F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby analyzes the consequences arising from a person's character and actions. Rewards and punishments may seem unfair; however, throughout the novel they occur with ruthless justice. The fates and characters of Gatsby, Daisy, and Myrtle demonstrate with stark clarity that reward and punishment are extremely just. The first character to clearly show her true colors is Daisy Buchanan. Daisy leads a hollow life, wandering here and there, spending "a year in France for no particular reason, and wandering here and there without rest where people played polo and were rich" (6). Daisy drifts through her life, meaningless. She has “been everywhere, seen everything and done everything” (17). Ultimately, this means nothing because the only reason she did all this is to have moments where she could demonstrate her superiority. Later in the novel, she again shows her shallowness by introducing her daughter to her friends, telling her that "her mother wanted you to go away" (117). This is symbolic of how Daisy treats even the most important things: as a way to get attention. Daisy is vain and only seeks recognition for her social status and wealth, in the end her character lacks dimension and she is truly unworthy of attention. Gatsby is willing to give her all the attention she feels she doesn't deserve and even more; Tom gives his attention to Myrtle and his other affairs. When she killed Myrtle, Daisy was given the choice to stop. It was Myrtle who had "run away into a road" (139), so Daisy would not have been charged with manslaughter, but even her association with the crime could have put her social reputation in the middle of paper. .... a pleasant place to live, filled with “an unknown sky,” “frightening leaves,” “grotesque roses,” and “harsh sunlight” (161); Gatsby does not recognize the world in which Daisy will never call him, Daisy will never be with him. She had always been his only source of hope, like the green light at the end of his platform. Now Gatsby finds himself in a world without hope, so dying is not his punishment, but rather his only reward. His punishment was that no matter how long he waited at her funeral, “it was no use, no one came” (174). In the end he got what he deserved, he had lost his appetite for life and so he died. He filled his life with dark and illegal activities and therefore had no real friends. The harsh exactness of justice meted out in Gatsby's case demonstrates how punishment and reward are calculated and based entirely on justice..