What's in a name? is a common phrase, the title of this work makes you kind of curious right off the bat, "The Great Gatsby". It gives a lot to the imagination, before you start reading, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his books during the roaring twenties, a time of oppulence, great opportunities, and abundance. A society that is exaggerating freedom as a way to cope, and rebound from the devastation endured during the First World War. Seemingly he writes his own American dream story disguised as Jay Gatzby. At least two witnesses in the story could testify that his humble beginnings could have thwarted Jay Gatzby's dream, however, with their support and his hard work, and determination he advanced in his desires, Dan Cody related: "First time I saw him was when he came into Winebrenner's pool room 43rd Street and asked for a job he hadn't eat for a couple of days, come on have some lunch with me I said he ate more than $4 dollars worth of food in half an hour. Did you start him in business? started him. I made him, I raised him up out of nothing, right out of the gutter. I saw right away that he was a fine, appearing, gentlemanly young man and when he told me he was at Oxford. I knew I could use him well." His father also shared this insight:"Of course he was broke up when he ran …show more content…
"I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. he had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. he behind him. Gatzby's life was cut short for him to approach his goal, but the success he attained in the course of his life was impressive to the people that knew him, and his efforts brought satisfaction to