IRONY

For some reason, Nick is strangely intrigued by Gatsby. He spends a lot of time thinking about him before he even knows him. Then, once he meets him, he tries to find out his background and the way that he earns his income. Ironically, this man that Nick is so interested in is in love with his cousin, Daisy. It's funny, because, even though he is related to Daisy and decently close with her, she failed to mention her past with Gatsby. It turns out that the reason he worked so hard all of his life was to win Daisy's attention. Once Gatsby went off to war and came back to find that Daisy had married while he was away, he had a goal to get her back. It just shows how small the world is when such a connection is uncovered in this novel.