Are you all ready for the secret we have been waiting for? The one for Nick from Gatsby?! Well here it is: "Gatsby bought that house so Daisy would be just across the bay. He wants to know," continued Jordan, "if you'll invite Daisy over to your house some afternoon and then let him come over" (80). Gatsby is on love with Daisy. It is plain and simple. Oh, the issues this is going to cause. It makes me wonder the kind of man that Gatsby is, considering he has waited to long for this encounter with Daisy. Granted, he had to time it just right considering that she is married and has a child. But come on, why wait so long?
Then it dawned on me, well does Daisy love Gatsby? She very well could. She very well could not. Through all of this it is apparent that Daisy loves Gatsby just as much as he loves her and even on her own wedding day, Daisy could think of nothing but James Gatz, "Found her lying on her bed as lovely as the June night in her flowered dress--and as drunk as a monkey. She had a bottle of Sauterne in one hand a letter in the other." Daisy said, "Here, deares'." She groped around in a waste basket she had with her on the bed and pulled out the string of pearls. "Take 'em down-stairs and give 'em back to whoever they belong to. Tell 'em all Daisy's change' her mine. Say: 'Daisy's change' her mind!' "(77) The feelings are mutual here, obviously. We have already learned why Daisy picked Tom, because he had money and could supply her with a lifetime of fulfillment, but did she truly love him? Could she possess the same feelings for Tom as she did for Gatsby? The answer is yes and no, "I never loved him," she said, with perceptible reluctance. "Not at Kapiolani?" demanded Tom suddenly. "No." "Oh, you want too much!" She cried to Gatsby. "I love you now--isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." She began to sob helplessly. "I did love him once--but I loved you too" (133). Hence the title of the post, Semi Love Triangle, Tom and Gatsby both are in love with Daisy.
Then it dawned on me, well does Daisy love Gatsby? She very well could. She very well could not. Through all of this it is apparent that Daisy loves Gatsby just as much as he loves her and even on her own wedding day, Daisy could think of nothing but James Gatz, "Found her lying on her bed as lovely as the June night in her flowered dress--and as drunk as a monkey. She had a bottle of Sauterne in one hand a letter in the other." Daisy said, "Here, deares'." She groped around in a waste basket she had with her on the bed and pulled out the string of pearls. "Take 'em down-stairs and give 'em back to whoever they belong to. Tell 'em all Daisy's change' her mine. Say: 'Daisy's change' her mind!' "(77) The feelings are mutual here, obviously. We have already learned why Daisy picked Tom, because he had money and could supply her with a lifetime of fulfillment, but did she truly love him? Could she possess the same feelings for Tom as she did for Gatsby? The answer is yes and no, "I never loved him," she said, with perceptible reluctance. "Not at Kapiolani?" demanded Tom suddenly. "No." "Oh, you want too much!" She cried to Gatsby. "I love you now--isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." She began to sob helplessly. "I did love him once--but I loved you too" (133). Hence the title of the post, Semi Love Triangle, Tom and Gatsby both are in love with Daisy.
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