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What is the conflict in The Great Gatsby?

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What is the conflict in The Great Gatsby?

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In a classic plot analysis, the basic conflict is Tom has a mistress. Daisy meets Gatsby and they begin to have an affair. In a more thematic approach, Gatsby is in love with a “dream” of Daisy (representative of the American dream) and that dream is unattainable.