He went to the home of a young girl named Daisy Fay with the Camp Taylor officers as Jay Gatsby. He wore a military uniform and thus managed to disguise his lack of wealth which he so incredulously hated. Gatsby chose to keep his bad past hidden from Daisy, “he had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security; he let her believe that he was a person more or less of her own class – that he was fully capable of caring for her” (Fitzgerald 149). No matter how many times he visited Daisy that summer and no matter how in love the couple was, Jay knew that she could never marry him in her current monetary situation. As a result, Jay's drive to better himself and erase all history of poverty increased even more. He left Daisy for five years to earn the fortune he desired. Gatsby was devastated at the thought of leaving the love of his life behind, but he knew that all his work would be worth it in the end so he could give Daisy the life she wanted and deserved. During these five years Gatsby was absent from Daisy's life, went to war and became a Major. Although he was very successful in the army, this occupation could not last forever and would not allow him to obtain a fortune. Upon his return, he moved to New York and entered into corrupt business deals with Meyer Wolfsheim. This business allowed Gatsby to profit from prohibition by selling “over-the-counter grain alcohol” in pharmacies (Fitzgerald 134).