Gatsby dreams of being rich and having Daisy, “To the young Gatz, resting on his oars and looking up at the railed deck, the yacht represented all the beauty and glamor in the world,” (107) but Tom’s grasping for his own dream stops Gatsby. Tom wants to keep Daisy because he is accustomed to have whatever he likes and Daisy is unable to go from old money to new oney. As Gatsby is unable to go from new money to old money there is a divide between the two that is unbridgeable. Tom then decides to have Gatsby killed which is the final falling of Gatsby (Tom also leads to the direct death of George). As much as Gatsby tried he is unable to achieve his cosmically ironic
Gatsby dreams of being rich and having Daisy, “To the young Gatz, resting on his oars and looking up at the railed deck, the yacht represented all the beauty and glamor in the world,” (107) but Tom’s grasping for his own dream stops Gatsby. Tom wants to keep Daisy because he is accustomed to have whatever he likes and Daisy is unable to go from old money to new oney. As Gatsby is unable to go from new money to old money there is a divide between the two that is unbridgeable. Tom then decides to have Gatsby killed which is the final falling of Gatsby (Tom also leads to the direct death of George). As much as Gatsby tried he is unable to achieve his cosmically ironic