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Gatsby’s motivation comes from a love, deeply rooted within him, for Daisy. Also, throughout the book Fitzgerald keeps Gatsby an isolated character by his innocent approach to life’s problems. This same type of innocence gives the book a bit of light in the gloominess of all the problems occurring. First of all Gatsby’s motivation is pretty obvious, Daisy. Other factors, like being fairly poor growing up or seeing Don Cody’s extravagant wealth may have played their parts in Gatsby’s desire for fortune. But for the most part Gatsby feels he has to exert himself to be everything that is above and beyond to win Daisy. All the extravagant parties he throws, his Rols Royce which Nick calls an “omnibus” for bringing people to his parties, he does all this just so Daisy might be caught in the web of it all. He has no desire to make himself known at his parties, he has no greedy self interest to better his image, and he even lets people meander with seem