Depiction of the American Dream in the Great Gatsby
As children, we have all dreamt of money, being rich; owning an extravagant mansion, magnificent cars, and being married to a prince or princess. Basically, we dream of the perfect life, with the perfect spouse. Generally, this dream is known as the American Dream, which is the belief that if one works hard, that person will succeed by becoming rich. The topic of the American Dream can be found throughout The Great Gatsby, the most prime example of this is the dream of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby's dream is to work hard to get rich in order to win the love of Daisy Buchanan, his long lost love. Despite these beliefs, the American Dream, in it's modern form, generally fails to make that person happy. As for Gatsby's dream to win Daisy's love with elaborate material possessions, his attempts eventually lead to his death. Both the noble intentions and the resulting failures of the American Dream resemble the intentions and corruption of Jay Gatsby in the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. F. Scott Fitzgerald included many examples of the American Dream in the novel. Myrtle Wilson is an example of this. Myrtle, who was married to George Wilson, a low income mechanic, desired money and a higher social status. This d
Gatsby did not care for his possessions; they were there for the pleasure of others, Daisy especially. Gatsby's success in achieving material wealth, however, did not achieve its initial goal, in the respect that Gatsby's wealth was not able to win the love of Daisy Buchanan. His intentions and attempts were followed by tragedy and failure. It was amidst one of Gatsby's most elaborate material possessions, the marble pool, in which Gatsby's death was brought about by a vengeful act of Myrtle's husband, George Wilson. This downfall is comparable to the noble intentions and resulting failures of the American Dream, in which class and greed usually overtake the success of becoming rich. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed Jay Gatsby's dream as a resemblance to the American Dream in The Great Gatsby. 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, across the bay. 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; This mansion seems to be an extravagant waste for a single occupant, built primarily to satisfy the eyes of onlookers and party-goers. This is justified by the fact that Gatsby had never even "used the pool on
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