Gatsby goes through a dramatic transformation from his old self to his new self. Originally, he was known as "James Gatz ---- that [is] really, or at least legally, his name"(104). He changes his name due to his shameful past of not able to capture Daisy's heart. He believes that his new beginning can bring him a better future, a greater hope. After Gatsby erases his past, "he and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side street drug stores here an

After his transformation, Gatsby begins his quest to retain his past relationship with Daisy. When Nick thinks that it is a strange coincidence that Gatsby lives in West Egg, Jordan points out that "Gatsby [buys] that house so that Daisy [will] be across the bay"(83). Gatsby even chooses to live by wherever Daisy lives by, and he often reaches for the sight of Daisy in the middle of the nights. Gatsby believes that this will allow him a chance to show Daisy his success and his determination to win her back. Although successfully getting back with Daisy, Gatsby "[wants] nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ' I never loved you'"(116). Gatsby believes that he is Daisy's only love. His haunting past traps him; his thoughts about Daisy remain unchanged from past, while Daisy's life and thoughts have moved onto the future. The Daisy who lives in Gatsby's mind never changed. Ho

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