While he also had strong feelings of love for Daisy he also was attracted to her wealth because she was "the embodiment of wealth" (Bewley 100). His dream is reduced to a desire for material gain because she is unworthy of his power of dreaming which made him so great. After the green light essentially dims and then burns out Gatsby has nothing to for which to live. Finally, his death just punctuates the complete failure of American Dream.
The relationships between Tom & Daisy and George & Myrtle illustrate the corruption of the American Dream. With Tom and Daisy we see two "transparent careless, shallow people living in eternal adolescence" (McAdams 114). Daisy did however have some redeeming traits such as charm and intellect. But she even at times admitted her shallow quality of life. Tom is a natural-born arrogant, hypocritical bully who is very sexist and racist. He has no moral qualms and doesn't even live up to the moral standards he requires of others. Daisy is corrupt because she married Tom for .
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the wrong reasons such as the desire for money and the pleasure of her parents. However, truly deep within herself she knows that her love exists for one man Gatsby. .
Never happy with one another nor sharing love, Tom and Daisy both engage in their own love affairs. While they have wealth they do not have love and happiness. Also with .
George and Myrtle's relationship we also see a sad situation. George Wilson is a lifeless man who works all the time but yet still idealizes and loves Myrtle who can only return this gesture by having an affair with Tom who refused to treat as anything better than an object of desire. George is in many ways comparable with Gatsby in that both had unrequited love that inevitably led to their downfalls. These vain relationships exemplify the very corruption of the American Dream.
The deceitful, materialistic, and immoral natures of the characters epitomize the failure of the American Dream.