jay gatsby and the american dream
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. This dream is different for different people, but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness and lost love. To get this happiness Jay Gatsby must reach into the past and in order to relive an old dream of marrying Daisy, the foundation of his life. In order to do this, he must have wealth and power, and the easiest way of amassing money quickly is through crime and corruption. Jay Gatsby is a very unique character; he has an extreme illusionary image of himself, he is madly in love with Daisy Buchanan, and he was extremely loyal to his dream even after it had dissolved.Jay Gatsby always wanted to become famous and wealthy, so he created an ideal image of himself for Nick and others he wanted to impress, especially Daisy. In this image he claims he is the son of some wealthy people in the Midwest but educated at Oxford; traveled to Paris, Venice, and Rome; collects rubies, hunts big game, and paints; and received many awards and medals for his outstanding effort in World War I. Gatsby created this "ideal image" in orde
His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy's white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God...then he kissed her. At his lips' touch, she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete. (Page 112) Even after Tom Buchanan exposed the reality behind the notorious Jay Gatsby to Daisy, Gatsby still believes he has a chance at reuniting with Daisy. When Nick Carroway, the narrator, tells him "you can't repeat the past", Gatsby becomes infuriated; he cannot accept the fact that he has no chance of reuniting with Daisy after she finds out of his life in crime. After Daisy killed Myrtle Wilson Gatsby is only worried about Daisy and how she will react. He even waits in front of her window until 4:00 am to make sure Tom will not lay a hand on her. Gatsby holds on to his dream until the very last minute of his life. In one of the final scenes before his death, one of Gatsby's servants asks Gatsby if he wanted the pool to be drained. He tells the servant not to drain it yet; the pool symbolizes his love for Daisy and all of his other dreams. He is shot while he is floating on his air mattress in the pool holding on to his dreams. r to impress those people who were curious about his background such as Daisy and Nick, and to make sure no one thinks he was "just some nobody". This "ideal image" was a
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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