How Is The American Dream Developed In The Great Gatsby

Many people's biggest dreams are to be rich, find the love of their life, and always be happy. But achieving this dream doesn't always satisfy people the way they think. Constant greed for wealth can leave a person feeling unfulfilled because they will always be wanting more than they have. This is conveyed through Jay Gatsby wanting what he can't have, Tom having another woman while being married, and Daisy choosing to stick with Tom for financial security. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, develops the message through character development that chasing the American Dream of wealth, money, and love will never be fulfilled. One of the most important characters that represented this chase for the American Dream

When Gatsby realizes everything was over as he came out of the water, he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, and paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found. a new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about (161).Gatsby in this moment realized that his life was ending and he never achieved his entire life goal, which was marrying Daisy.He was brought out of his old warm world of thinking he could be with her, and realizes that he cant devote his whole life to one dream that is not certain The message of Gatsby's death is that people can't control everything that happens to them, no matter how much work and sacrifice they give. This correlates to how wealth gained from greed is often fleeting. Because Gatsby was willing to do whatever it took to get Daisy, he realized when his life was ending that all of the world was material without being real and he didn't have anything or anyone else truly valuable to

Although people from the East Egg may seem like they have everything they want, Tom Buchanan's character indicates that they still want more. Tom's relationship with Myrtle while being married to Daisy reveals how he wants everything he can possibly get, losing sight of what is morally right. When Nick first went over to the Buchanan house in the east egg for dinner, the meal was interrupted by a phone call from Tom. When Tom left the table, followed by Daisy and Nick, asked “Is something happening?”.“You mean to say you don’t know?” said Miss Baker, honestly surprised. “I thought everybody knew...Tom’s got some woman in New York...she might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time. Don’t you think?” (15). The fact that Tom has a mistress while also being married to Daisy shows that he wants even more than he already has. It also isn't a secret to anyone, including Daisy, that he has another girl. Wealth is very superficial and Tom's greed blinds him from what should be of most importance to