The Great Gatsby And Daisy

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Gatsby would like Daisy to tell Tom "I never loved you" (page 109) and he also wants her to leave Tom Buchanan and marry him in Louisville in her house like it should have been five years ago. Gatsby lives in the past with Daisy, but he does not recognize that he is not the young Jay with lots of hope. His personalities have changed as well as his character. In addition, Daisy is a weak and selfish person who cannot leave Tom. She won’t leave her husband because of him although she knows that Tom is cheating on her with Myrtle. Gatsby cannot understand this fact that one cannot repeat the past as Nick mentioned. He does not want to understand this fact. He is obsessed with Daisy who he created in his mind. He has false imagination in his mind

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