In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby you learn that money does not equal happiness. In the book on page 132 Daisy states, “ I love you now - isn’t that enough? I can’t help the past.” Which shows that Daisy had the american dream as it was portrayed in the 1900’s and however she wasn't happy, not pleased. She wanted something else, something more than the money and the lifestyle that she now had. Gatsby also had all the money he could want and yet he was unhappy without Daisy in his life. His whole life he had dedicated to trying to get with Daisy and trying to impress Daisy, which caused him to lose his happiness. Gatsby wasted all of that time getting to what he thought would make Daisy happy and bring Daisy back to him, that he missed
