During the argument, Tom brings up Gatsby’s past and what his job is around Daisy, he looks “as if he has ‘killed a man’” in response (Fitzgerald 134). The foreshadowing here is when it is said that Gatsby looks like he kills someone. This is significant to the American Dream because it alludes to the idea that Gatsby has to kill someone to complete his dream: living with Daisy. While one may not necessarily have to kill anyone to achieve their dream, Fitzgerald illustrates through Gatsby and Tom fighting that one will destroy the people around them. At the beginning of the book, Gatsby buys a yellow car, and after Myrtle is killed Tom is told that “a yellow car” did it (Fitzgerald 140). The yellow car is used as foreshadowing throughout the whole book; it is part of Gatsby’s dream to live rich and happy with Daisy. Since Fitzgerald uses this car to illustrate a part of the American Dream, when it is used to kill Myrtle Fitzgerald shows that no one can have complete happiness with the American Dream.
During the argument, Tom brings up Gatsby’s past and what his job is around Daisy, he looks “as if he has ‘killed a
man
’” in response (Fitzgerald 134). The foreshadowing here is when it
is said
that Gatsby looks like he
kills
someone. This is significant to the American
Dream
because
it alludes to the
idea
that Gatsby
has to
kill
someone to complete his
dream
: living with Daisy. While one may not
necessarily
have to
kill
anyone to achieve their
dream
, Fitzgerald illustrates through Gatsby and Tom fighting that one will
destroy
the
people
around them. At the beginning of the book, Gatsby
buys
a yellow
car
, and after Myrtle
is killed
Tom is
told
that “a yellow
car”
did it (Fitzgerald 140). The yellow
car
is
used
as foreshadowing throughout the whole book; it is part of Gatsby’s
dream
to
live
rich and happy with Daisy. Since Fitzgerald
uses
this
car
to illustrate a part of the American
Dream
, when it is
used
to
kill
Myrtle Fitzgerald
shows
that no one can have complete happiness with the American
Dream
.