Chapter Eight

Daisy becomes the object of Gatsby's desire: Daisy has become the object of Gatsby's desire for many reasons. It has been so long since Gatsby last saw Daisy that he has been continously imagining Daisy and how perfect she is. In his mind, Daisy has become somewhat of a goddess, an expectation that she will never be able to live up to. She is the first nice girl that he has ever met and probably the first girl to take an interest in him. She is the love of his life. Because many men had already loved Daisy, it made Gatsby feel special. Like he was involved with someone very important. When he left, he felt married to her, but clearly she felt differently. Because he was so in love with her back then, he continued to picture her as something amazing, creating a flawless person in his mind.

Gatsby is commited to a grail: A grail is something that you work hard to get and dont always get it. This is what happened to Gatsby. He tried so hard to get Daisy and in the end, she began to slip away from him. When Nick explains how Gatsby has commited to a grail, he is talking about how he has put himself in a relationship that isnt going to end up working out. Because Daisy needs so much attention, she is unable to wait for Gatsby to return from the war, throwing Gatsby's commitment of love for her out the window.

"She had caught cold and it made her voice huskier and more charming than ever and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and perserves, of the freshness of many clothes and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor."This is a very interesting and important. Gatsby is talking about Diasy's voice, a topic that many people she meets notice. But, also he is talking a lot about money. Because he used to be poo, he likes to show Daisy just how wealthy he has become. He talks about the freshness of clothes and Daisy, two things that he is in posession of, although Daisy is slipping away. It seems that he doesn't think about the struggles of the poor because he is so self absorbed with gettng Daisy.

Gatsby's obsession with Daisy: After reading about how they met, my view on the situation is in fact a bit different. Before I read this passage, i thought of the realtionship as a bit stalkerish and creepy. This passage showed me that Gatsby loved Daisy because she was so nice and genuine and took his breathe away, not because she had alot of money. I do think though, that he has made her out to be something that she is not. He has become so attatched to the idea of her that he is unable to do anything without her. I feel simpathy for Gatsby, but at the same time, I think he needs to move on with his life.