What Are The Great Gatsby And Daisy's Relationship

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Once the doors open, and he meets Daisy, there is no turning back. He is manipulated by his love for Daisy; he does not see how the people around him are being affected. Since Gatsby does not mention his real past often, other people become suspicious and attempt to uncover it, or speculate his past wrongdoings. Tom Buchanan, not too thrilled with Gatsby’s flirtatious encounters with his wife, often speculated that Gatsby is not the man that everyone believed he is, “’I’d like to know who he is and what he does,’ insisted Tom. ‘And I think I’ll make a point of finding out,’” (108). As Tom becomes suspicious of Daisy’s interactions with Gatsby, he follows her to one of his parties and makes this statement in a conversation with Nick. Most people

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