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The novel, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a tragic love story of unwanted and unacceptable love. Daisy symbolized everything that Jay Gatsby ever wanted. Both Daisy and Gatsby had fallen in love while Gatsby was an officer, stationed at Camp Taylor, in Louisville. Daisy was born into a wealthy family, while Jay Gatz was born into a poor family, who had to work hard for the little money they did earn. When Gatsby had been re-stationed out of Louisville, he then strived to build his own American dream of riches, to win the approval of Daisy. Although in the end Gatsby came to realize that Daisy was not his idea of perfect after all.

Jay Gatsby was the romantic type ever since his early days in the army, and when he first laid his eyes on Daisy, he fell in love. When they first met it was 1917, and Daisy was younger only eighteen at the time, while Jay was in his twenties. The two of them met while Gatsby was an army officer stationed in Louisville, Daisy was that pretty little lady that all of the officers from Camp Taylor were crazy for, but Jay Gatsby was the man who won her heart. Jordan Baker (one of Daisy’s oldest friends from Louisville) remembers Gatsby’s love for Daisy as if it was just yesterday, “The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometime, and because it seemed romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since.” (Fitzgerald, page 73, 1926)

Daisy was a wealthy girl, while Gatsby on the other hand grew up in what he called poverty. Jay Gatsby had a poor life growing up, having to work with his family on their farm, and as he got older, making his money from his enrolment in the army. Daisy was the complete opposite of Gatsby, she was surrounded by riches, and adoring people her entire life. They came from completely...