You could have all the money in the world and still not be happy. The Great Gatsby is filled with many characters who live desperate and lonely lives, even though they have all the money one could want and in reality, money doesn't buy happiness. Most characters give a facade to the people around them. They all seem to be living the American dream. But are they really? Gatsby has all the money anyone could ask for. Daisy acts like she's living a dream even though you can tell she's still sad and upset. The relationship between Daisy and Tom is proof of this in the collapse of the American dream. Myrtle is a very materialistic and needy person who wants things that money will buy. Fitzgerald demonstrates how a dream can be corrupted by a focus on acquiring wealth, power, and expensive things. Jay Gatsby is a very rich man. Although he was born into a poorer family, he worked hard and it paid off. He throws lavish parties for countless people, but he has no real friends. He buys very expensive things and entertains large groups of society because of his desire for something greater. He is so blinded by his luxurious possessions that he fails to see that money cannot buy love or happiness. Although Nick realizes that Gatsby is involved in secret business dealings and is obsessed with money, he is a good and loyal man at heart. Before Gatsby dies, Nick says, "They're a rotten crowd... You're worth the whole damn bunch combined" (Fitzgerald 162). Daisy Buchanan is very vain and carefree. Even though it seems very soft and pure, deep down it is very cold. Daisy is carefree about people's lives; she lets Gatsby take responsibility for his manslaughter of Myrtle Wilson. His reckless actions eventually result in... middle of paper ... which turns out to be the main reason for the dream's death. It is confused with hope and success which replaces dreams with materialism. This is seen through Gatsby's illegal actions and connections to make money. His big parties, his mansion. and a giant clothing collection all represent corruption. His use of the status when the police officer completely ignored him after violating the law. But the biggest example is that of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, who live without hope or regret because all they care about is money, being rich and being at the top of the social class . Nick describes the Buchanans as carefree people. "They were carefree people, Tom and Daisy. They broke things and creatures, then fell back on their money or their great carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and left other people clean up the mess they had made..." (Fitzgerald 179)