The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

Another drastic situation created by Daisy arises. However, she does not have to deal with the consequences of it. Myrtle’s husband sees Gatsby in the car, and makes the assumption that he was the one having an affair with Myrtle, which is why she would run into the street to leave her husband and be with the man in the car. Instead of owning up to her mistake, Daisy allows Gatsby to willingly take the blame for Myrtle’s death. When Nick asks if Daisy was driving the car, he replies “‘Yes, but of course I’ll say I was’” (Fitzgerald 137). This causes George Wilson to kill Gatsby, an innocent man, because of the assumption that he was the one who killed Myrtle and had an affair with her. Through all this, Daisy never confessed to being the person behind the wheel of the car and Tom never confessed to being the man who Myrtle was a mistress to. After this incident, Daisy and Tom packed their bags and moved to the Midwest, avoiding the problems they created yet

For generations many have immigrated to this great nation know, as the United states of America, all seeking for their share of the American dream. The American dream is the philosophy that anyone can become successful through hard work and perseverance. The 1920’s embodies this concept like no other decade in American history. It is also during this time frame that one sees the perversion of this dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald suggests in his novel, The Great Gatsby that there is a right and wrong way to obtain the American dream. Throughout the novel, Gatsby is symbolic for the materialistic nature of the American dream and its corruption in the 20th century.

Tom told George, Myrtle’s husband that it was Gatsby’s car that hit her. So George, seeking revenge, killed Gatsby.

Gatsby dedicates his entire life to Daisy. He accumulates his fortune, throws extravagant parties every weekend, moves his entire live to West Egg, and distorted utopia that is liable to collapse at any moment all in the hopes of wooing Daisy (Fitzgerald 46). Daisy’s main reason for choosing Tom over Gatsby was because “ (Gatsby) ...was poor and she was tired of waiting” (Fitzgerald 130). Gatsby believed that Daisy would only notice him if every aspect of his life reputable and “In order to be reputable, it must be wasteful” (Veblen 11). Gatsby does everything in his power to become a suitable husband for Daisy, but attempts to control his fate ultimately conquer him in

Gatsby became obsessed with the idea of obtaining her that he had created his own magical world. His expectations only became higher and unrealistic as he created a nonexistent side to Daisy that he prolonged for. Five years worth of Gatsby’s hard and illegal work did not pay off in the end, the murdering of Gatsby shocked Carraway. Daisy, a selfish and money driven woman, was the ultimate cause of his death. The night Gatsby and Daisy returned from New York city, Myrtle Wilson was struck dead by Daisy. Gatsby had acted upon the situation by taking blame in it, in order to protect his lover. Myrtle’s death aggravated both Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s husband and Myrtle’s secret partner, and Mr. Wilson, Myrtle’s husband. The death had caused them to react upon the situation instantly. Tom decided to reveal the murderer’s identity to the furious Mr. Wilson. On a hunt to seek revenge, Mr. Wilson arrives at the Gatsby mansion. It is here that he comes to murder Gatsby and commits suicide himself. This tragedy revealed that

They carry the façade of wealth and happiness, when in reality; they both are unhappy with their marriage and are seeking other partners. Neither of them can take responsibility for their actions, especially Daisy, who kills Myrtle Wilson. Instead they flee into their wealth and leave without a trace. The Buchanan’s traveled cross country because Tom wished to get into the bonding business. Therefore they followed the American dream and headed East, only to be met with difficulties. Tom had met an automotive shop owner’s wife, Myrtle, who desired to be rich, and fell in love. Daisy was originally heartbroken, and upset with her marriage. When they had delivered the Buchanan’s daughter Daisy wept and wished for her to grow up and become “a beautiful little fool” because in the 1920’s world, that’s all a woman can achieve with the American dream. Since knowing about her husband’s affair, Daisy immediately falls back in love with Gatsby once the couple is reunited but can never admit that she once loved Tom also. This becomes a major issue for the estranged couple, and leads to Daisy recklessly driving home from town one day in Gatsby’s car. She crashes into Myrtle Wilson, killing her instantly. Instead of taking responsibility, Daisy flees from the crime scene. The repercussions cost Gatsby his life, but neither Daisy nor Tom attend his funeral and eventually travel away, without telling a

Gatsby thought he was being chivalrous for Daisy, but he did not care that Daisy chose not to take responsibility for her hit-and-run. Myrtle’s husband, George Wilson, gets revenge for Myrtle’s loss, assuming that Gatsby had an affair with his wife and killed her once he finds a dog leash and Myrtle 's belongings. George kills Gatsby,

His irrational fear of rejection, should his true identity come to light, drives his unrelenting desire for wealth and status. His persona is deepened by the contrast between his outside excess and inner uneasiness, which makes him a tragic and complex figure, which leads to his downfall as a character. Moreover, Gatsby's fixation on daisy transcends simple infatuation and verges on religious devotion, instead of seeing her as a real person, he sees her as the embodiment of his idealized past-a representation of what he aspires to and hopes to achieve. He is unable to see daisy for who she really is, despite all her flaws, because of this obsession, which rendered him, making his reality blind. This makes Gatsby Chase of Daisy a metaphor for how people often cling to tier delusions and reject the hard realities of life.

Daisy hits Myrtle Wilson (who is sleeping with Tom) with a car and kills her. Out of love Gatsby takes the blame. Myrtle’s husband George kills Gatsby for murdering his wife. None of the characters are happy and are all trying to find happiness.

The American dream is an ideology, a vision that’s form varies from individual to individual, based upon one’s own experiences. Although the one thing that remains constant in every single definition is that this ideology, just as the name states, is only a dream. It is meant to merely drive people to unlock their hidden potential and become their best self, for the sole purpose of living one’s out one’s own definition of success. In “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American Dream is Jay Gatsby’s inspiration and his opportunity, however, as the book progresses it becomes more evident that not all people share the same opportunity.

Gatsby dedicates his entire life to Daisy. Without hesitation he devotes his own self towards her. When Gatsby realizes Daisy wanted money he immediately made as much as he could and flaunted his wealth to attract her attention. All of his actions are executed specifically for Daisy, and after all of that dedication Gatsby expects for Daisy to recuperate this unyielding love. The issue is that Daisy is married, she is not the perfect person Gatsby has imagined her to be, she has faults and over the years she’s changed. Gatsby is baffled at Daisy’s inability to “understand,” he wants her to be the same girl she was five years ago, and cannot comprehend that Daisy has changed (109). Nick persuades Gatsby “not to ask too much of her,” Gatsby disregards this claiming that she can always become who she once was (110). Gatsby choses to ignore the real world for the romantic fantasy he has of Daisy and in the end this drives her away. This internal conflict drives Gatsby throughout his life, and after five years of devotion towards Daisy he creates an unrealistic, romantic world he expects Daisy to fit in. The issue is that she is no longer the girl she once was, and now Gatsby must learn how to battle the internal conflict between his dream of Daisy and her

George and Myrtle Wilson are two characters in The Great Gatsby representing the working class of society aiming for the American Dream. George Wilson owns a run-down auto shop in the Valley of Ashes and is doing his best to get business, while Myrtle Wilson chases after wealth and status through an affair with Tom. However, both characters face a tragic ending in their attempts to achieve the idealistic life: Daisy strikes and kills Myrtle with Gatsby’s car and George commits suicide after murdering Gatsby. George and Myrtle’s deadly fates help illustrate the novel’s pessimistic attitude toward the American Dream, symbolizing that it is impossible to achieve. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the Wilsons as a tragic way to demonstrate the unnatainable American Dream.

Myrtle Wilson, the wife of George, and the lover of Tom Buchanan, is brutally murdered toward the end of the novel. After an uncivilized afternoon in New York, Daisy and Gatsby head swiftly back to East Egg. Gatsby explains to Nick, “It all happened in a minute, but it seemed to me that she wanted to speak to us, thought we were somebody she knew” (Fitzgerald 109). Myrtle ran out toward the car looking for Tom but sadly for her it is not him. Many know about Tom’s affair, but not with whom he is having it, especially Daisy. Daisy never slows the car down, and she never realizes who she hits. This shows that Daisy is oblivious to Myrtles existence. Myrtle is sleeping with her husband, she ruins their marriage, and Daisy kills her. The irony exists in this because Daisy actually saves her marriage by killing

Everyone has an ideal vision of what he or she wants out of life. In a perfect world, everyone would die happy having achieved every goal ever set. A perfect world does not exist. Fitzgerald knows this, and he chronicles the life of Gatsby. Gatsby deeply desires to live out the “American dream.” He wants fame, riches, parties, mansions, but most of all love. Gatsby succeeds in every area except the most important. Gatsby still feels a desire to fulfill his final dream of finding a true love. Not willing to settle for an arbitrary love, Gatsby sets his sights on a young woman named Daisy. The problem is that Gatsby can never have Daisy because she is already in a relationship with another man. Gatsby, still wanting Daisy’s love but

Gatsby’s aspirations are destroyed when he comes to the realization that certain dreams can never be converted into reality. When Gatsby and Daisy re-meet for the first time in years, he still refuses to see how self-absorbed, shallow, and greedy she truly is. As more events occur, he becomes aware of her intentions and can finally see how blinded he was by her charm and beauty so many years ago. Even though Gatsby has come to this