Examples Of Sucess In The Great Gatsby

Success in the American Dream

The American Dream is defined as equal opportunity for everybody regardless of race, social status, or religious beliefs to achieve success through hard work and determination. However, success is defined differently for everyone. Some examples of success are money, love, happiness, fame, and power. One of the main themes seen in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is their attempt of success in the American Dream. Their definitions for success, though, are completely different. Gatsby, through his actions and thoughts, defines success as love, whereas Willy Loman defines success as wealth. Although their dreams are different, they do share several similarities. The

In this story, it focuses more on the rich people and how their lives are. Before Gatsby is introduced in detail, Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, and Jordan Baker are introduced. Nick lives in West Egg which is a rich area, and he claims that it is not as rich as the East Egg by saying, “I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.” (Fitzgerald 5). By the way that the author describes the characters, it is seen that being rich is the most important thing when it comes to popularity because Fitzgerald describes each character and mainly talks about their wealth. An example of this is when he describes Tom. He described him by saying,

Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven—a national figure in a way, one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anti-cli-max. His family were enormously wealthy—even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach…” (Fitzgerald

In this play, unlike Gatsby, Miller does not talk about the rich often. Instead, there are very few characters and it is mainly focused on the Loman family. Miller describes the Lomans’ house as, “the small, fragile-seeming home.” (Miller 1842). Throughout the play, it shows that Willy Loman is struggling with his money problems. An example of this is when Willy asks Charley for more money for his insurance after the scene where he meets again with Bernard. Willy and Charley have a conversation about Bernard and then Charley brings up the money about insurance, and Willy asks for more. Charley says, “There’s some money — fifty dollars. I got an accountant inside.” (Miller 1883). Willy responds by saying, “Charley, look... (With difficulty.) I got my insurance to pay. If you can manage it — I need a hundred and ten dollars.” (Miller