Did Gatsby really love Daisy or was his aim different from just a love?

First of all, you must remember to place the novel in the age it represented-the Jazz Age when anything seemed possible and women, especially wealthy women, were feeling a power they were never able to previously possess. Gatsby certainly did love Daisy, and all she represented to him - -success, power, and glamor. She was the unattainable, his Dream. However, Gatsby creates this love for Daisy, just as he creates a fantasy life. She is integral to his dream for success. In fact, "her voice was full of money," the symbol of the American Deam.Unfortunately, loving for wealth and power usually amounts to little at the end of the day. And Gatsby and his dream are defeated:"He did not know it [his dream]was already behind him... where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night."