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How Does Daisy Lose His Time In The Great Gatsby

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Abigail LaRussa
Mrs. Petrunak
11th Grade English, Honors (Block 1B)
30 March 2023
Jay Gatsby: Infatuated with the Past

People say love makes you do crazy things. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, protagonists Daisy and Gatsby have a romantic affair without Daisy's husband, Tom, having any knowledge of it. With this affair, Gatsby tries to recapture his past with Daisy. 5 years prior to the setting of the novel, the two characters were in love. However, Daisy was a rich girl while Gatsby was a poor boy, which made the couple socially unacceptable. He figures out that in order to get her attention, he had to have money. So, he made a fortune through bootlegging and held grand, expensive parties. He sacrifices everything for her, just for a chance of reclaiming the life they had. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby’s obsession with returning to the past ultimately leads to his death because he thinks that Daisy has not changed, he cannot get Daisy to admit she does not …show more content…

Gatsby claims his “‘wife doesn’t love [him]...she never loved [him].’” Tom does not believe Gatsby and confidently denies his claim. Tom is sure that Daisy loves him just as much as the day she married him. Gatsby tells Daisy to confirm that she does not love Tom, but she hesitates in her admittance, revealing that she does love Tom. Gatsby was so blinded by his idealistic illusion that he could not accept the possibility that Daisy also loves Tom. Because he was so obsessed with returning to the past, he could not see past the distortions. Realizing that he has won over Daisy from Gatsby, he reveals all of Gatsby’s secrets about his “drug stores.” Daisy is appalled and Gatsby is speechless as he realizes he has lost her completely. Tom is so confident that he tells Daisy to go home with Gatsby, now that he “‘realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is

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