people take the wrong ways to get there. In the 1920's

the American Dream was something that everyone struggled

to have. A spouse, children, money, a big house and a

car meant that someone had succeeded in life. A very

important aspect was money and success was determined

greatly by it. This was not true in all cases however.

The belief that every man can rise to success no matter

what his beginnings. Jay Gatsby was a poor boy that

turned into a very wealthy man, but did he live the

American Dream? Money is actually the only thing that

Gatsby had a lot of. Jay Gatsby tries to live the life

of The American Dream, but fails in his battle. From his

early years Gatsby has his eye one Daisy and throughout

his life he is deeply in love with her, but he never

marries or even has a life with her. Another one of

Gatsby's goals in life was to be an extremely

successful, just like his model Dan Cody, but that plan

ends up failing as well. As a part of what Dan Cody

taught him, Gatsby attempted to go into business with a

man named Meyer Wolfsheim, but failed at that also. For

such a long time Gatsby has had his eye

modeled on the real-life figure of Arnold Rothstein, the

accomplished, he was shot in cold blood by Tom Buchannan

into bad dealings leads to Jay Gatsby's failure at the

Superior earning room and board by digging clams and

again. It doesn't seem that Daisy could ever be as

discovery of Gatsby's unsavory business dealings may

Dream is not for everyone in life, many did not succeed

was never able to become a man as successful as Dan Cody

man who helped fix the 1919 World Series. Through

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