The desire for a luxurious life is what attracts Myrtle to have an affair with Tom. This decision damages her marriage to George, which leads to her death and loss of true happiness. Myrtle has the hope and desire for a perfect, rich and famous life. 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 life of the "rich and famous". When Myrtle first married George Wilson, she thought she was crazy about him and thought they were happy to be together. Myrtle says, “The only crazy one I was was when I married him. I immediately realized I had made a mistake. She borrowed someone's best dress 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 live up to Gatsby's expectations is obvious. Knowing this, one can see that no matter how much Gatsby tries to live out his fantasy, he will never be able to fulfill it. Through careful examination of the green light, one can learn that the force that allows Gatsby to follow his lifelong 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 so he can be the perfect man that every girl wants. Gatsby cares a lot about how people see him and how he appears to others. He wants everything to be perfect for Daisy, as he wants Daisy to think of him as a perfect man. “We both looked at the grass: there was a clear line where my uneven lawn ended and the darker, more well-kept expanse of his began. I suspected he was referring to my weed." (Fitzgerald, 80) This presents the theme of appearance versus reality and how Gatsby wants everything to be nice and presentable by when he meets Daisy for the first time in five years. Gatsby becomes corrupt because his main goal is to have Daisy need to have a huge mansion so that he can feel confident enough to try to blind Gatsby from the American dream and as a result, cause the destruction of Gatsby himself will not end up getting what he wanted. because the American dream took over who he really was