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Same Goal, Different Route in The Great Gatsby        A more(prenominal) thorough investigation of The Great Gatsby is necessary to uncover a well-disguised theme by Fitzgerald in this work.  Upon a simple read through one would credibly non nonice the great similarities of Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson, but the two characters take careed to have the same agenda for their lives.  While Gatsby took the route of acquiring money at each(prenominal) costs to join the upper class of society and to be acceptable in the eyes of a woman, Myrtle chose to make her way up in society at the cost of her marriage by attaching herself to money.  The underlying question is who had the most success.     As a young man, Jay Gatsby was poor with nothing but his come for Daisy.  He had attempted to woe her, but a stronger attraction to money led her to marry another man.  This did not stop Gatsbys goal of good-natured this woman for himself though, and he decided to improve his life anyway he could until he could measure up to Daisys standards.  He eventually gained connections in what would seem to be the wrong places, but these gave him the opportunity he needed to get rich quick.  Gatsbys enormous desire for Daisy controlled his life to the point that he did not even question the immorality of the dealings that he involved himself in to acquire wealth.  Eventually though, he was able to afford a castle in a location where he could pursue Daisy effectively.  His life ambition had successfully moved him to the top of the new money class of society, but he lacked the culture of how to promote his wealth properly.  Despite the way that Gatsby flaunted his money, he did catch Daisys attention.  A chaotic liaison followed for a while until Daisy was overcome by pressures from Gatsby to intrust her husband and by the realization that she belonged to old money and a more proper society.  &nbs p  Myrtle eventually had similar goals as Gatsby, but her life did not begin the same way.  She was of the lower class of society and married a simple man.  The two pursued a poor life, but Myrtles husband George was a decent man.  Nevertheless, Myrtle became unsatisfied, and when the opportunity arose to better the quality of her life, she took it.  Daisys husband Tom, an unfaithful, rough man not very committed to his marriage, began an affair with Myrtle.