Diction and Detail in The Great Gatsby

During a defining moment between two lovers in The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

uses one of Gatsby's memories of Daisy to display the bitter sweetness of Gatsby's feelings and to emphasize how a person's dreams mold that person into what they will become and strive for in the future.

(TS) Fitzgerald uniquely and effectively uses details to emphasize how Daisy plays a vital role in Gatsby's own definition of success as a human being. (MA) Rethinking his memory of Daisy made Gatsby realize that something very important was missing from his life. (Min. 1)

Nick describes how he "gathered that [Gatsby] wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy." (Min 2) He continues on to say that "[Gatsby's] life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain...