Gatsby had worked so long to make Daisy his, that somewhere along the way his love turned to obsession. His dream is not the pure thing it was in the beginning. His first step to achieve this was to become rich, which he did through corrupt means. He was full of hope that once Daisy saw his wealth and how much he still loved her, she would leave her husband Tom and come to be with him. He even “bought that house so Daisy would be right across the bay” (Fitzgerald 83). In an effort to accomplish this, he and Daisy began having an affair. The amorality and dishonesty of this only solidifies the fact that Gatsby's dream was corrupted by his desire to have Daisy, as if she were an object and not a person. Gatsby also never took into account that Daisy may have already achieved her dream. Even during her relationship with Gatsby, she was happy with her life with Tom because he gave her the life of luxury she had always dreamed of. Daisy's dream was corrupt from the start. His desire for money won over his desire for love. As for Gatsby's dream with Daisy, "it was already behind him, somewhere in that vast darkness beyond the city..." (Fitzgerald