What Is The Representation Of The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered one of the greatest American novels and provides an elaborate representation of the pursuit for the “American Dream.” The character, Gatsby, is a walking representation of the American dream in the novel. Based on his representation, it provides a clear view of the ideals and lifestyle of individuals during the 1920s.
Fitzgerald incorporates multiple themes into his novel that give light to the idea of America and what’s considered significant in American society.
Gatsby represents the American dream based on his various accomplishments and success. When first moving into the West Egg, Nick recounts, “the [house] on my right was a colossal affair by any standard — it was a factual imitation

Winning Daisy’s love is a prominent display of Gastsby’s determination that many will find in those who wish to achieve the American dream.
As the American dream is seen as this desperate longing for success, Gatsby determinedly pursues Daisy. During a party, Gatsby asks to see Jordan Baker. After their conversation, Jordan talks to Nick. Nick describes that “‘There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.’ ‘And Daisy ought to have something in her life,’ murmured
Jordan to me. ‘Does she want to see Gatsby?’ ‘She’s not to know about it. Gatsby doesn’t want her to know. You’re just supposed to invite her to tea’” (pg 62). Inviting Daisy to tea was a part of Gatsby’s plan to reunite with her. This is a vast display of Gatsby’s perseverance as he wished for Nick to bring Daisy, a married woman, to tea so that he could win her love over her husband’s. In another instance, Daisy, Gatsby, and Nick go to Gatsby’s mansion, where Nick observes that “He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes, too,

He ambitiously states, “‘I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,’ he said, nodding determinedly. ‘She’ll see.’ He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was...” (pg 85). Little did
Gatsby know that once the present becomes the past, it's not possible to relive the past. Rather, the future should be pursued. Furthermore, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... . And one fine morning ——So we beat on,
Azam 4 boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (pg 138). Nick notes that many, similarly to Gatsby, pursue a future that consists of reliving the past. These people are unaware that this dream is nearly impossible to achieve and pass over their current successes and future successes they could have had if they learned to let