Hope is lost through the futility in striving to achieve the American dream. Gatsby and Fox at the beginning of their narratives, initially act as representatives of prosperity and fortune. Gatsby, who orders his life around the sole purpose of being reunited with Daisy Buchanan, is a man of new money, someone who has supposably achieved the American Dream through his wealth. However, Gatsby who is visioned like so, is seen through the eyes of Carraway as a deeply flawed and unfulfilled man.
However, Carrway believes that Gatsby’s fascination of Daisy stretches far beyond his ambition for wealth and status. Nevertheless, he cannot help but admire Gatsby’s romantic idealization and hope for his and Daisy’s future. His exposure to the lies and deceits of “careless people”” like Daisy and Tom cause him to contemplate on their intentions. Carraway is one of few characters in the novel who possesses morals.
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