The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses on showcasing the dark side of the so-called “American Dream”. The novel tells the tragic tale of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire with his lifelong goal to be with the girl he had lost five years ago, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby constantly finds himself wanting to reach that green light, his goal to be with Daisy. To feed upon this eager desire, Gatsby constantly throws away his identity to obtain some form of validation from Daisy. He goes as far as taking the blame for Myrtle’s death when Daisy was at fault, this resulted in Gatsby’s death. Gatsby is in love with the idea of Daisy that he has in his head, but not who she truly is; hence, he cannot be in love with her as he claims …show more content…
She represented everything that Gatsby wanted, status and wealth. The one barrier keeping Gatsby and Daisy from getting married was Gatsby’s financial situation and background. He could never be a part of her social circle. Before Tom and Daisy’s wedding, she received a letter from Gatsby asking her to reconsider everything. “She began to cry- she cried and cried…she wouldn’t let go of the letter…Next day at five o’clock she married Tom Buchanan without so much as a shiver” (Fitzgerald 76). Regardless of everything she felt at the moment, Daisy still decided to choose Tom. Gatsby and Daisy can’t truly love each other due to their social differences; it would be difficult to do so. Some could argue that Gatsby morphed himself into the man Daisy wanted, so, therefore, he did love her but by that time he had already lost her. She had changed; Daisy was married and had a kid with Tom. Gatsby didn’t realize this until it was too late. He constantly saw her as a reason to get wealthier, she was the green light he was constantly trying to reach. Gatsby was drawn to Daisy because of what she represented, old money, which is whom Gatsby wanted to be accepted by. They were both too different to connect romantically; Therefore, Gatsby didn’t love Daisy the way he claimed