Obstacles Affecting American Dreams By William Faulkner

Gatsby and Daisy had met years prior, but ended up going their separate ways. However, Gatsby remained in love with Daisy and longed for her affection. The two reconcile, and Daisy starts seeing Gatsby outside of her marriage with Tom. In this, Daisy is leading Gatsby on by making him believe he will attain his ultimate dream: a life with her. However, Daisy knows deep down she will not leave Tom for Gatsby. This is proven when a confrontation about the affair sparks between Tom and Gatsby, and Daisy attempts to defend Gatsby and stick up to Tom, but ultimately fails and retreats back to her husband. “Her frightened eyes told that whatever intentions, whatever courage she had had, were definitely gone” (Fitzgerald 135). Daisy’s carelessness shines through in leading Gatsby to believe she would abandon Tom for him, but fails to follow through. She recklessly broke the heart of the man who had been in love with her for many

Gatsby exemplifies an individual who can not always get what he or she yearns for. He possesses more than millions of people have combined, yet is still not satisfied. There is only one thing that Gatsby is destined to have, and that is Daisy Buchanan’s unconditional love. Hence by the name, she is married to another man: Tom Buchanan. The madness begins before Daisy gets married when she shares a kiss of a lifetime with James Gatz. Gatsby allows himself to fall in love with her, and from that moment on, all of his life decisions and daily problems are stimulated by Daisy, and framed around her life. Some may consider Gatsby to be an extreme stalker or nutcase, but in reality Gatsby simply has faith in

At the same time, while the dream may never be realized, Of Mice and Men suggests that in order for life to be full and meaningful, it must contain dreams. George and Lennie never achieve their dream, but the dream holds their remarkable friendship together. Their dream is real because it's real in their imaginations. The dream keeps Lennie happy and stops George from becoming "mean" and lonely like most ranch hands. The dream gives them life, even if life never allows them to achieve their

Following the war, Gatsby attempted to receive an education by studying at Oxford. From this point on, Gatsby dedicates him self to gain the love of Daisy back. He did this by acquiring millions of dollars, a gaudy mansion in West Egg, and his extravagant parties. As the group of friends, Nick Caraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, and Jordan Baker, travel into the city, Gatsby and Daisy make their love for each other obvious. Daisy and Gatsby ride in a car, separate from the group, to the city. Gatsby has the belief that Daisy is truly in love with him, and not with her husband. Upon arrival to the hotel, the group began sitting and conversing, when Gatsby tells Tom, “She never loved you.” This is referring to Daisy and Tom’s marriage. This is where a heated dispute begins and Daisy finally explains to Gatsby that, “Rich girls don’t marry poor boys.”

Hopes and dreams can be very important for peoples’ needs and survival. In Steinbeck’s story, Of Mice and Men, each of the main characters is driven by their hopes and dreams; it provides a sense of motivation and animation to each of their being. From Lennie and George being driven by their hopes and dreams of owning a farm, to Curley’s wife’s dreams of becoming an actress, having dreams plays an essential role in giving hope to the characters of Steinbeck’s story. Although dreams and hopes are essential themes in Steinbeck’s story, in a sense, Steinbeck does seem to emphasize that dreams are not meant to be achieved, and that there are other factors that are essential for survival. I believe Steinbeck included their dreams to give

Daisy’s past catches up to her when she meets Gatsby endangering the marriage, according to Tom, of him and

In this way, Daisy rebels against Tom’s infidelity by using Gatsby to get back at him. However, Daisy has never considered leaving Tom, even though all this time she knows that Tom has been having an affair with another woman. The main reason why is because Daisy longs for the love, financial stability, and the practicality that Tom can provide for her, and she knows that Tom would never leave her for the simple reason that they complete each other, with Daisy giving Tom increased social status by being from the higher class and an attractive wife, while Tom gives Daisy the stability that she needs in her life.

Before Daisy meets and marries Tom Buchanan, she has an affair with Gatsby, who has to leave to serve the military. While he is away, Daisy waits for him to return, until she receives a telegram on her wedding day from Gatsby. Although the scene in the book is full of ambiguities, it is safe for the reader to assume that Gatsby had broken her heart right then. All of those years before Gatsby had been reunited with Daisy were years where Daisy had believed that she had truly messed up something important in her life. Gatsby had lied to Daisy in an attempt to spare her feelings, because of the fact that she was

“He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you’ ” (Fitzgerald Chapter 6). This is when it is very clear what Gatsby is trying to accomplish, his goal is to get Daisy to abolish all the experiences she’s had with Tom. Gatsby wants Daisy to follow his ideals and to try and spark their past together. Although Daisy is stuck between choosing Tom and Gatsby, she realizes that the past cannot be relieved, because she has experienced too much with Tom, and that Tom also has a major influence in her

"I love you now—isn't that enough? I can't help what's past." She began to sob helplessly. "I did love him once—but I loved you too." (84) Gatsby's obsession with her seems shockingly unilateral, and it is clear to the reader that she will not leave Tom for him. You can also see why this confession is a blow to Gatsby. He has dreamed of Daisy for years and sees her as his one true love, while she not even can marshal her love of Gatsby over her love for Tom. Gatsby is too desperate and obsessed, and does not understand that he must move on as it is impossible to get back Daisy. This can also be explained by Daisy’s as we get an insight at her real feelings. As she sad in the quote, she loved them both, and to her those were equal loves. But, she has not put that initial love with Gatsby on a pedestal the way Gatsby has. Unlike Gatsby, Daisy is more tragic, a loving woman who has been corrupted by greed. She chooses the security of money and comfort over real love, and therefore he will never get back

Finally, Jay Gatsby’s delusions draws more pity for him. Daisy comes from a rich family and chances of her ending up with Gatsby, a poor soldier, is totally unrealistic. Furthermore Gatsby wants Daisy to “ go to Tom and say: ‘I never loved you’” (105) but Daisy asserts that “ [she] can’t say [she] never loved Tom…It wouldn’t be true.”(126) Jay cannot grasp the present reality that Daisy could not leave Tom permanently, especially when the fruit of their love is already three years of age.

John Steinbeck created a book called ‘Of Mice and Men’, in his book he demonstrates the two main characters George and Lennie had a dream of buying their own property, dreams are important for people because I can help them achieve their dreams, and because it can push that person to work hard to accomplish that dream. George and Lennie are two pals from Northern of California from a town called weed, George and Lennie used to work at weed, Lennie’s aunt died so George has been taking care of him since she died. Dreams can affect people’s choices and decisions in many ways, one example is that when someone puts a dream in their mind their number one option is to achieve that dream, if someone doesn’t achieve that dream can affect that person’s choices and decisions.George and Lennie were at Salinas River and Lennie asked George to tell him the dream:

By throwing these high-class parties, Gatsby is surrounded by other high-class people. Their relationships are social standings based on labels of society rather than love between two people. A woman named Catherine attends Jay Gatsby's parties and notices the unhappiness of the couples around her. She is a friend of Daisy's and comments on Daisy's marriage, "Neither of them can stand the person they're married to" (37). She married for convenience and for money rather for love. Their marriage has become very weak and Gatsby sees it when "Daisy had told Gatsby that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw" (125). Gatsby sees the way that Daisy doesn't love Tom anymore. Yet, while he feels he has been in that position before, he accepts the fact that marriage rarely represents true love. He ignores true happiness because his wealth has become his family, and he now relies on money rather than family to bring comfort and security to

On Daisy’s wedding day she shows how she still loves Gatsby even with Tom by her side. In chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby Daisy shows her love for Gatsby. “She wouldn’t let go of the letter , she took it into the tub with her and squeezed it into a wet ball and only let me leave it in the soap dish when she saw it was coming to pieces.” (Fitzgerald 76) The letter that Daisy had received was from Gatsby . Daisy crying in the tub clutching onto a letter that Gatsby had sent to shows how she is still in love with Gatsby and that Tom does now satisfy her need for gatsby’s love. Gatsby has stopped Daisy from living a blissful life with Tom by intervening the way that he did. “ Gatsby’s inability to appreciate that in the intervening years Daisy could have had an emotional life.”(Parkinson) Daisy couldn't resist the love from Gatsby even though she could have had a better and happier life.

It also shows that Gatsby was a romantic person who was willing to do even the simplest of things to make sure Daisy knew that his love was genuine. Similarly on the night of Daisy’s wedding, Daisy cries, “Take ‘em downstairs... Say: Daisy’s change’ her mind” (66). Daisy reconsiders her marriage to Tom and is willing to put it off in order to be with Gatsby. This means that Daisy’s love for Gatsby must be extremely genuine in order for her to be able to even consider cancelling her marriage to Tom. Having said that, Daisy eventually marries Tom, because she realises that Gatsby cannot support her to the same extent as Tom. Provided that, when Daisy meets Gatsby five years later, she realises how much she really loved Gatsby and begins to spend a great deal of time with