Jay Gatsby And Daisy Relationship

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As Jordan tells us the story of Daisy and Gatsby, we start to see a connection between the two characters. The first time we see the characters together is when Daisy and Gatsby are sitting in a white car in front of her house. Jordan walks over to the car and notices the way in which Jay Gatsby is looking at Daisy. She describes him looking at Daisy “in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time,” showing that Gatsby had true feelings for Daisy. Then when Gatsby leaves for the war rumors start to spread about Daisy, and we learn that she had packed her bags one night in order to say goodbye to a soldier before he left. We can only assume from this that the soldier depicted here is Jay Gatsby, which would mean that Daisy loves

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