The desire for a luxurious life is what prompts Myrtle to have an affair with Tom. This decision harms her marriage to George, leading to her death and loss of true happiness. Myrtle has hopes and desires for a perfect life, rich and famous. She enjoys reading gossip magazines which represent her hope for the lives of the "rich and famous". This shows how the only reason she wants to be with Tom is because he represents the lives of the "rich and famous." When Myrtle first married George Wilson, she thought she was crazy about him and thought they were happy being together. Myrtle says, “The only time I was mad was when I married him. I knew immediately that I had made a mistake. He borrowed someone's best suit to get married. It becomes apparent that this green light is not Daisy, but a symbol representing Gatsby's dream of having Daisy. The fact that Daisy does not meet Gatsby's expectations is obvious. Knowing this, we can see that no matter how hard Gatsby tries to live out his fantasy, he will never be able to achieve it. By carefully examining the green light, one can learn that the force that allows Gatsby to realize his life's aspiration is that of the American dream. Fitzgerald uses the green light as a symbol of hope, money, and jealousy. Gatsby admires the American dream and follows it in order to become the perfect man that every girl desires. Gatsby cares a lot about how people see him and how he appears to others. He wants everything to be perfect for Daisy, just as he wants Daisy to think of him as a perfect man. “We both looked at the grass – there was a sharp line where my ragged lawn ended and the darker, well-manicured expanse of his began. I suspected he was talking about my weed. " (Fitzgerald, 80) This presents the theme of appearance versus reality and how Gatsby wants everything to look nice and presentable when he meets Daisy for the first time in five years. Gatsby is corrupt because his main goal is to have Daisy He needs a huge mansion to be able to feel confident enough to try to get Daisy to be blinded by the American dream and, therefore, bring about the destruction of Gatsby himself. I didn't end up getting what he wanted because the American dream took over who he really was.