Unattainable Dream In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Gatsby’s Unattainable Dream

Many of the characters in the novel, The Great Gatsby, by, F. Scott Fitzgerald all seem to be going after the same thing: the American dream. The protagonist, Jay Gatsby is an emotionally complex character that chases that very dream. In his attempts to do so, Gatsby stays extremely loyal to Daisy Buchanan through the years, has an undying love for her and ultimately, becomes obsessed with the idea of this everlasting dream. In time, Gatsby finds his desired American Dream is not attainable for all. Jay Gatsby was nothing but loyal to Daisy Buchanan. Even in the onset of their failed love story, when she left him due to his lack of wealth, he always chased after her. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott

To feel even a fraction of the love he’s given her. Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby’s feelings towards Daisy never seem to die. “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock” (Fitzgerald 92). To Gatsby, the light isn’t just an insignificant ordinary bulb that burns on Daisy's dock all night long, but a symbol of his love for Daisy that never burns out. He follows Daisy hoping that someday his efforts will pay off and he'll live in this imaginary American Dream life with Daisy. Another example of his lasting love for Daisy Buchanan is when they reunite at Nick Carraway's house, per Gatsby’s demanding request. Gatsby, understandably nervous, is “pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pocket” (Fitzgerald 86). Though he's lived just across the bay from Daisy, it’s been years since they’ve had any interaction. Anxious as ever, he likely would’ve never anticipated the awkwardness that's yet to come. He’s always hoped in the back of his mind that Daisy would have carried him in her memories like he did with her. But not even the love he has for her can grant him the life with Daisy that he desires–The American