im to fulfil his hopes. He has the money, but crucially he needs the girl to go with it. And symbolically failing to get the girl and therefore being unable to fulfil the American dream leads to his death. Fitzgerald is suggesting that a blind faith in the American Dream of materialism is leading to the destruction of society, and is not necessarily within anyone's reach. We could also see Daisy as being the entire American Dream in Gatsby eyes, and not just a part of it, since the reason why Gatsby changed his name, made his large amount of money and created a new life for himself was all to get Daisy. However, Gatsby finds that money cannot buy him everything when he fails to get Daisy, even though the American Dream suggests that it could.
             Daisy's voice can also be seen as representing the promise of the American Dream, and in places in the novel Fitzgerald presents aspects of Daisy's character through her voice. Her voice is shown to be enthralling and seductive, similar to the promise of the American Dream, an
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