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Theme Of Corruption In The Great Gatsby

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The relentless path that some people take to achieve the American Dream often includes crime and corruption, and in Gatsby’s case this process was a very important reason for his valorous but publicly apathetic demise. Gatsby was blinded by love but little did he realize that his certain love was just for a memory of what used to be his “Dream Girl”. Gatsby did not realize that his dream was unrealistic and impossible due to the fact that it wasn't existent in reality rather was only lived out and portrayed in the past. This is why Gatsby came to the conclusion that Daisy was not the woman he fell in love with 5 years ago. When this happened he realized that all of his hard work and time was slowly but surely was heading towards the death of …show more content…

The moral of this argument is that Gatsby could never run away from his lies, just like no matter how hard he tries to, it is impossible for him to relive the past. Achieving the American Dream requires a person to follow the proper guidelines and not to take any shortcuts. In Gatsby’s case his dream was unreachable to begin with but he made it worse because he lied, deceived, and stole to get to where he was, so it was only natural that his dream would die because it is impossible to run from those things forever. His life which included his perfect image of Daisy was a lie, “The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself.” (Fitzgerald 163). He was in over his head and his master plan was unobtainable partly due to his lies and corruption. The other reason why Gatsby could never obtain his dream was due to the fact that he was not in love with Daisy in her current state, rather he was in love with the idea of Daisy and could not seem to let her go. This depiction of the past that Gatsby held on to eventually lead to his death because he was willing to sacrifice everything for the hope of love. All in all Gatsby’s dream withered away due to his own juvenile actions and obstacles. He felt that it was necessary to charm an idea rather than the actual person who he loved in the the past and therefore his dream did not turn into a reality but it ended in death and the dream go

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