Gatsby at the beginning of the novel has followed his American dream and gained a mass amount of wealth resulting in his ability to possess a cream white Rolls Royce, a large mansion with 40 acres of land, servants to do work around the house, and the flashiest clothing of all the characters. He has every physical possession he ever wanted but wants Daisy Buchanan as well. This extreme want for Daisy is a conflicting dream for Gatsby because he is stubborn enough to believe he can have the same experience he had with Daisy five years ago right now. Since this dream of Daisy tore Gatsby off the path of his main American dream, it ultimately caused his corruption.
In the beginning of the book, Gatsby's dream for Daisy is hinted when Nick tells the reader that he sees him at his dock looking at a strange green light across Long Island Sound. He reaches out for something he cannot grasp, his dream of Daisy. This is where the …show more content…
This is an act of corruption on both of their parts. Later the reader finds out that Gatsby wants to stick with Daisy till the end even though Daisy knows it's over and so does Tom. Nick tells us "He wouldn't consider it. He couldn't possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do" (Fitzgerald 148). With this in mind, he also stays outside Daisy's house the whole night watching to see if Tom hurts Daisy. It says in the novel "For all I knew he was going to rob the house in a moment; I wouldn't have been surprised to see sinister face, the faces of "Wolfsheim's people", behind him in the dark shrubbery" (Fitzgerald 143). These events pointed to the direction of certain defeat to his dream of Daisy, but Gatsby persisted. Shortly after this event, he was killed by Mr. Wilson because he believed Gatsby killed Myrtle, not Daisy. Even before his death, Gatsby kept looking at the phone to see if Daisy would call but she never
In the beginning of the book, Gatsby's dream for Daisy is hinted when Nick tells the reader that he sees him at his dock looking at a strange green light across Long Island Sound. He reaches out for something he cannot grasp, his dream of Daisy. This is where the …show more content…
This is an act of corruption on both of their parts. Later the reader finds out that Gatsby wants to stick with Daisy till the end even though Daisy knows it's over and so does Tom. Nick tells us "He wouldn't consider it. He couldn't possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do" (Fitzgerald 148). With this in mind, he also stays outside Daisy's house the whole night watching to see if Tom hurts Daisy. It says in the novel "For all I knew he was going to rob the house in a moment; I wouldn't have been surprised to see sinister face, the faces of "Wolfsheim's people", behind him in the dark shrubbery" (Fitzgerald 143). These events pointed to the direction of certain defeat to his dream of Daisy, but Gatsby persisted. Shortly after this event, he was killed by Mr. Wilson because he believed Gatsby killed Myrtle, not Daisy. Even before his death, Gatsby kept looking at the phone to see if Daisy would call but she never