Is This History in the Making or History Already Made?

Gatsby and Daisy. Daisy and Gatsby. I don’t know how they prefer it but I bet that it has been asked before. What do I mean by this you might ask? I mean that in what I have read so far in The Great Gatsby, I can tell that there is something between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Of course, Fitzgerald has not just come out and said what their history is but there have been several hints. Like when Daisy said to Gatsby, “’I certainly am awfully glad to see you again’” (Fitzgerald 91). Other hints have been the way Gatsby acts when her name is mentioned or when he wants to see her. He acts like the middle school cliché group. The guy who is always asking his friends to find out if a girl likes him. He is too nervous, but not to ask someone else to do it for him. Like when Gatsby indirectly asks Nick if he would “’invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over’” (Fitzgerald 83).

            I predict that Daisy and Gatsby are top secret spies. They are always nervous that someone will discover their true identity. And they are investigating Nick because they think he is some kind of bad guy! No… I’m just joking! I don’t think Daisy and Gatsby are some creepy spy team. I think they have some type of romantic history. They both always jump up when they hear the others name in a conversation and they were both glad to see each other again and they went over to Gatsby’s house and did not even notice when Nick left. I could go on and on, but I don’t want to bore you.

            Whenever I hear people talk about The Great Gatsby I always hear them say they don’t like Daisy. From this I can infer that she will do something non-likeable… no duh right. I cannot think of a reason why everyone would not like her. Maybe it is because she does something awful to Gatsby or maybe she leads him on thinking that they will be together but never really do. But instead of hearing my boring old predictions how about you just go read it and make your own!