F. Scott Fitzgerald had once stated, “I love her, and that’s the beginning and end of everything,” a quote written from a love letter to his wife that gives an overall understanding that love can have its positives and its negatives. Throughout the novel, Jay Gatsby had shown his love towards Daisy in ways that brought out his emotional vulnerability and a strong sense of cravingness for her. The novel The Great Gatsby, which is a story about love and loss, compels themes about money and the complexity of the “American Dream” that brought out the moral choices of Jay Gatsby to define his character. Gatsby has a strong pursuit of wealth in his belief that it will help bring him happiness and win back the love of his life after leaving her for five …show more content…
Gatsby’s huge parties attracted many individuals from all sorts of backgrounds that didn’t even remotely relate to that of Daisy’s. Throughout the novel, he secretly obtained his wealth through illegal activities to promote himself into a higher social class and lifestyle to get his ‘soul mates’ consciousness. Also as stated in the text, "He revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes" (Fitzgerald, 91). This quote shows how Gatsby had only valued Daisy’s perspective on other things, which greatly shows her attitude toward luxury and materialistic objects. Daisy had shown her love in various different ways, whether it was loving him for his money or loving Gatsby for the person he portrayed to be in the novel. Although she loved the idea of wealth, she still had a genuine connection with Gatsby, showing that her love has not only been driven by money. Gatsby had faced many different obstacles when coming into the wealthy life and all in all, just trying to fit in to win back his love. Firstly, the author had stated, “An Oxford man!’ He was