realize that his idea and pursuit of Daisy is more rewarding than the actual attainment of her. Gatsby recognizes that --as he did with his own persona he has created an ideal for daisy to live up to. Although Gatsby remains fully committed to his aspirations up until his death, he struggles with the reality of when those aspirations for his american Dream are either achieved or. in Gatsby,'s case, proven inaccessible. As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in 1924, while working on The Great Gatsby, That's the whole burden of this novel - the loss of those illusions that give such color to the world so that you dont care whether things are true or false as long as they partake of the magical glory (XV) On one level the novel comments on the careless gaiety and moral decadence ofrealize that his idea and pursuit of Daisy is more rewarding than the actual attainment of her. Gatsby recognizes that -- as he did with his own persona -- he has created an ideal for Daisy to live up to. Although Gatsby remains fully committed to his aspirations up until his death, he struggles with the reality of when those aspirations for his American Dream are either achieved or, in Gatsby's case, proven inaccessible. As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in 1924, while working on The Great Gatsby, "That's the whole burden of this novel -- the loss of those illusions that give such color to the world so that you don't care whether things are true or false as long as they partake of the magical glory" (xv). On one level the novel comments on the careless gaiety and moral decadence of