She represents what everyone wants, wealth and happiness. But Daisy and the dream are both phonies. Just like how Daisy appears reachable to Jay- the dream appears reachable to the working class. Most likely someone will not be killed by a angry husband while trying to achieve this but Gatsby was. Wilson killing Gatsby represents how those who try to reach the dream will be beaten down until they have nothing left, even if they believe they are close to their goals. Gatsby is not the only character in The Great Gatsby who fell for the dream. Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s mistress believed that if she made Tom fall for her like an amateur acrobat on a tightrope she would have it made. She would have all the pearls, dresses and houses she could want. Tom, like Daisy also represents the American dream. Myrtle keeps trying to do anything she can to make him hers, like calling during dinner to make sure Daisy knows, and spending the day with Tom at their lover’s nest in Manhattan. Just like Gatsby she believes that what she is doing is working, and that Tom will leave Daisy for her. “And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time” ( Fitzgerald, 251). Myrtle as an analogy once again shows that the dream is only a fabrication of the hopeful because no matter what she does Tom will never leave
She represents what everyone wants, wealth and happiness. But Daisy and the dream are both phonies. Just like how Daisy appears reachable to Jay- the dream appears reachable to the working class. Most likely someone will not be killed by a angry husband while trying to achieve this but Gatsby was. Wilson killing Gatsby represents how those who try to reach the dream will be beaten down until they have nothing left, even if they believe they are close to their goals. Gatsby is not the only character in The Great Gatsby who fell for the dream. Myrtle Wilson, Tom’s mistress believed that if she made Tom fall for her like an amateur acrobat on a tightrope she would have it made. She would have all the pearls, dresses and houses she could want. Tom, like Daisy also represents the American dream. Myrtle keeps trying to do anything she can to make him hers, like calling during dinner to make sure Daisy knows, and spending the day with Tom at their lover’s nest in Manhattan. Just like Gatsby she believes that what she is doing is working, and that Tom will leave Daisy for her. “And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time” ( Fitzgerald, 251). Myrtle as an analogy once again shows that the dream is only a fabrication of the hopeful because no matter what she does Tom will never leave