The most prominent dream for all characters is finding happiness, some are happiness from material possessions like Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle is a curvy woman who lives in "The Valley of Ashes" and is Tom 's mistress and he is her American Dream. Tom is a powerful and wealthy man which is very different from her husband George Wilson who is not a very sharp man which is shown when Tom says "Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He 's so dumb he doesn 't know he 's alive." (Fitzgerald 26) While Jay, Tom, Daisy, and Nick are in New York an argument breaks out over who Daisy really loves in turn Jay and Daisy drive back to East Egg and on the way there Myrtle runs in front of Gatsby 's car which Daisy is driving and kills her. Jay Gatsby was caught up in the chase for Daisy to such an extent that he became blind to the consequences of his actions. In this case while Gatsby was so involved in the chase he ended up an accomplice to taking human
The most prominent dream for all characters is finding happiness, some are happiness from material possessions like Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle is a curvy woman who lives in "The Valley of Ashes" and is Tom 's mistress and he is her American Dream. Tom is a powerful and wealthy man which is very different from her husband George Wilson who is not a very sharp man which is shown when Tom says "Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He 's so dumb he doesn 't know he 's alive." (Fitzgerald 26) While Jay, Tom, Daisy, and Nick are in New York an argument breaks out over who Daisy really loves in turn Jay and Daisy drive back to East Egg and on the way there Myrtle runs in front of Gatsby 's car which Daisy is driving and kills her. Jay Gatsby was caught up in the chase for Daisy to such an extent that he became blind to the consequences of his actions. In this case while Gatsby was so involved in the chase he ended up an accomplice to taking human