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Does all dreams come true? A dream is something beautyfull that you all the time think about but can you always get it? The Great Gatsby .F.Scott Fitz General. The Great Gatsby is about a man named Gatsby how has a big American Dream and his dream is to be with Daisy, Daisy is the love of his life and his wealing to do everiting he can to have her. An American Dream is someone who longs for something or someone with all his heart and looks for the way to get it even if it’s difficult. But can you always reach your American Dream? In the novel The Great Gatsby, Gatsby tries to get his American Dream of having (Daisy the …show more content…

By Gatsby making parties he thouth that Daisy would go to one. Nick’s note it’s Gatsby parties “There was music from my neighbor’s house thouth the summer nights”. (ch.3) The neighbor was Gatsby and the music came for his house. He wanted Daisy to go to his parties too see her. Gatsby invited nick to his parties. Gatsby got big parties in which nicks was invidated and were they meet. “I believed that …” (ch.3) Gatsby invited nick to his party because is Daisy’s …show more content…

By moving close to Daisy’s house Gatsby shows that he wanted to be close to her. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Nick (the narrator/Daisy’s causing) says “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay” (ch.4). By doing that Gatsby showed he didn’t care about Daisy family all he wanted to do is to be close to Daisy. He wanted to be more close to Daisy so he ask Nick to invited her for tea. He moved close to her and had his causing invited her for tea too see her and be close to her. “He had waited five years and bought a masion where he dispered starlight to casual month so he could ‘came over’ some afternoon to a stranger’s garden.” (ch.4). This shows that he wanted to be close to her and he wanted to see her after the five years of not seeing each

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