On reading the Great Gatsby, I have learned a great deal about love and dreams. Jay Gatsby was in love with Daisy, he looked at her and he saw perfection.
He did not look deep enough to learn about her flaws, he did not want to see them. This makes me question whether he "truly" loved her. He was so young when they met, and they hadn't spent much time together before life sent them separate ways, down different paths. During their time apart, Gatsby always remembered Daisy. He worked hard to giver her everything she wanted so they could be together.
Daisy on the other hand, entertained the idea of having a handsome, young soldier writing to her and thinking about the "romance" of her situation until the day Tom sauntered into her life. She still remembered Gatsby but he was a fantasy by this time. She was shallow, and Tom had money and was good looking in his own way. She married him despite her uncertainty in the beginning. She did not love him.
Jay Gatsby was young and in love, he cared enough about Daisy to work for five years amassing wealth and riches so that he could be what he thought Daisy deserved. All the while he was away, he thought about Daisy, building on this picture he has of her in his head. Until the memories, and the picture of Daisy he has in his head no longer match up with the real Daisy.
Jay Gatsby fell in love, and remained in love, with a dream.
