1. Symbols of the American Dream - The Great Gatsby
... clearly desired Tom; however, she couldn't have him because Tom is with Daisy. She'll always be Tom's mistress, and never anything more because of Daisy's recklessness. After this incident, George Wilson goes out to kill Gatsby, as his pool is tainted with a "red circle"(162), and he is successful in his mission; however he dies in the process ... . When Daisy runs over Myrtle, she caused the deaths of Myrtle, Gatsby, and George, which universally resemble the manner in which the upper class's recklessness leads to the inevitable death of the aspirations of the middle class. Not only doe...
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