Gatsby’s life revolved around having anything and everything nice enough to impress one person, Daisy Buchanan. “Gatsby believed he could win Daisy by the possessions he owned” (Taylor 3). Apart from Daisy, Gatsby tried to impress everyone else by giving false stories about his past just to make him seem “worthy” enough. Gatsby had been so caught up in a dream that he had failed to realize the reality of the past and that he wouldn’t be able to change that. “Gatsby’s idea of the American Dream is doomed because he tries to buy his way into a society that will never accept him” (Taylor 1). Jay Gatsby died saving the one that meant most to him without even realizing it. He died in shock wondering why even after all the effort with his love and money Daisy had still choose her safe reputation over her real love for …show more content…
The major reality in this novel is that Gatsby dream will never come true; his love Daisy Buchanan will always go back to her safe place and history will always be around. Gatsby couldn’t change Daisy’s history, and the reality of that will always find its way back. “This ‘ash heap’ is the present, the terrible time where The Great Gatsby takes place- a time which all hope is lost for the future, and Gatsby’s sacred green light becomes nothing more than a light at the end of Daisy’s dock” (Millett