"Critics concur that The Great Gatsby rises above being a mere chronicle of a past American era, and most believe that the novel's continued popularity demonstrates modern America's fascination with the American dream" (Poupard, Person 147). ... Gatsby believes that he has a destiny with Daisy. ... The reason Gatsby did this was to try and win Daisy over. ... "Gatsby, unlike the other Fitzgerald heroes, sacrifices his life on the alter of his dream, unaware that it is composed of the ephemeral stuff of the past"(Miller 20). ... Now, Daisy was married to a rich man named Tom Buchanan....

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