F. Scott Fitzgerald 's ' The Great Gatsby '

Daisy and Gatsby finally got together but there is a something strange that won’t make them really happy and contented.It is his hope and dream to be with Daisy but the significance of the green light vanishes as he feels closer to her after they’ve reunited..

Since American literature’s emergence, the American dream has become a conceptual ideal for many people throughout history. Although the dream has its own distinct aspects throughout different time periods, it predominantly focuses on the foundations of wealth, success and a desire for something greater. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fiction novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, the protagonist, is primarily known for the numerous lavish parties he throws each weekend at his ostentatious mansion in West Egg in an attempt to reunite with Daisy Buchanan, a woman he falls in love with prior to entering the war before the Roaring Twenties. However, he is seized with an impotent realization on the fact that his wealth cannot afford him the same privileges as others that are born into the upper echelon. Gatsby is completely blinded from his opulent possessions until he becomes oblivious of the fact that money cannot buy love or happiness. Throughout the story, the predilection for materialistic features causes many characters to lose sight of their aspirations, demonstrating how a dream can become easily corrupt by one’s focus on acquiring wealth and power.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers. Fitzgerald uses the Roaring Twenties as the setting of this novel. The twenties were a time of promiscuity, new money, and a significant amount of illegal alcohol. Fitzgerald was a master of his craft and there was often more to the story than just the basic plot. He could intertwine political messages and a gripping story flawlessly. In the case of The Great Gatsby, he not only chronicles a love story, but also uses the opportunity to express his opinion on topics such as moral decay, crass materialism, individual ethics, and the American dream.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the compelling story of the lengths one man goes to in order to try and win back the love of his youth. In order to do so, the titular figure of the novel, Jay Gatsby, reinvents himself from the hardscrabble soldier of his younger years into an enigma of a millionaire; during his time living at West Egg, Gatsby is revered by all, but known by none. Despite the lavish lifestyle which has made him ever so well known, Gatsby is never able to win back Daisy, the girl who has for so long represented the culmination of all of his desires. To convey the complex themes of the novel, Fitzgerald makes use of the literary techniques discussed in How To Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster, especially in his portrayal of the geography of the Eggs and in Gatsby’s quest to win Daisy’s affection. In his novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses Gatsby’s desperate struggle to ingratiate himself into Daisy’s life to illustrate how one can never overcome the socio-economic barriers placed upon them at birth.

After careful planning and being attentive to miniscule details, towards the middle of the novel Gatsby is finally reunited with Daisy. After five years of creating and recreating this ideal image of Daisy and their reunion, Gatsby’s expectations of her grew. Upon reaching his goal of being reunited with the one he loves, it appears that the excitement and anticipation of his dream diminished. Towards the middle of The Great Gatsby, Gatsby states to Daisy, “‘If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay,’ said Gatsby. ‘You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.’...Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance

Following the destruction caused by World War I, it became obvious that the United States needed to rebuild itself. Jay Gatsby, even though fictionalized character, represented many of the hardships of the time, he “was promoted to be a major, and every Allied government gave me a decoration” (Fitzgerald 71), but yet when he came back from the war he had a very hard time finding a job or work.This lead to many long-held pre-war values and customs being rejected by a new rising youth culture, which made them seem irrelevant. Because of this, the American youth began rebelling against many of the social norms of their parents ' generation as they strove to create something uniquely their own. Even adults played a part with this new youth culture, as some attempted to imitate the new trends while others found themselves repulsed by them. But whatever adults of the time felt, they could not deny that the new world created by their country 's youth was having a drastic effect on the American population as a whole, as they synthesized new ideas from embattled traditions creating a complex movement that was reckless and moved without regard to others. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald highlights how the rising youth culture was personified by "flamboyant, reckless spirits" (Drowne and Huber 29). It was this spirit which lead to the moral depravity so often seen and exemplified by the youth culture, both the youth culture of the 1920s and the contemporary one.

The American dream is a tacit promise given to all citizens in this country, which states that regardless of social class, any individual can aspire to new heights based upon the ideology of meritocracy. The American dream is a “recurring theme in American literature”(Pearson) and in American society. However, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s critically acclaimed novel, presents the American dream as an illusion which can never be achieved, and according to recent events in America, Fitzgerald is evidently correct. The personification of Daisy as the American Dream, the issue of meritocracy, Myrtle’s death, the image of the green light, as well as the manner in which Gatsby is denied entry into the

Gatsby, a flawed character in a flawed world, cannot resist the temptation of the “single green light, minute and far [away],” that is flashing at the end of Daisy’s dock (Fitzgerald 21). The symbol of the green light means everything to Gatsby: without it, his life is meaningless. He is unable to resist the calling of the green light, and his yearning for Daisy is the sole motivation in his life. To Gatsby, the green light symbolizes hope.What he does not register is “that [his dream] [is] already behind him” (180). Another interpretation of the green light is that Gatsby is “green with envy.” After losing Daisy to a wealthier individual, Tom Buchanan, Gatsby enviously soldiers on with the glimmer of hope that he will, one day, finally have Daisy all to himself. True to the ideals of the modern world—a world in which people are willing to sacrifice everything in order to achieve their true desires—he remains in pursuit of Daisy. However, Gatsby is not cognizant of the fact that his dream can

Gatsby established his hope for this when “...he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way... Involuntarily I glanced seaward-and distinguished nothing except a single green light…” (p.21). Gatsby, stuck in the past, was not able to move forward until his aspirations were reached. Daisy allowed him to move from social points because of her high status as old money. Once Gatsby and Daisy began a new relationship, part of his goal was accomplished and “Now it was again a green light on a dock.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s the Great Gatsby is a detailed and attentively structured book outlining a tragic love story that revolves around Jay Gatsby, a wealthy yet mysterious man, and the dainty and fragile woman of his dreams, Daisy Buchanan. The story is revealed through the eyes of the narrator, Nick Carraway, who significantly becomes a part of Gatsby 's life due to the fact he was harshly involved by him. Throughout the book, it becomes evidentially clear that obsession takes over the personality of Gatsby turning his relationship towards Daisy all the more toxic. Moreover, the obsession that Gatsby accumulates towards Daisy causes severe consequences towards his own life ultimately leading to his own downfall. Overall, Fitzgerald’s

What Gatsby means by that thought is that in that moment with Daisy, he felt like he could accomplish anything. With Daisy, he felt that life was wondrous and full of opportunity.

For years Gatsby had been longing to get back together with Daisy. When he leaves the war to return home, he is so ecstatic and anxious to reunite with his once love. Gatsby’s urge to get back with Daisy causes him to lose his

Scott Fitzgerald 's, “The Great Gatsby”, is used to teach us the prime example of the American experience or the American dream. On the other hand, J.D Salinger 's book, “The Catcher in the Rye”, is generally about the story of a young boy, losing innocence and trying to keep children from falling off of this metaphorical cliff, or in reality, losing their innocence. While these two stories may seem drastically different from each other, they both share a deeper meaning. Throughout both of these books, while the plot line and thematic ideas may seem different, both of these characters share the same trait, idealism; they both desire things that they cannot possibly reach or things, or something as simple as fitting in and feeling like

Even after five years without Daisy beside him, Jay Gatsby is still willing to pursue his green light; in spite of his love for her. Time and time again, Gatsby repeatedly insists that he will recreate the past with Daisy and always states he will, ”Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us” (Fitzgerald 189). Until the

In Scott Fitzgerald’s the ‘Great Gatsby’ a number of issues and themes were portrayed,. However among them the central theme focused on the decline of the American dream. The American dream is the concept that, in America, any person can be successful as long he or she is prepared to work hard and use his natural gifts (Three Themes,2016).