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The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

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In the 1920’s life as an American in New York was trying. Even for a rich man named Jay Gatsby,who seemingly has everything.But there is one thing that money can't buy for him, true love. Over and over Gatsby spends so much money on parties,cars and glamourous things just so Daisy might come over to just one .Gatsby could never truly be happy till he And Daisy were reunited and the spark reignited.
Jay Gatsby's main dream in life was to win back Daisy Buchanan’s love. He thought he could buy back her love with all the things that he never could afford as a soldier in the army, in WW1 .He bought a huge mansion across the lake just so he could be close to her and would throw parties that could cost easily a million dollars. He would stand at the end of the dock almost every night to look at the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. The green light was a visual representation of his dream.Daisy.To get her back would also mean he would also have to acheive the american dream as well. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. “ It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, …show more content…

He had Nicks little cabin landscaped and clean to a perfect “Gatsby” standard. He fills the house with flowers and food.Gatsby also uses material things to try to achieve Daisy’s love. Jay Gatsby grew up very poor, when he met Daisy he was just a soldier and when he got out he to make sure he made enough money to live up to Daisy lifestyle. Even if that meant illegal things.After Daisy met up with Gatsby again he took her and Nick to his house where he showed off his mansion and all his fancy shirts to try to impress her."They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick

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