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Gatsby Love Quotes

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The theme in great gatsby by F. scott Fitzgerald is love and how it drives people to do dramatic things.The theme is revealed through the characters Gatsby, Daisy, and Myrtle. In the great gatsby Jay gatsby is the one that shows his love and affection most through the novel.Jay has been in love with Daisy since he was poor as a young lad.The reason he became rich was to get back daisey’s attention , and show her the he has money he can spend on her and be able to support her.For example when jordan says”Gatsby bought that house so daisey would be right across the bay.This quote is super important because it shows that gatsby wants to see that Daisy is happy and like said be for and get her “attention”.Along with trying to reunite

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