Disillusionment In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is taken place 4 years after the Great War, within the Jazz age or the roaring twenties along with the prohibited use of liquor. During this time we are seeing the East and West Egg of Long Island, New York with the East viewed as old money while the West is new money, with characters defining themselves to society differently with social status, money, and reputation. Throughout the story, we are seen with many wealthy characters such as Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby, each using money to reach their American dream. However, this pursuit leads to disillusionment and the realization that the American Dream is not attainable for everyone. Through the imagery of objects describing the value, Fitzgerald

This is seen when Gatsby is giving a tour of his house to Daisy and her reaction is seen as she “admired this aspect…against the sky, admired the gardens, the sparkling odor …and the pale gold odor of kiss-me-at-the-gate…and hear no sound but bird voices in the trees.” (Fitzgerald, 90) This is shown when Daisy seems all so nice and sweet at first but looking upon her reaction and the descriptive details, we can predict and eventually see throughout the book that all she is looking for is money for herself and thinks for herself and how to benefit from it. We can also see this through another when she marries Tom “who was a rich and influential man” and has money and uses this to lure in Daisy’s love but when Gatsby returns, he attempts to do the same and “amasses a fortune to be used as a tool for Daisy’s love” and with this, he catches “ Daisy’s attention and proving his social status was the cause of all Gatsby did.”(Gholipour & Sanahmadi, 1) and all of these riches got him back with Daisy proving on how she only will ever be out for the money for her

This is seen when Nick explains to us how Gatsby describes his parents as “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people” and to him, personally “never really accepted them as his parents at all” (Fitzgerald, 98) With this Gatsby is showing how important money is and becoming wealthy than family and strive to live the American dream, that he had stopped viewing his parents as his parents. This can also be seen with Gatsby’s dad with their “familial relationship” when Henry has appointed the status of Gatsby “He is in complete awe at the status of his son’s wealth and for a moment, he is engulfed within the material possessions that he desired.” This is showing on how Henry seems to be viewing his American dream coming true with his son but tends to eliminate his son from his thoughts when it said he “forgets everything, including his son.”(Habib, et al. 3) shows us the non-importance of his relationship and no care nor love within his