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How Does Daisy Believe In The Great Gatsby

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Jay Gatsby was like many of us. He had dreams, goals and aspirations. All Gatsby wanted was to get his dream girl. Social classes did not matter to him. Mr. Gatsby was determined to marry the wealthy Daisy Fay despite being a poor boy. Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s husband, later said to Daisy, “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.” (Fitzgerald 130) Tom was right, Gatsby came from nowhere and he fell in love with a girl that was more affluent than him. Throughout the years, Gatsby had a very clear goal, and he believed that he was going to eventually get his girl. All of Mr. Gatsby's actions allude to the fact that he believed in true love. Gatsby did everything he could to try to get Daisy. He involved himself in the drug business because he so badly wanted to become rich for his girl. Once he became prosperous, Gatsby bought a …show more content…

Gatsby did not believe in what the world believed in, he did not believe in marrying exclusively in one's social class. When Gatsby was with Daisy he didn't think of their differences. He loved her for love, not for materialistic reasons. Mr. Gatsby’s beliefs were not reciprocated by Daisy. Daisy Buchanan had an opposing view about marriage. Daisy believed that one should marry someone in their own class. Although Daisy loved Mr. Gatsby, money was more important to her. Gatsby was Daisy’s original lover, as Jordan Baker told Nick Carraway when recounting Daisy’s and Gatsby’s past, “She was sitting in

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