It is about the American Dream and those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. Jay Gatsby

acquires the wealth and the power of his dream but not the happiness.

We have to wonder why F. Scott Fitzgerald would write such a book. Was it to reflect the

society of the 1920's: where either you had money and the dream, or you were poor and lived

amongst the ashes. You could havethe chance of being like the phoenix and rising out of the

ashes like the character Jay. This dream is different for different people. In The Great Gatsby, for

Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power one can acquire happiness.

Jay Gatsby, the central figure of the story is one character who longs for the past.

car. Tom stops to get gas and Tom's mistress, Myrtle sees him. With jealous eyes she watches

we all know, " you can't always get what you want". Gatsby is a prime example. I highly

New York with Nick and Jordan Baker the female golf pro. His wife Daisy, is driving with Jay in her

if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy's, who agrees to arrange a

them leave thinking Jordan is Tom's wife. On the way back from New York, Daisy is driving Tom's

meeting. Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the larger American Dream which is available to

everyone , the wealth, the status and the happiness.

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