"The Great Gatsby", By F. Scott Fitgerald.

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…ing for him too long. Jay did not realize this and sought to carry on with her in his short grasp of reality mixed in with his deception of the perfect life together. He was taken advantage of in the cruel hope that he could have both Daisy and be taken to "the pap of life." His knowledge was only a sign of how he had done everything to protect something that needed no shelter.