Gatsby vs. Myrtle

For my Great Gatsby essay I want to focus on the similariters between Gatsby and Myrtle. I want to examine how the fate of these two dreamers deteminsrates the corruption of the American dream. Fitzgerald used these two people to show how he believed that the American dream was corrupted. Both of these people were dreamers. They had faith in society and believed that they could fulfill their plans in life. Both of these people had their life planned out and had sceduals that they had to fulfill. Ironically, both of the dreamers die at the end of the book. These two people did not die from natural causes, they were murdered. I take these murders as them being murdered by their faith in the American dream. They were the few remaining people that still believed on the American dream and ironically they were killed by people who had corrupted the American dream (Daisy had corrupted the American dream through heruse of social class and materialism and Wilson had corrupted it by taking revenge on Gatsby-he had not given Gatsby a chance to live and succeede). Both of these dreamers had fake fronts and facads. Gatsby had his with his attempt to be in the upper social class. Since he wasnt born in this social class, he did'nt pick up on the social ques that were present. Gatsby was also fake in the reagrds to the life he lived in. His house, his money, even his atitdue were fake. He goes through great lanks to make his false front very believeable. This is evident when Owl Eyes is in his library and is baffled that the books are real. But he knows that Gatsby is fake because the pages are not torn. Myrtle had a false front when she entered her house and acted as if 12 servents were waiting to wait on her; she puts on a show. Gatsby also put on a show when he threw his magnificent parties. He only through them in the hopes of attracting Daisy to his house. He had no intentions of actually enjoying the parties. These two people were similar because they had similar drives and ambitions. They both put on fake aires.
Overall, I will add more examples but basically I just want to write a paper about how both Myrtle and Gatsby are the two characters that Fitzgerald used to show the corruption of the American dream.