The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gatsby has spent the disaster night watching over Daisy and Tom, making sure should was alright and didn't do anything crazy. He also had hoped that maybe, just maybe she would flee Tom for good and be with Gatsby through thick and thin. Alas, nothing had happened, and Gatsby has somewhat become a darker character because of it. He begins to reveal to Nick the truth of his love with Daisy. He almost instantly fell in love with her, tried to stop himself from doing so too, but she was too irresistible. Being poor and unable to support Daisy with a lavish lifestyle, young Gatsby had "'hoped for a while that she'd throw me over, but she didn't, because she was in love with me too'" (Fitzgerald 150). He had to leave her for the war, and continue to miss her as he went off to Oxford. By the time he dropped out, it was too late. Daisy had found Tom, and Gatsby was crushed. Even after all the success that came with being a charismatic, handsome, decorated war veteran, he felt empty without the girl of his dreams, as many men do. Their love nearly ended then and there, and Gatsby lost his sense of purpose. All he could do was to build up his empire and maybe, one day, have another go at finding love. Nick does his best to console Gatsby by missing his train and relaxing by the pool with Gatsby, finally a giving action done by Nick.
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