When Did Gatsby Meet Daisy?

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby meets Daisy Buchanan in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1917. At the time, Gatsby was a young army officer stationed at a nearby military base, while Daisy was a debutante from a wealthy family. The two fell in love and began a romantic relationship, but their relationship was cut short when Gatsby was deployed overseas to fight in World War I. The novel is structured around Gatsby's attempts to win Daisy back and the tragic consequences that result from his pursuit of the American Dream.

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