Unrequited Love

Unrequited love is a term that means someone may love another very deeply but the feeling isn't recipricated back. Such as in the case of Gatsby and Daisy where Daisy lost feelings for Gatsby right away but he was still madly in love with her. Tom stated Daisy loves me and doesn't love you. Well the truth is she did love Gatsby but only for his extreme wealth and when things started to fall apart she came back to Tom and forgot about Gatsby. She didnt attend his funeral at all and decided to run away with Tom to who knows where.

Nick told Gatsby that they were terrible people and he's glad he had the chance to tell Gatsby what he thought of them before he was killed. Regarding the unrequited love part Gatsby would never stop loving Daisy because he always had hope in his future and happiness represented by the green light. Gatsby obsessed over Daisy and coul

dn't help it to always love her. Where as Tom cheated on Daisy and she knows it but doesn't leave him.

Poor Gatsby nev

er did any wrong to Daisy but she fell out of love with him right away. He was killed with the cuff links in his hand that Daisy had given him many years before which could have represented his never ending love and hope that things can go back to how they were in the past.