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Great Gatsby: The American Dream

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Us as humans may believe we work hard, thrive, have dedication, improve their daily life, achieve happiness, wealth, and have “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This is known as the “American Dream.” In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Gatsby wants his life to be extraordinary and wants the best for who he loves. This definition relates to me because I want to be able to live my life to the best of my ability. I am confident that I will be successful because my parents have helped me to be extraordinary.They have let me fail, but they also have let me succeed ad learn from my mistakes. My parents have many connections through their jobs and as long as I succeed as a woman, these connections can turn into internships and later turn into jobs. …show more content…

Although, he could not give it all to her. For instance, “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.” (63) . This relates to the American Dream since Gatsby is following the girl he has loved. He wanted to show her that he chased his “American Dream” for her and the final part to his “American Dream” is her. It is obvious they are successful since Daisy chased after Gatsby. In addition, “Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.” (87). Once again, they are successful since Gatsby waited until he knew he had his chance with Daisy again. Therefore, I believe that Gatsby has successes in his pursit for

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He did everything he could do to try to get her, early on in his life he works at becoming wealthy in order to impress her, he moves across the bay from her so that he can be close to her, and a death that is clearly Daisy’s fault Gatsby is willing to that the fall for. All of this is done just so that he can achieve his ultimate goal, Daisy

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He knew what he had to do to reach success and he made sacrifices, hoping it would pay off in the end. When Daisy and Gatbsy were reconnected by Daisy’s cousin Nick, things were looking up for Gatsby. His plan to win her back seemed to be going well for him. Gatsby must have

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This shows that a big reason Gatsby wanted to be rich is just to impress her with his money, which is why he invited her over his house. I do not want to be successful just so that I can impress someone, I want to be successful for myself and for my future family. The next goal of Gatsby is to be with Daisy and to start a life with her. While I do want to be with someone, I am not obsessive like Gatsby, who basically stalks her for 5 years. He became rich just to impress her, moved to West egg to be close to her, and throws parties just hoping that she decides to walk in one time.

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Scott Fitzgerald implies that the people who pursue the American Dream are Dissatisfied and unhappy. Gatsby ends up falling in love with a woman named Daisy, and he makes it his main goal to win over her. Fitzgerald uses this as an example of the idea that by following the American Dream, a person is likely to be completely unsatisfied, and left wanting more, despite the fact that they worked hard. Gatsby does end up getting Daisy to fall in love with him, but he was still not satisfied, and he wanted her to admit that she had no feelings for her husband, Tom Buchanan. Fitzgerald uses Gatsby’s greediness to explain the idea of how the American Dream never leaves one satisfied, but instead, wanting more.

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