Examples Of Daisy Buchanan In The Great Gatsby

Introduction:
Thesis - Despite great attempts to be with the person they love, the main characters in Fitzgerald’s works often fall short of their goal because of their inability to fully transform.
Main Categories
Jay Gatsby’s attempts to win over Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby
Horace Tarbox’s attempts to win over and support his wife, Marcia Meadow, in “Head and Shoulders”
Sally Carrol’s attempts to live in an unfamiliar region of the country to be with her husband, Harry Bellamy, in “The Ice Palace”
The downfalls of each character’s attempts to be with the person they love
First Category - Jay Gatsby’s attempts to win over Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby moves to the West Egg, in hopes of seeing Daisy, who lives just across the bay.

“For Gatsby, it is a dream that is most clearly emblematized in Daisy Buchanan who is so close that he can kiss her and yet forever out of reach...on the other side of the water in East Egg” (Heise 52-53).
Jay Gatsby also throws frequent parties in the hopes that Daisy will wander into one of his parties.
Gatsby’s parties are very well known, although his main reason for having them was his hope that Daisy would end up at one, or someone who knows her well (Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby 79).
By attracting Daisy, “Gatsby sees the potential for future happiness, acceptance, and the resumption of a stalled love” (Heise 58).
Gatsby also attempts to remove Daisy’s husband, Tom, by arguing that Daisy has never loved