unavoidable is that Gatsby created a fantasy so thoroughly that he became part of it, and he fell with it when reality came crashing down.

The basis of all of this is Gatsby's obsession with Daisy and with meeting her. He did not want to deal with the reality that confronted him upon returning from the war. Fortunately he found in Daisy someone to focus this on. She is perfection to him, so he puts all of his energy into finding her again. He uses his inherited money to travel around the country, searching; when he runs out, he goes into the drug business, then oil, then liquor

Gatsby, however, cannot plan for reality. While he and Daisy are driving in his car, Daisy accidentally hits Myrtle Wilson, a woman who lives above a service station in New York. Her husband, George, thinking that Gatsby was driving, comes and shoots him in the pool. This is a symbol of reality crashing down on what Gatsby had created. Firstly, his fantasy could not have ever worked because Daisy is not perfect. She is instead more like her husbad, Tom: reckless and spontaneous. In fact, Daisy was probably planning on leaving with Tom anyway. He had suspected her and Gatsby's affair and found out about his bootlegging operation. This darker side of him is what primarily destroyed her illusion about Gatsby. He, on the other hand, probably still believed in her to the end; the knowledge that Daisy was leaving with Tom would have had Gatsby kill himself anyway. This hopefulness was the basis of what made Gatsby great and why the novel was so representative of the 1920s.

Some topics in this essay:
World War, James Gatz, Myrtle Wilson, Tom Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald's Gatsby, Nick Carroway, Daisy Buchanan, jay gatsby, reality crashing, gatsby created, leaving tom, real name,