I’ve retold this story to many people, every time suffering from trying to make the plots more understandable to others. In short, Gatsby has been loving and waiting for Daisy for five years. The narrator of this story and a cousin of Daisy, Nick, created a chance for Gatsby and Daisy to meet again. They started dating again, regardless of Daisy’s husband, Tom. Gatsby then begins to desire more- he wants Daisy to be with him forever. Thus, he tried to let Daisy claim that she never loved Tom but was disrupted by Tom; he discloses Gatsby’s real job. Daisy finds in desperation that Gatsby is not a person with a solid high social status and steady income, so she decides to leave him after killing Tom’s lover, Myrtle, when driving Gatsby’s car. Gatsby believes Daisy will come and find him though, and still holds this notion when Myrtle’s husband, Wilson, seeks revenge on him. Daisy didn’t send a flower to Gatsby at his funeral.
 
Complicated emotions aroused in my heart when I closed this book.
 
The first question that came to me was whether Daisy symbolizes the “American dream.” My answer is no. For one thing, if Gatsby wants to earn higher renown among the nobles by marrying a rich woman, he doesn’t have to stick to Daisy. There are so many young ladies at that time willing to get married to Gatsby, but they don’t even get a chance to meet Gatsby. The only woman Gatsby wants is Daisy. That’s not a matter of social status. For another, Gatsby won’t be great if he’s chasing money and fame from the deep of his heart. People are greedy if they’re incessantly chasing a possession; however, a mindless chase for love is more understandable. People could lose themselves in the face of love. Hence, a person who bravely goes after love is more honorable than someone who sits by their safe and thinks about how to earn more money all day long.
 
Gatsby also reminds me of people who waited for their lovers for years without contact with them. It is a dangerous thing. During the days when they couldn’t meet each other, the image of Daisy in Gatsby’s heart was being beautified day by day. After years, the person Gatsby loved may not be the real Daisy, but the phantom of Daisy that lived in his mind. When she comes to reality, Gatsby may be disappointed by how much he overestimated Daisy’s virtues and how differently Daisy would react to certain incidents. That, I believe, is a factor that led to this tragic story.