While geography was a factor that kept Gatsby and Daisy separate from one another, perhaps an even more important underlying fact was their social ranking. Gatsby and Daisy were never in the same societal class. When Gatsby first met Daisy, back when he was a soldier in the army, he had nothing. Daisy, on the other hand, was a part of a rich family that had passed down their fortune down for many generations. Because Gatsby was a nobody, his lack of wealth and social status kept him from being with Daisy and so she ended up marrying Tom Buchanan instead of him . But even when he rose from nothing and had gone on to become a wealthy high society member, there were still things that kept them from being together. Daisy has been rich and has always
