Gatsby emphasizes this notion when he says: “Daisy is money.” It is the parallel that Fitzgerald establishes to demonstrate that the quest for money is inevitably doomed to failure. Before Gatsby was seduced by his limitless possibilities and defined himself by it, he could have owned the world. But instead, he dedicated his life to making her his own. His desire for Daisy is an unhealthy obsession that drives everything Gatsby does. Ostentatious parties were organized in the hope of his presence. Gatsby buys a huge house and fills it with pretentious things in order to draw attention to what he desires most. The irony is that this is all a failure. When Daisy finally goes to one of Gatsby's parties, she despises everything. No matter what he does, Daisy is nowhere to be found. Nothing is ever enough because Gatsby can never be satisfied. Fitzgerald proves that the blind pursuit of perfection and money, as the 1920s were for some, is doomed to failure. When Nick first sees Gatsby, he looks wistfully at a silver-colored light in the distance. It's the light on Daisy's dock. It's just across the lake that separates the East and West eggs. It seems so close but at the same time it can never be