The American dream is having a wife and kids with a nice big house and a nice car. Jay Gatsby has achieved the American Dream, but he was missing one crucial aspect which was Daisy.
Jay Gatsby has achieved the American Dream by working hard to the point where he started his life all over from scratch.
Everyone has stated that the American Dream is achievable if work is done. When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby, he showed that the American Dream isn’t always achievable when Gatsby did everything necessary and was close to achieve it. He shows how one crucial aspect of the American Dream can change everything. Last it also shows how being so close to the America Dream doesn’t mean it’ll be achievable.
People claim that the
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By changing his name, he changed his identity and became a new person, and he did all of that to reach his American dream. In addition to that it shows how far Gatsby would go to achieve his American Dream.
All of this shows that Gatsby went as far as changing his identity and starting a new life just to reach his American Dream. Gatsby did all the right steps and just ended with a tragic death.
The American Dream isn’t just something you can achieve in one step but something you achieve in several steps and if you don’t everything could fall apart. Jay Gatsby has taken the steps necessary to achieve the American Dream, but he missed one crucial step which caused his American Dream to come crashing down.
In the book on page 120 it states, “High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden
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After all Gatsby already had the money, house, and cars he didn’t need anything else but his golden girl which is Daisy to make his American Dream complete.
Gatsby taking all the right step but missing the most crucial one shows how that's all it takes for the American Dream to come crushing down. Daisy was all Gatsby needed, his American Dream was already built it was coming together he had the money, cars, and house he had everything in check. However, when he didn’t get Daisy which as was stated was the most crucial aspect his American Dream began to fall apart and ended with him having nothing just his lonely soul.
When the American Dream is so close to becoming true and you have everything that doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to happen. Gatsby had everything to make his American Dream real he had it right in his had he could grasp it, but it was still able to slip away. Gatsby having everything didn’t mean his American Dream was a hundred percent already set.
On chapter 9 it states “His dream must have seemed so close he could hardly fail to grasp