Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to

capture its illusionary goals. This dream has varying significances for different people but

in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire

happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream and

in order to do this he must have wealth and power. Jay Gatsby, the central figure of the

story, is a character that longs for the past. Surprisingly he devotes most of his adult life

trying to recapture it and, finally, dies in its pursuit. In the past, Jay had a love affair with

the beautiful and seemingly innocent Daisy. Knowing he could not marry her because of

the difference in their social status, he leaves her to accumulate his wealth to reach her

economic and social standards. Once he acquires this wealth, he moves near to Daisy,

"Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay," and throws

extravagant parties, hoping by chance she might show up at one of them. He, himself,

does not attend his parties but watches them from a distance. When his hopes dont show

literary technique of symbolism to reflect what life in the 1920s was like, through

want. Later, as we see in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is

felt the need to inform the rest of the guests of her trivial anecdote. The reason that these

American Dream still holds true in today's time, be it wealth, love, or fame. But one thing

repeat the past? Why of course you can!. This shows the confidence that Jay has in

girl in an alert, confident voice. She turned to her companion: Wasnt it for you Lucille?

your house some afternoon and then let him come over." Gatsby's personal dream

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