The American Dream In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Gatsby creates an identity for himself as a wealthy man, who lives a glamorous life by throwing huge parties, and is known by the most prestigious figures in New York. What the partygoers don’t realize is that the parties and his wealth is all in the hopes of rekindling with his love from the past, Daisy. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of a young man named Jay Gatsby, who came from nothing, and built up to be everything that he had hoped and dreamed of being. However, his one dream did not become a reality due to misfortunate events. All the money in the world couldn’t make Gatsby happy, as he died as his true self, not the identity he created for himself.

In 1920s, people who lived in New York started to become richer and richer by buying and selling stocks, and became affordable to seek the American Dream. However, as the economic boom continues, some of them sensed that the bubble boom didn’t last long. The author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald was probably one of them. The reason why The Great Gatsby caught attention of people lived after the World War is not simply because the story is emotionally touching and well depicted. Jay Gatsby’s strong character and his way to seek his faith definitely represent the magnificent grasp of the American Dream which people lived in the time had sought. However, F. Scott Fitzgerald has displayed not only a documentary on the Gatsby’s wealthy life but also the withering of the American Dream through the Gatsby’s death.

Even though Gatsby was born James Gatz on a small farm in North Dakota, he was motivated by Dan Cody and Daisy to dedicate his life to the achievement of wealth and love. Some people might claim that Gatsby was able to achieve his dream because he succeeded in becoming a fabulously wealthy man in West Egg. However, this is only partially true, for Gatsby’s genuine American Dream was to attain Daisy Buchanan. Therefore, this novel portrays both the power and deleterious result of the American Dream (C. J. Dawson).

The Great Gatsby, a highly acclaim American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, entails the demise of the American dream by means of drawing a parallel between Jay Gatsby, a character whom covers his inner qualities with the idealistic characteristics of the rich during the Roaring Twenties in order to obtain the affection go the beloved and deeply flawed Daisy. Regrettably, throughout his conquest for Daisy’s affection, Gatsby falsely presumes that through his accumulation of wealth he will be able to acquire his deeply embedded desires for happiness, which mainly revolve around his acquisition of Daisy Buchanan. Eventually, Gatsby’s wealth ultimately results in his cataclysmic demise, as it is unable to provide him Daisy’s unconditional and

Gatsby is led to this life of opulence because he is trying to impress Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life. This love affair serves as the force behind Gatsby's downfall. Once Jay Gatsby becomes obsessed with living a lavish life for his lady his life begins to unravel. By choosing Daisy "who has a voice of money" as the love of Gatsby, Fitzgerald is able to add depth to Mr. Gatsby's greed and desires(Fitzgerald, 126). The author also depicts the frailty of the American dream by showing that in Gatsby's case, not only did he dream of being someone else, he lost himself in order to make up a past that is more acceptable than be raised in the Midwest by a poor

Throughout the history of the United States, Americans have felt inspired to work hard and strive for success until they reach their point of personal satisfaction. This is true for Jay Gatsby, a newly wealthy businessman in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. In the novel, Gatsby, who has achieved the materialistic American Dream, is still left unsatisfied despite his wealth because he desires Daisy Buchanan, his long-time love who is now married. Gatsby continually yearns to be with Daisy, so he goes to extremes in an attempt to be with her by purchasing a house directly across the bay from her and trying to impress her by flaunting his wealth. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy reveals that he cannot be satisfied with what he has already achieved, and how the American Dream pressures him to continually chase this unattainable goal, despite the destruction it causes him.

F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel The Great Gatsby is a criticism of the dying American Dream in the 1920 's and how it is corrupted by greed and materialism. The American Dream used to be a quest towards success, but now it is a rat race for wealth and status. The pursuit of the American Dream gave the characters in the novel, money and prestige, but along with it came corruption, barbaric human nature, and carelessness. However, the protagonist, Jay Gatsby is one of the very few Americans left who still have an honest and pure American Dream: to win back the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby fails to see that his dream is impossible because of his overwhelming love for Daisy and spending five years of his life to impress her. Gatsby is so caught up with Daisy and the past that he fails to see how she is a married woman with a child and that his dream only brings indirect suffering to Tom, Daisy, Myrtle and Nick by causing death, depression, disagreements, and desolation.

The elements of distortion in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, shows how the American dream should be or what is actually expected. In the 1920’s the over exaggerations for having an amazing American Life were “in”. The life of lavish and being known was what everyone wanted. Many people though did not have nearly anything and were looked down upon. The distortion creates illusions of the life that a person should be able to bare, but no one is that lucky, nor works hard enough. The distorted views contribute to his works to show the miserable realities of how those people live and a possibility of how they can turn out.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is famous for writing both short stories and novels that exhibit male protagonists attempting to achieve the American dream, achieving the American dream, and then suffering the consequences of doing so. Four of Fitzgerald’s protagonists who experience this are Jay Gatsby, Dexter Green, George O’Kelly, and Charlie Wales. Though each man’s story is different, all four of them have relatively similar rags-to-riches experiences that focus heavily on their love for a beautiful, unattainable woman. Each man falls in love with an illusion of his ideal woman, rather than the woman herself, and obtaining her becomes the focus of his American dream. Jay Gatsby, of The Great Gatsby, falls in love with Daisy Buchanan and spends his life longing for his aggrandized idea of her, though Daisy’s real character is depicted as superficial and not especially worth waiting a lifetime for.

Our big brothers, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Jefferson, have advanced the state of this fraternity. We began as just pledges in the ΣΩβ fraternity, but with the passing of time we proved our worth and became kappa leaders. Our battle to become a national power representing the Greek life was hard fought, from our battles with our Greek brothers in the South, to the battles with our rivals across the sea. Oppression is the hazing process needed to become an American.

While the current generation may not truly understand the decadent and rebellious energy of Gatsby’s era, major themes such as the decline of the American Dream, and the shallowness of human relationships still remain relevant to the modern society. In a way, characters in The Great Gatsby are representative of “the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired” in regards to The American Dream. Despite the optimistic belief in the possibilities of upward mobility in social status and financial stability, the attempts of “dreamers” in the novel were left unfulfilled. Jay Gatsby, a man of humble upbringings, longed after a life of wealth and status. His dream of being accepted by Daisy and the elite society of the East Egg not only ended in failure, but also his own downfall.

Affair, scandal, and drama come across the novel of The Great Gatsby. Written by a man who has had his fair of dramatics in his life, Scott Fitzgerald. The Main Character, Jay Gatsby his living his life as a falsification of this so-called “ American Dream”. He has the money and the charm to have all of the lives glorifications, other than one little bump in the road. The American dream is all about living fancy, shiny objects and success through hard work. Jay Gatsby had surpassed his poor lifestyle and try to fit in with the “old money” folks. All due to one significant lady, Daisy Fay. Daisy, an old lover from Chicago stole the heart of a young Jay Gatsby. To him, it was love, for her not so much. Jay has always wanted to live a luxurious

The Roaring 20’s was the age for physical and spiritual euphoria. There was low interest, stock market growth, and relative luxury for common people. This idealism led to the belief of the American Dream. F.Scott Fitzgerald was one of America’s biggest dreamers. He referred the 1920’s as The Jazz Age, in which Fitzgerald based his book, The Great Gatsby. The story follows the dreams of Jay Gatsby, and the extents he went in order to change his class to regain his lost love of Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald reveals that instead of to achieve the American Dream by working hard and making something of one’s self, it ends up being more about materialism and the selfish pursuit of pleasure.

According the 2010 U.S. census, only 17% of the households in America made over $100,000 a year ("Household" 1). This data does not support the promise of the modern-day American dream: anyone who works hard will enjoy wealth, prosperity, and happiness. Achieving the broad concept of the American dream is not possible through only hard work, the stereotypical way to become successful, uncontrollable factors often propel or damage the progress of a person's dream. This promise gives American people a false sense of hope. They can work harder than any of their colleagues and still not obtain the American dream.

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1920’s, explores the significance of ideals and how working to achieve them can structure one's life. The Novel centers around an egocentric, rich and materialistic group of characters who all share a common value of wealth. However, the character Jay Gatsby, values love more than he values money. Gatsby believes that being with the women he loves, Daisy, the wife of the wealthy Tom Buchanan will make him feel as though he has fulfilled his life. Gatsby’s childhood and past have allowed him to realize what he wants most in life, and how he is willing to go to extreme measures to achieve his goals. He dedicates his life to renewing his love with Daisy. The immense effort that he puts into achieving his ideal doesn't allow him to see some of the lousy qualities that daisy possesses. Fitzgerald uses Jay Gatsby to demonstrate how personal experiences can create an ideal, and how pursuing that ideal can shape one's character and structure an individual's life.