How Does Daisy's Life Change Throughout The Great Gatsby

Attaching oneself to a memory or dream can completely dictate the life one lives. In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby represents a character who contends with a personal aspect of the past. In continuation, Jay Gatsby has an obsession with the past and focuses his life around the time he has lost. Moreover, Gatsby has the solid belief that he will marry a girl named Daisy Buchanan and they will live in his mansion together. To ensure this dream, Gatsby found ways to acquire copious amounts of wealth, purchased a mansion across from Daisy’s home, and hosted expensive and lavish parties in hopes she’d attend. Gatsby’s life and The Great Gatsby revolved around his obsession with the past, which inevitably impacted

In the beginning, Gatsby was an impoverished man in the military, where he fell in love with Daisy. Although, Daisy’s parents didn’t approve of Gatsby due to his lack of wealth. Gatsby attended Oxford College and Daisy got married to Tom Buchanan while he was away. After this, Gatsby and Daisy did not see each other for five years. Throughout these five years, Gatsby turns to illegal extremes to secure prosperity in order to be a better man for Daisy. In chapter seven Tom Buchanan says, “‘He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.’” (Fitzgerald pg. 18 DOC). It is evident that Gatsby was engaging in illegal activity to obtain money as quickly as possible. Although, when Gatsby’s illegal activities come to light, his image is tarnished. Daisy no longer sees Gatsby as the man she once loved, she begins to fear him. To her, Gatsby becomes a criminal, a thug, and someone who is capable of terrible things. Furthermore, Gatsby made many sacrifices to get to his desired financial state. Cutting off his parents and designating his time and energy to numerous phone calls and meetings were two of many sacrifices he found necessary to make in order to achieve his