I believe that Gatsby is not in love with Daisy, only the idea of her. In Gatsby’s head he has created such an illusion that even if they were to be together again, she wouldn’t be able to live up to the expectations that he has developed in his mind. This is shown when the book states “He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart” (Fitzgerald 103). Gatsby believes that he can go back in time with Daisy, and this is shown by Nick stating “You can’t repeat the past.’‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can?” (Fitzgerald 118). He wants to go back to the time before he left for the war when he was with Daisy and they were in love. Also, this shows how far into the illusion Gatsby is in because he believes that everything can go back to normal. Although this will never happen again because Daisy moved on and fell in love with Tom. Not only did she fall in love with Tom, but also his money in the time Gatsby was gone. This was because she got tired of waiting and wanted to settle down to start a family of her own. Although later in the book Daisy does confess her love for Gatsby this is short lived because when they all went to New York, Tom exposed Gatsby in front of everybody. Even though he had been put down by Tom in front of everybody in many ways, Gatsby still believes that he can be with Daisy again. So, Gatsby will forever keep trying to be with her because he is so far into the delusion that he may never come out of it.
