Relationship Between Daisy Buchanan And Jay Gatsby

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In the hot and scorching summer of 1922, the impossible love story between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby takes place. F. Scott Fitzgerald does a beautiful job of displaying the atrocious acts of the 20’s. The Great Gatsby captures it all from the sex, money, affairs, alcohol, and deaths. Through it all, Jay Gatsby was fighting for Daisy’s heart, though she was married to Tom Buchanan, it didn't seem to matter. Mr. Gatsby had a burning passion, fire and desire for Daisy. He didn't seem to mind what his love for her would cause. Love was the making and undoing of Jay Gatsby. People want what they can't have. In this novel Gatsby threw extravagant parties, hoping Daisy would one day show up, and at last he would be reunited with

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