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y back. That is what motivates him to move to West Egg, and makes money by any means necessary, holds extravagant parties in every weekend, does everything what Daisy requires him to do and so on. There is a position in life that he yearns for and will do all that it takes to achieve it, and the final goal for his American Dream is to get Daisy’s love. Daisy and Tom on the other hand show how people can use their position to look down on others and live their life carelessly. As the narrator of The Great Gatsby Nick says about Daisy, "in a moment she looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face as if she had asserted her membership in a rather distinguished secret society to which she and Tom belonged". (Fitzgerald,1998,1:83) It is this superior mind set that allows Tom to cheat on his wife and allows him and Daisy to run away from the death of Myrtle. They don’t need to worry about such things because they are too good for it. And Nick sees it as a kind of carelessness. "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy----they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…… they can use their wealth and position to escape whatever they choose.” （Fitzgerald,1998,1:163 ） By comparison, Gatsby and Daisy belong to different kinds of people, they have different backgrounds and life styles, and their social statuses are not the same at all. It is doomed to be a failure if Gatsby wants to be in love with Daisy, and live with her forever. III. Analysis of Relationship Between Love and Money in Gatsby’s American Dream In the novel The Great Gatsby, in order to make his American Dream come true, Gatsby tries every possible means to make a fortune because he knows clearly that only if he has much money, at least more than Tom, he can win Daisy’s love. However, Gatsby’s American Dream is broken as a result although he has taken great pains to achieve it. And the disillusionment of Gatsby’s American Dream is greatly due to the relationship between love and money. A. Relationship Between Love and Money in the Novel In the novel, Daisy always lives a luxuriant life since she was born, and it has become a habit for her to anticipate a life of higher standard. It is hard to imagine that how she can stand a difficult life without money. But Gatsby is a poor soldier, if he doesn’t pretend to be a rich man with great wealth which can give Daisy a better life, Daisy would not have fallen in love with him at all five years ago. When Gatsby invites Daisy to have a look around his villa, Gatsby clearly knows that the real thing Daisy love is his wealth but not himself. Because while Jay Gatsby and Daisy reunite with the help of Nick Caraway, Jay Gatsby’s wealth immediately fascinates Daisy that she cries, “it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such – such beautiful shirts before”(司各特•菲茨杰拉德(著),巫宁坤,唐建清(译), 1998,1: 254) And Gatsby himself also feels that Daisy’s voice is full of money when she sees such a beautiful villa, and she is so happy to touch the costly furniture in his room. After having taken great pains to get money, Gatsby not only has so much money although it is from illegal business, he also becomes a famous man that many other rich people from all around the world have the wish to take part in his parties and make friend with him. In this case, Gatsby has had the economic strength to win Daisy’s love, and Daisy actually takes much notice of him, even fall in love wi