The Great Gatsby Research Paper

The Truth Of The American Dream in the 1920’s

Many foreigners and Americans alike think of the American Dream as an opportunity for a perfect life when it really is an unattainable and unrealistic dream. The American Dream is a good motivation for people who want to succeed, however many foreigners come to America feeling that they will achieve an unrealistic lifestyle. Many foreigners move to the United States in hopes of living their own American Dream, but their vision that anything is possible is a bad perception and inaccurate. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, in his past created an obsessive illusion, a vision of himself and Daisy living in a perfect world, in which lead him to destroy his own life. It

Gatsby's rise to fame was first started by his meeting with Dan Cody, a wealthy gold miner. Cody was like a mentor to Gatsby. Daisy married Tom Buchanan when Gatsby left overseas. Gatsby's rise to fame in trying to win Daisy back from Tom is also part of his downfall. He started doing illegal things. Trying to win back Daisy (a married woman) was dangerous as well, especially how heartless and revengeful Tom Buchanan was. He nodded sagely. (67) "And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in awhile I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time." It's totally okay for Tom to have his little affairs, because he really loves Daisy. Yeah, we're so sure that excuse works for her.But it's not about excuses if you want something do it right like tom can do a better

He thought by having parties and having fun would make him experience the american dream. He also believe that it would buy Daisy’s love. “And i hope she’ll be a fool- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”(3) Daisy says these words when talking about her hopes for her infant daughter. Instead of wishing her daughter to be intelligent she wishes her to be a fool and says that's the only way a girl can be happy in this world. This quote portrays how the social environment in which they are in wants to see women. The social environment doesn't value intelligence in women; to the contrary, they value a woman's looks and 'simplicity', as if the woman was an object.

Roxie becomes an overnight sensation.Velma unhappy at losing the public attention, tries to convince roxie to join her act, replacing the sister that she murdered, but roxie, now the more popular of the 2 rivals, snubs her just as Velma originally did. Look, honey, you want some advice? Well, here it is, direct from me to you. “Keep your paws off my underwear, 'kay.”(Velma Kelly) Velma told roxie that because before anything happened. Roxie tells velma how can she be as great as her and what advice can she give her. But velma she was mad because things didn't go as great as she