Corruption In The Great Gatsby

In response to the simple idea of the American Dream, by the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American Dream is a symbol of hope for success and that any goal can be achieved. Gatsby's lifestyle is portrayed as a corrupted dream: achieving his wealth illegally and attempting to resume an unattainable past love with Daisy. In the book The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes life during the 1920s and the craving for people to reach the American Dream. The author examines the corruption of Gatsby's life when trying to attain the American Dream. Gatsby came from a poor family and in the early years of his life he changed his name and followed Dan Cody because he wanted to make something new to symbolize his escape from his old life. He had a hunger

While he did this, Daisy fell in love with Tom and shared memories and connections with him that Gatbsy would never even know. Gatbsy had never wanted to be with anyone else and after he thought he cleaned up the old man he was, he did not realize his tastelessness, lack of sophistication, and West Egg's new money life. His dream is to recapture what Daisy and he once had and the only way this could happen was if Daisy told Tom that she had never loved him. In chapter 6 Gatbsy says, “He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you’”(Fitzgerald 118). Gatbsys is too glued to his idea of the American Dream that he can not comprehend repeating the past is not a possibility. In chapter 7, Daisy states, “Oh, you want too much!” she cried to Gatsby. “I love you now–isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past.” She began to sob helplessly. “I did love him once–but I loved you too”(Fitzgerald 141). Gatsby's dream is falling farther away from the luxuries in his life. For that reason, the reader can understand that Gatbsy falsely assumes material wealth will lead to love and happiness with Daisy ending, all because of his corrupt materialist