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Power In The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby

The American Dream that every citizen and immigrants want to fulfill here in the United States are: wealth, power, and a high social class in society. What sets us apart is because of what we think about in today’s society. Finding ways to become famous and get lots of money and having the power is what the majority of the people want or seek. “The American Dream is an equal opportunity where every U.S citizen can achieve and prosper in the pursuit of determination, dedication, and hard work”. According to the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jay Gatsby, the main character he’s view on the American Dream was that in America it’s still viewed as the land of opportunity, with endless of opportunities …show more content…

Gatsby lives in the past, he doesn’t realize that Daisy has moved on. She now is married and has a child He is holding back to that love they once had together and now wants to recreate it. The green light is a representation of Gatsby’s hopes and dreams. In chapter one, Gatsby reaches for the green light this symbolizes that the light is guiding him to his ultimate goal which is winning Daisy back and being able to recreate the past . Daisy’s home is across from Gatsby’s home and the fact that Gatsby lives far away from her it means that he’ll never be able to be with her because of his class of being “New money” and Daisy being “Old money” and how he won’t necessarily be accepted by the old money class. Making this a sad dream that won’t come true. I believe that the American Dream is an elusive fantasy because of how Americans in today’s society are using the wrong ways of being able to attain their dream by selling drugs or robbery and much more. In order to attain the riches that he had, Gatsby involved himself into becoming a bootlegger which made him the person that he was, a wealthy, partying rocking man in the category known as “New” money. He did it because his dream was to be with Daisy and the only way he could reach that goal of his was

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