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When we were talking about whether or not Gatsby loves Daisy, I think that Gatsby made himself believe that he loved Daisy and she always loved him back. On page 130, Gatsby tells Tom, "Your wife doesn't love you. She's never loved you. She loves me...She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me." Throughout the confrontation, Gatsby repeatedly tells Daisy that she never loved Tom and that she was going to leave Tom. So I think that Gatsby was in love with the old Daisy because Gatsby and Daisy probably loved each other before Tom but after the war, Daisy basically forgot about him. Now Gatsby was trying to go after a woman that wasn't really the same woman that he had loved years before. Also, Daisy says that she was going to leave Tom but she never does so it basically shows how she wasn't commited to Gatsby.
ReplyDeleteI was also wondering why Fitzgerald inserted the scene with the large list of people at Gatsby's party in Chapter IV. I mean, for me, I found it to be long and kind of irritating to read. I was wondering what the purpose of doing that was? Was it merely getting the point across that the Jazz Age had people of all shapes and sizes due to the shifting of times (being that this age was fresh out of the age of horse drawn carriages and stuffy outfits). I dunno. Any thoughts?
ReplyDeleteI also don't understand why people give Daisy such a bad wrap. I mean, she married a meglomaniac pig when she was DRUNK. I think the moral of the story is to take marriage soberly.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to peter's response. Dont forget she was drunk, and that was her choice. She has a bad wrap not only for her choice to marry, but also because of the choices she made to put herself in that position.
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