" 'I never loved him,' she said, with perceptible reluctance" (Page 139), it's obvious that she just said that to make Gatsby happy because of her noticeable reluctance, but she knows she loved Tom at some points. In the end, she admits that she just loved him once and remains with her wealthy husband. " 'Oh, you want too much!' she cried to Gatsby. 'I love you now--isn't that enough? I can't help what's past.' She began to sob helplessly. 'I did love him once--but I loved you too.'" (Page 142) Daisy told the truth that Gatsby didn't want to hear When Daisy admits that she had loved Tom as well, Gatsby's perception of a perfect goal had been vanquished and he is shocked and devastated by the fact. .
Secondly, Jay Gatsby is a representation of materialism. He thinks that money can buy him whatever he desires, even people emotions. Gatsby holds grand parties every Saturday in hopes that he can lure Daisy over one day. "'I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night,' went on Jordan." (p.63) He makes a lot of parties for rich people, and parties that can attract anyone around his house in the hope to find Daisy someday. "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay." Jay also admits that he bought the mansion for Daisy, he bought it so that his love would be across from him. She's always there, but he just can't reach her. When he took Daisy to his house, he gave her a royal tour. After strolling through Gatsby's house,"He took out a pile of shirts, and began throwing them, one by one, before us, shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel, which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many-colored disarray" (Page 92) Jay takes Daisy up to his closet and begins to boast about his expensive clothes so that Daisy realizes that Gatsby is rich, and he is the same person she met five years ago.
