The Great Gatsby

[pbear17]

Well in English III we are currently reading The Great Gatsby but from what I've read I'm confused about only one thing why did Gatsby wait so long for Daisy when she wasn't willing to honor her promise to him? Why not just move on with his life and try to get over the woman he thought was "The One"?

[kelby_lake]

Well in English III we are currently reading The Great Gatsby but from what I've read I'm confused about only one thing why did Gatsby wait so long for Daisy when she wasn't willing to honor her promise to him? Why not just move on with his life and try to get over the woman he thought was "The One"?

He thought that she would honour it. He has a bit of an obsession with her- mainly her symbolic value, his imagined version of her. She is his 'dream girl' and people will sacrifice a lot for their dream.