Nothing is more important to most people than friendships and family, so breaking those bonds draws an emotional response from readers. Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan were in a relationship before he went to fight in the war. When he returns home, he finds her with Tom Buchanan, which seems to make him jealous as he still has feelings for Daisy. He wanted Daisy to “go to Tom and say, 'I never loved you” (Fitzgerald 118). Gatsby finally tells Tom that his “wife doesn't love him” and that she only loves Gatsby (Fitzgerald 121). But the unpleasant truth is that Daisy never loved anyone, but she loved something: money. Daisy “wanted her life to be shaped and the decision to be made by some force of money, of unquestionable practicality” (Fitzgerald 161). The Roaring Twenties were a time when economic growth overwhelmed the nation, and Daisy was looking to capitalize on this opportunity. Her greed for material possessions has landed her between two rich men, yet they are still foolish enough to believe that she loved them. Jay Gatsby is a man who has no relationship other than with Nick Caraway, so he is trying to use his wealth to lure a greedy individual for love to mend his