He tries seeing her through other people, hoping to make it seem like a coincidence when they meet up. That is why he denied the idea that Jordan Baker gave him about inviting Daisy to lunch. Instead, he incorporates Nick into his scheme. He asks Nick to invite Daisy to tea at his house. While she is there, Gatsby would go over to Nick’s house to see her, acting as if he had no idea of her whereabouts. He wanted Nick to have her over at his house so that he could show her his house. In Gatsby’s mind, he believes that he needs to show off in order to impress Daisy and to win her back. He shows off his car, his house, his butler, and every other detail inside and outside his house. It seems to work for Daisy. As she looks at his shirts, though, she begins to cry. “’They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen-such beautiful shirts before’” (Gatsby 92). Daisy isn’t crying because the shirts are beautiful, though. She is crying because she realizes everything that she could have had, she cannot have anymore. Gatsby, on the other hand, still has not come to realizations that he and Daisy being together is
He tries seeing her through other people, hoping to make it seem like a coincidence when they meet up. That is why he denied the idea that Jordan Baker gave him about inviting Daisy to lunch. Instead, he incorporates Nick into his scheme. He asks Nick to invite Daisy to tea at his house. While she is there, Gatsby would go over to Nick’s house to see her, acting as if he had no idea of her whereabouts. He wanted Nick to have her over at his house so that he could show her his house. In Gatsby’s mind, he believes that he needs to show off in order to impress Daisy and to win her back. He shows off his car, his house, his butler, and every other detail inside and outside his house. It seems to work for Daisy. As she looks at his shirts, though, she begins to cry. “’They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen-such beautiful shirts before’” (Gatsby 92). Daisy isn’t crying because the shirts are beautiful, though. She is crying because she realizes everything that she could have had, she cannot have anymore. Gatsby, on the other hand, still has not come to realizations that he and Daisy being together is