F. The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald James Gatz, better known as Jay Gatsby, is the main character of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel is a story about Gatsby and his relentless pursuit of his one dream and goal: Daisy Buchannon. Gatsby and Daisy met in 1917, five years before the setting of the novel. They immediately fell in love and spent countless hours together. After a month, Gatsby, then a lieutenant, was called up to fight in the First World War. That moment marked Gatsby's loss of Daisy. From that day on, Gatsby constantly tries to catch Daisy again. Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy is somewhat reminiscent of the pursuit a knight has in the Holy Grail. Knights pursue the Holy Grail with infinite fervor and devotion. Often a knight's quest for the Holy Grail becomes religious and spiritual, due to the qualifications the knight must maintain to obtain the Grail. Gatsby even compares his pursuit of Daisy to the pursuit of the Grail: [Gatsby] discovered that he had committed himself to following a Grail. He knew Daisy was amazing but he didn't realize how amazing a "nice" girl could be. He vanished into his home in his rich and full life, leaving Gatsby: nothing. He felt married to her, that's all. (156)Gatsby considers himself engaged and married to Daisy. Marriage is a spiritual and religious bond between two people. For Gatsby to use this comparison for his relationship with Daisy is crazy considering they are not even together, and it shows what Gatsby thinks of Daisy. Gatsby even dedicates every hour of his life to finding Daisy. Gatsby throughout the entire novel is committed and obsessed with his larger than life goal of winning back Daisy's love and is willing to do anything for it. Gatsby's story with Daisy begins with his falling in love with her in 1917. But a month later he was shipped out. he left to fight in the First World War. Gatsby's desire to return to Daisy and continue their love began to influence everything he did from that moment on. Gatsby relentlessly attempted to be released, making poor decisions during the war in the desperate hope that they would send him home. Instead of being sent home he remained in the war until the end and was then transferred to Oxford as some sort of compensation for spending time fighting..