The Great Gatsby American Dream Essay

The Great Gatsby: American Dream The American dream has similar definitions by a plethora of people. The dream of being wealthy, the dream of having a better quality of life, the dream for better opportunities, and sometimes even love or a perfect, stable family. All of these factors are embedded into“The Great Gatsby” through characters such as Gatsby himself, Tom Buchucanan, and George Wilson. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American Dream presents itself vividly throughout the story; Fitzgerald elucidates the achievability of the American dream through the lives of his characters who some of which live in depressing industries along with the social, moral decay and materialism. In the novel about

Gatsby has his eye on a woman named Daisy who he does everything for, such as: becoming rich, throwing parties, and purchasing a huge mansion near her house. Gatsby appears to be living the American Dream when in reality Gatsby’s not quite living the dream due to personally still needing to achieve his dreams, Daisys affection. Through the duration of the story, Gatsby throws one of many of his parties for the attention of Daisy and in one of them displeases Daisy and he worries that ‘‘She didn’t like it,” […] and continues on with ranting to himself with, ‘‘Of course she did.’ ‘She didn’t like it, he insisted. ‘She didn’t have a good time.’ He was silent, and I guessed at his unutterable depression.” (Fitzgerald 110-111). Even a

He creates George Wilson and Jay Gatsby to be quite similar, almost identical. Both Wilson and Gatsby were born into the lower class and had big dreams and objectives to be something more, have more, such as money. Gatsby was poor and born into the lower class, “His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people—”. (Fitzgerald 99). Gatsby started from the bottom to get to the top, including Wilson. Ultimately, both characters differ, Wilson stays part of the lower class and Gatsby ameliorates his life to the upper class. While Wilson was honest and hardworking, Gatsby too was hardworking but not honest because he turned to a sketchy business and bootlegging to achieve wealth. The two characters unwrap what the American Dream means and whether the Dream can be accomplished or not. The American Dream was supposed to be principals and value but instead that Dream transitioned to the pursuit for materialistic goods. Not only does Gatsby want Daisy’s affection but also wants her wealth, it appears that Gatsby views love and money equal and so Gatsby continues with, ‘‘Her voice is full of money,’ he said suddenly.” (Fitzgerald 102). Gatsby sees both qualities in Daisy and also wants both quality, hence why Gatsby fell in love with his beloved