Why couldn't Gatsby just get over Daisy?

[Drake is God]

Cause he was a simp.

 

[Roaden Polynice]

but couldn't he have just married a girl from an even higher place in society after he was wealthy to prove to himself that he "finally made it". it just feels unrealistic to me, given that im grown now, to be pining after someone from ten years ago. its the same reason the Notebook seems unrealistic. Noah dated a girl for 6 weeks (a blip in time) and still thinks about her 7-8 years later. Come on man. Maybe a year or two later he might've. They barely dated. Just like Gatsby and Daisy barely dated. In real life, he would have met other women and moved on. If anything Gatsby should have saw Daisy for the entitled, privileged slutbag she was after he was self made.

You're taking it a face value rather than engaging with the themes and what is said between the lines of the story, which is crucial for Gatsby.

I guess I'm saying: Think harder.

Or go to prison and join a book club