Same Goal, Different Route in The Great Gatsby Further investigation into The Great Gatsby is necessary to uncover a well-disguised theme of Fitzgerald in this work. When casually reading, one probably wouldn't notice the big similarities between Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson, but both characters seemed to have the same agenda for their lives. While Gatsby took the path of money at all costs to join the upper classes of society and be acceptable in the eyes of a woman, Myrtle chose to progress in society at the cost of her marriage by attaching herself to money. The underlying question is who was more successful. As a young man, Jay Gatsby was poor, with nothing but his love for Daisy. He had tried to