The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

The American dream in the Great Gatsby:
The great Gatsby shows how the American dream can never be fulfilled, no matter how hard the dreamer tried, and can lead the dreamer to destruction and even the loss of the self by death. Nick Carraway had a dream before he was introduced to Gatsby and before he see the ruthless and the carelessness of the upper classes, he dreamt of being a successful man in the bond business, “Instead of being the warm centre of the world, the Middle West now seemed like ragged edge of the universe- so I decided to go East and learn bond business”. (Fitzgerald 2). He moved to the East to start his new work, and lived in an old house in West Egg next to Gatsby’s mansion, “I lived in west egg, the-well , the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to

In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” (Fitzgerald 24). Gatsby threw parties all summer trying to get Daisy’s attention, and he succeeded, one time Daisy and Tom joined one of his parties, something that Gatsby was waiting for a long time. But that was after he told Jordan to explain Gatsby’s intention of inviting Daisy to Nick’s house to see her, and so did Nick. Gatsby’s dream of regaining Daisy was now fulfilled, after they have met, she started to come over to Gatsby’s house and spend time with him. Both of them decided to live together and her to leave Tom. After they took their decision to tell Tom of their plan, Daisy hesitates and leaves Gatsby to be embarrassed by Tom’s revealing of his life. She leaves the hall where they were in New York and returns to her house with Gatsby. On her way she hits tom’s woman Myrtle. Gatsby takes the blame; he covers for her which causes his death by Myrtle husband Wilson. So everything that Gatsby was aiming for was now gone and shall never come back. Back to back, when Nick tells Gatsby “’you can’t repeat the