d is satisfied. He works hard and scrapes by, but he is living the life he wants, "I am one
of the few honest men that I have ever known."(64). He's sensible and thinks out his
actions. He doesn't have the green gleam in his eye that everyone else seems to have. He
is an observer to the situation, and when he talks of Gatsby believing in the Green Light,
he sums up Gatsby's philosophy and possibly what was written in the back of his most
recent edition of "Hopalong Cassidy"; the way to live his life dedicated to Daisy. His
whole life was devoted to re-wooing Daisy and finally have that "one fine morning" when
she would be his completely. I do not think that he knew when to stop.
Once Gatsby achieves his dreams and Daisy is now seeing him on a regular basis,
he doesn't know what to do. This whole time he wanted her so much and he couldn't get
her, he was dreaming. Dreaming that the green light would shine on him, and once it did,
he couldn't help but go further, stretch his arms just a little further, and ask Daisy to leave
her husband. On page 139 in the hotel scene Daisy says to Jay, "Oh, you want to much! I
love you know---isn't that enough?" But for Gatsby it isn't enough, he wants more and
more and really it is this dream of "one fine morning" that is the reason he is killed. He
lives his life as a dream. He accomplishes the "American Dream" by coming from
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