The Great Gatsby
In Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby tries to make the all mighty American Dream. Gatsby's dream is to work hard to get rich in order to win the love of Daisy Buchanan, his long lost love. This dream to win Daisy's love with elaborate material possessions, eventually lead to his death. These intentions and the failures that come show the corrupted American Dream Gatsby tries to create. Another example of the American Dream is the dream of Daisy Buchanan. Daisy fell in love with Jay Gatsby before he went away to war, but her desire for money led her to Tom Buchanan instead. Gatsby grew up in a poor family, Daisy was appalled; she favored money, over true love. Daisy's decision to marry Tom was assisted by the fact that "...the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three hundred and fifty thousand dollars". This decision not only affected Daisy and Tom but also Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby's mansion is prime example of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby. He devoted his life to winning the love of Daisy Buchana
The parties held at Gatsby's mansion, were primarily held in hopes that Daisy would attend one of them and realize her mistake of marrying Tom instead of himself. Often, Nick would spot Gatsby staring across the bay, at a green light at the end of Daisy and Tom's dock. Few people who attended these magnificent parties at the Gatsby mansion even knew the host. Very few were actually invited, "...people were not invited, they went there..." The parties that Gatsby held were extraordinary; "...Several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden..."Despite the extremities Gatsby has gone to, in order to hold the perfect party, the guests were disrespectful, and spread many rumors about him, such as where he got his money from, his occupation, and most of all his past. When Gatsby met Daisy for the first time in years he wore "a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-colored tie". Then, once Daisy entered his house, she was amazed at the lavish, expensive items which were in Gatsby's extrava
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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