Illusions should just stay as illusions, but hopes should be the drive to get up in life. Gatsby allows his illusions of being with Daisy to lead towards his unfortunate ending. He doesn’t grasp the concept that illusions can’t lead the way his life is lived. Gatsby refuses to accept that life has obstacles, and there are things the can’t be fixed. He doesn’t accept the fact Daisy loved Tom at one point or she has a child. Gatsby struggles to realize that the past is the past. Modern America is lived in the illusions of what people see on social media. Gatsby lived his life based on his illusion of being with Daisy. Both Gatsby and modern Americans are living their life based on what they want to believe in and not the reality of their situations.
