection. It is a known fact

They were each other's first love which is why she stands out to Gatsby the most rather than any other woman. It has been a long five years without each other since he had left, and since then Daisy has moved on from him. People change drastically over the course of five years, they grow older and tend to be more emotionally stable. Gatsby does not show any signs of being emotionally stable to which she angrily exclaims, ¨Oh, you want too much!¨ (Fitzgerald 132).

Gatsby pressures Daisy into telling Tom, her husband, that she has never loved him and that she is in love with Gatsby. Daisy reacts to this by feeling overwhelmed, she sees Gatsby as a man that is trying to use her and break up her marriage. Once she sees an argument brewing between Tom and Gatsby, she states ¨Even alone I can't say I never loved Tom, -- it wouldn't be true.¨ (Fitzgerald

Gatsby does not come from a wealthy family, he is considered ¨new money¨ which is portrayed as snobby and stuck-up in the book. Daisy herself is a wealthy woman, with the support of her husband, Tom Buchannan who contributes to the lavish lifestyle that she lives. Gatsby does not fit in the same circles as Daisy since he is from a different social circle and people like to think of him as arrogant. In the book, Tom states that Gatsby is a bootlegger by saying, ¨Who is this Gatsby anyhow?’ demanded Tom suddenly. ‘Some big bootlegger?¨ (Fitzgerald 83). Tom implies that all people who have ¨new money¨ are bootleggers who don't deserve to have that type of wealth. This can prove that Daisy doesn't want to ruin her image by being with someone who is viewed as the polar opposite of her. She is more concerned of presenting herself in a favorable