Examples Of False Reality In The Great Gatsby

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Believing that you can live in a false reality you created for yourself can cause setbacks in your life and make you somebody that you’re not. The novel, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald talks about Gatsby creating a false reality for himself and how that ultimately lead to his death. Ever since Gatsby moved into the West Egg, his goal has always been to win Daisy’s love back. The reason why he even bought that house was so that he could be next to her. Gatsby lived in this false reality but it pushed him back. He became obsessed with courting Daisy and believed that they would one day end up together- even though he knows that she’s married to Tom Buchanan and that they have a baby together. Gatsby refuses to accept reality because