The Great Gatsby Love Essay

Chloe Maroo

Feuerstahler

English 11 Block D

2/14/23

The Great Gatsby Book Analysis Love comes in different ways. Two people can love one person but love that person in different ways. We assume others show love the same way we do, and if they don’t then we worry it’s not there. In the book, The Great Gatsby, it demonstrates that even though Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan both claim to love Daisy, the way they treat her and show her love is completely different. In the book, The Great Gatsby, Daisy was loved by more than just her husband. She was also very much loved by her past lover, Jay Gatsby. Although both men claimed to love her, the ways they loved her were completely

Gatsby had everything he ever wanted, minus the girl, Daisy. Gatsby would’ve done anything to get Daisy back. One example of this is when in the story it states, “But it wasn’t a coincidence at all… Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.” (Fitzgerald 78) This explains how deep Gatsby’s love for Daisy was. Not a lot of guys can say they bought a certain house just because the girl they want lives across the bay. Another thing about Gatsby is that he always has had a type of dream for himself. He had a vision that he would be rich and Daisy would be right next to him the whole time. Gatsby loves the idea of Daisy and what they used to be versus the real her who has changed and grown since they were lovers. He mentions in the book that, “And she doesn’t understand… She used to be able to understand. We’d sit for hours.” (Fitzgerald 109) This quote intertwines the idea that Gatsby loves the memories more than the actual person standing right in front of him. Gatsby never actually took a moment to

A lot of people could argue and say that Tom never loved her but that’s not true. People too early on compare Tom’s love for Daisy to Gatsby’s love for Daisy. Everyone automatically assumes that Tom never really loved her. Although Tom was not the best person based off of his abusive behavior and his tendency to cheat, he did indeed love Daisy. Just not the same way Gatsby loved her. Tom believed Daisy was the one he’d always come back to because she was the perfect one for him. He also believed that no matter how many times he cheated on Daisy that he was still being loyal because he keeps coming back to her. In the book, Tom states, “And what's more I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back.” (Fitzgerald 131) This quote represented how Tom saw Daisy as his person and how he perceived