should go to Tom and say: I never loved you. After, they could go back to Louisville and be married .
from her house "just as if it were five years ago."" (p.111) This states the ultimate goal of Gatsby. He wants .
and thinks Daisy loves him, basing it upon the past experiences. This nostalgic attitude of a tendency to go .
towards the past is where Fitzgerald points out one of the Dream's errs. On the surface, this quixotic .
attitude is admirable and comparative to those ideal images of ancient knights displaying chivalry. Yet, -.
knights, chivalry, Don Quixote etc.- are all retroactively inclined, while the supposed American Dream is .
progressively inclined. In other words: accordingly, an admirable "American Dream pursuer- and his .
representative imageries want to go toward the past, yet the principles of the American Dream by definition .
flag progress through change for the better and change towards the future. This is the fundamental conflict .
in direction, of which Fitzgerald writes to point out the disfunction of the American Dream. Fitzgerald .
writes as reinforcement, using an exchange between Nick and Gatsby, " I wouldn't ask too much of her .
You can't repeat the past. Can't repeat the past?' he [Gatsby] cried incredulously. "Why of course you .
can!'- (p. 111) This was a piece of advice Gatsby chooses not to pay heed to. Other than the obvious fact .
that turning back the clock is impossible, Gatsby wants to go back to something that doesn't exist. Daisy .
never did and never would truly love him, so ultimately, she won't be able to live up to his standards, since .
the prerequisite to his standards (that Daisy loved him before) is false, another failing loophole of Gatsby's .
dream. Fitzgerald writes of Daisy's lack of love for Gatsby by showing her admitting and then retracting .
her statements, " I never loved him [Tom, her husband] , she said, with perceptible reluctance Oh, you .
want too much!' she cried to Gatsby.