Gatsby is determined to relive his past, but Nick points out, "You can't relive the past," and Gatsby replies, "Why, of course you can!" (Fitzgerald 110). Gatsby has dedicated his entire life to reliving the past with Daisy. Gatsby wholeheartedly believes that he can repeat the past: “I'll make it all right again the way it was before,” he says (Fitzgerald 110). In Gatsby's fantasy, he believes that he and Daisy can be together now that he has the money she wishes she had in the past. “Ultimately, it is this romantic idealism that destroys Gatsby; he refuses to give up the illusion that has propelled his life. » Gatsby's inability to let go of a fantasy built on events from Daisy's past, is ultimately what led to his death (Hickey). There's a character in Great Gatsby who turns out to be the only one who doesn't drown in a fantasy, Nick. “They’re a rotten bunch. You’re worth the whole damn group put together,” Nick tells Gatsby (Fitzgerald 162). He says this because he realizes that everyone around him is corrupt and living in a fantasy world, including Gatsby, but Nick realizes that this is precisely what destroys.