apos;s affection, but his uneasiness was uplifted when he and Daisy fell in love. Their month of love was physically ended when Gatsby had to go to war, but their emotional love never ended. As Gatsby performed brilliantly throughout the war, they wrote each other frequently. Daisy couldn't understand why Gatsby couldn't come home. She wanted his love to be there with her, she needed some assurance that she was doing the right thing. It didn't take long for Daisy to get over Jay because in the Spring of 1918 she fell in love with a rich, former All-American college football player named Tom Buchanan. This broke Jay Gatsby's heart. His love for Daisy was a strong one and he was determined to get her back. This first love with Daisy had a great impact on his idea of one o!
f the aspects of achieving the American Dream.
Fitzgerald deliberately tries to mislead the audience on how Gatsby became wealthy throughout the novel. Gatsby claims on several different occasions that he inherited his parents' immense fortune. This is a story that Gatsby made up in order to keep his self-image up by not letting people know about his childhood. The truth is that Gatsby got rich by illegal measures. Gatsby&apo
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