Motivation In The Great Gatsby

Gatsby believed that in order to fulfill his own concept of the American Dream he needed to win Daisy’s love, and to do that he would need to “establish himself as Somebody.” Although he loves Daisy, he also sees her as more of a goal – a step toward the perfect life promised by the American Dream. In a way, Gatsby views Daisy much the way

“But I didn't call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock”(Fitzgerald 21).

Gatsby does his very best to make his dream of daisy’s love for him come true. He does everything he can to be with daisy and make her happy. He throws parties and does pretty much anything just to keep her in his sight and within his reach. He does his best pursue his dream as her husband, and live the life of a married rich man.

The Great Gatsby is a novel based off of the American dream, which is something that everyone strives for. The author of the book F. Scott Fitzgerald has his own American dream to become a well known writer, and to have the girl of his dreams, and throughout the novel this dream reflected in The Great Gatsby within in the characters Gatsby and Daisy. Fitzgerald had developed the character Gatsby by incorporating some of his own dreams. For example Gatsby has a forbidden love for Daisy, but he cannot have her because she does not want to leave her husband, Gatsby also wants to do everything he can for Daisy but since she will not leave her husband Gatsby is doing all of this for no reason, and in the

The Great Gatsby was writing by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, was born in Saint Paul,

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by Fitzgerald set in the roaring 20s, following the eponymous hero, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s life is characterised by his ambition to retrieve the past and to be reunited with the woman he loves, Daisy Fay. Miss Julie is a play by August Strindberg, written in 1888. It focuses on an affair between a valet, Jean, and his master’s daughter, Miss Julie. In these two texts, Fitzgerald and Strindberg explore the dreams of two men from modest backgrounds, and in so doing illustrate the dangers of not being true to one’s roots and the repercussions of following unrealistic dreams.

This excitement and distraction, which is what Daisy provokes on Gatsby, is the naiveté caused by the illusion of attaining Daisy, and thus fulfilling the American Dream. Daisy is evidently personified as the American Dream throughout The Great Gatsby.

Jay Gatsby exemplifies the American psyche—the fire within a person that perpetuates a desire to achieve a specific goal—through his ceaseless pursuit of Daisy. Gatsby demonstrates pure dedication towards achieving his dream, but instead finds that the American Dream is an illusion: a mirage that cannot be translated into reality.

Early in the book, the character Jay Gatsby, is introduced as a dreamer who is gracious, charming, and a bit mysterious. As the novel progresses we also learn that Gatsby is a self-made man who achieved the American Dream of rising up from the lower classes to the top of society. But to Gatsby, the desire for Daisy and love proves more powerful than money. Something that shows his obsession of her, is this example.

Francis Scott Fitzgerald, otherwise known as F. Scott Fitzgerald came into this world on September 24, 1896. ** Named after his cousin that wrote the Star Spangled Banner, Francis Key Scott, F. Scott Fitzgerald began writing at the young age of 15.** During this time, Fitzgerald left school and joined the US Army. While being stationed outside of Montgomery, Alabama, he met the love of his life, Zelda Sayre. As life proceeded, he became known as a playboy. IN 1924, Fitzgerald moved to France and published the well-known novel, The Great Gatsby. Within the novel, Fitzgerald critiques the American Dream. ** The Great Gatsby also achieved the stature of being a definitive portrait of the “Roaring Twenties”**.

His character is described as a metaphor by his physical appearance as having “a hard mouth with arrogant eyes and a speaking voice with a gruff husky tenor, which added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.(pg.7)” The lack of moral ethics caused people to rely on their possessions and material comforts to give them immediate pleasure. Daisy demonstrates this in her struggle to occupy herself as she says “what will we do with ourselves this afternoon, and the next thirty years”. This shows that the society in Gatsby’s time rely on material wealth and social standings for contentment and virtually do not have a purpose in life as materialism jeopardizes their goals. Through the novel, we become aware of the failure of the American Dream through the behavior and moral values portrayed by the society.

Throughout the film, the main characters Billy and Nick, as well as their group, display high levels of motivation. “Motivation is a critical consideration because effective job performance often requires high levels of both ability and motivation” (Colquitt, J., p 164). Not only do Billy and Nick exhibit motivation towards their work performance, but they also clearly show motivation in boosting the morale of their group. In the movie scene 1:39:53-1:40:22, Billy shows up to the pizzeria right when it is imperative that the group convince the owner to agree to their proposal. In this scene, the group is feeling defeated as they try to get the pizzeria owner to sign up with Google to promote his pizza business, but he refuses. In this scene,

This literary work became known as of one the greatest novels of all time in America. The Great Gatsby is a novel that tells a story of a man named Jay Gatsby that is pursuing the American dream and he’ll take any measure to get there to help him woo the love of his life Daisy.Strangely enough, this story strongly resembled the life of Fitzgerald. For example, Gatsby and Fitzgerald both pursued the American dream, not just for a better life, but to woo the woman of their dream. Also, they both western backgrounds from families not of wealth. (History Kitchen).“With its beautiful lyricism, pitch-perfect portrayal of the Jazz Age, and searching critiques of materialism, love and the American Dream, The Great Gatsby is considered Fitzgerald's finest work.” (A&E Television Networks).

   The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about one man's disenchantment with the American dream. In the story we get a glimpse into the life of Jay Gatsby, a man who aspired to achieve a position among the American rich to win the heart of his true love, Daisy Fay. Gatsby's downfall was in the fact that he was unable to determine that concealed boundary between reality and illusion in his life.

Ambitions are an integral aspect of human culture. They motivate us in a ceaseless pursuit of constant success. However, humans are truly not contempt with their successes, and perpetually dream for more success in a never-ending spiral of greed. Jay Gatsby’s character throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, is an ideal epitome of human greed, or as we can refer to it, the American dream. Fitzgerald is able to foster a culture within the novel where dreams seem unreachable, despite the amount of hunger, or greed, one may possess in aim of fulfilling their desires. A sense of elitism is also present within the novel as Fitzgerald ably crafts astounding discrepancies within the social structure of the era fondly