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Title: Love is the most powerful feeling one can ever feel. Some may feel there is love there, but in reality, it's the idea of love that they love more. Love is hard and complicated and no one really knows what love is. There is just an idea and an expectation that we are supposed to follow. In The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Jay Gastby with an obsession with the idea of Daisy Buchanan, rather than genuine affection. Love is powerful, it's something one can feel and not earn. In an attempt to win back Daisy, Gastby attains fortune as a means to reclaim her. What greatly skewed the idea of love? As Gatsby believes he has found the love of his life, he thinks he can convince Daisy to fall in love by showing off all his money and fame. …show more content…

Money is portrayed to be the solution to every issue. But money can’t fix love. As Gatsby is drawn into “her well loved eyes” he is convinced this is his true love, Pg 71. Creating this idea of Daisy created a deep obsession with her even to the point of him getting “excited that many men had already loved Daisy [which to Gatsby ] increased her value” Gastby didn’t love Daisy. He loved the idea, he loved the picture perfect idea he had of them together, Pg 114. Gastby continues to find a way to speak and spend time with Daise. When speaking with her, he felt that “her voice [was filled] with money” and that it sounded luxurious and rich. Gastby created this idea of Daisy as he felt” so in love with her, but in reality, he was in love with the status and value he would feel having by his side all the time. All Gastby ever wanted was that picture-perfect life with Daisy by his side. Gastby tries his hardest to get Daisy to fall in love with him. But she never will. Gatsby was so hooked up on the idea of money, fame, and Daisy. He didn’t truly know who Daisy Buchannan was as a person, if he did he would have known she would never leave her husband for

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