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Sean Wiggenhorn Mr. Bier AP Language and Composition 6 June 2024 In his novel “The Great Gatsby,” author F. Scott Fitzgerald argues through the characters of Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway that the American Dream can lead to failure despite an individual’s aspirations. Initially, in his novel “The Great Gatsby,” author F. Scott Fitzgerald argues through the character of Jay Gatsby that the American Dream can lead to failure despite an individual’s aspirations. For example, when Jordan Baker is alone with Nick during their drive through the city, Jordan states “‘He wants her to see his house,’ she explained. ‘I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties some night,’‘...Then he began asking people casually if they knew her’” (Fitzgerald …show more content…

In fact, due to such circumstances and in light of the light at the end of the dock, Gatsby cannot fully attract Daisy’s attention as she confesses that she could not simply abandon Tom due to maintaining some romantic interest towards him, thus portraying the situation as if Gatsby is losing control of Daisy. Overall, despite his extensive hopes regarding securing a promising future with his love interest, Gatsby failed to attain his goal of the American Dream and was forced to navigate through his future individually. Furthermore, in his novel “The Great Gatsby,” author F. Scott Fitzgerald argues through the character of Nick Carraway that the American Dream can lead to failure despite individuals’ aspirations. In particular, when having dinner with his East Egg neighbors, the Buchannas, Nick internally considers “The fact that gossip has published the banns was one of the reasons I had come East. You can’t stop going with an old friend on account of rumors, and on the other hand I had no intention of being rumored into marriage” (Fitzgerald

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