The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

The author Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby as a novel that talks about and covers American issues in the 1920s. He shows in the novel the carelessness and selfishness of everybody at the same time by portraying all of them in the location of west and east egg. Fitzgerald talks about a couple different topics throughout the novel. One of those is," the Attainment of a dream may be less satisfying than the pursuit of it" and the second one is"the American Dream is corrupted by the desire for wealth". He uses those themes to show how americans lived at a different time.

Gatsby and the American Dream Have you ever wondered who could ever live the American dream? In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is the main character and in love with something he does not have, but lives a dream to others. He has all the money he needs to throw parties and have fancy things. Gatsby is considered to be living the American Dream. In the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows how Gatsby represents and lives the American dream. In the book The Great Gatsby, it shows how Gatsby lives the American Dream.

The idea of American Dream as presented by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Great Gatsby novel involves rising from poverty or rags to richness and wealthy. The American Dream exemplifies that elements such as race, gender, and ethnicity are valueless as they do not influence the ability of an individual to rise to power and richness. This American Dream makes the assumption that concepts such as xenophobia are non-existent in America a concept that is not true and shows vagueness of the American Dream. In his novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the Great Gatsby to demonstrate the overall idea of living the American dream. Gatsby leaves his small village of farmers and manages to work his way up the ladder although some of the money he uses to climb the ladder is associated with crime “He was a son of God and he must be about His Father's Business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty” (Fitzgerald 6.7). This phrase shows that Gatsby wasn’t meant for a life similar to that of his father but rather destined for greatness. However, his dream his short-lived and he doesn’t make it to the top as Daisy who is a symbol of his wealthy rejects her and a series of events transpire that result in his death before he could live his American Dream alongside everyone else who was working up the ladder to live the American Dream.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a fictional novel about a young man’s life , narrated by his closest friend Nick. This young extravagantly wealthy man known as Mr.Gatsby, lived in the 1920’s and represented the american dream in many different ways. In F. Scott Fitzgerald “The Great Gatsby” Tom and Daisy were born into this weathiness. Gatsby on the other hand had to work for his money by going to the army. In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald wanted to display the elusiveness of the American Dream and how more money makes the society during this time period lose their morality.

One of the most influential writers of the early 20th century was a man named F. Scott Fitzgerald. The biggest topic that he wrote about was the American Dream. Fitzgerald uses many different aspects of writing to get his opinion across, such as the outcome of stories like The Great Gatsby and “Winter Dreams”. He also uses the setting and to explain his beliefs. Based of his work, Fitzgerald believes the American dream is not only unrealistic, but also unattainable.

The American Dream is the ultimate goal which many members of the working class strive to achieve. The main idea of this dream is that with hard work and determination, one can become successful in their field. Despite being a prevalent belief in American culture, this magnificent goal can also take the form of an illusion. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American Dream is represented by Jay Gatsby’s desperate pining for Daisy Buchanan–an unobtainable goal which will effectively result in a delusional state of being.

Fitzgerald, in his sarcastic novel The Great Gatsby, frequently shows how racism and classism seriously influence the possibilities of achieving American dreams in obscure methods. The novel details Gatsby’s achievements and dream including Daisy, and makes comparison with other people in different races and classes indirectly but visibly. The fact that, though Gatsby is much wealthier than those in East Egg, he has never achieved the American dream, never owned Daisy truly and never acquired respect, but rumours, due he isn’t born in high class and makes money through bootleg. To some extent, the miserable end of Gatsby is the reflection of the disparity of classism. Gatsby’s mansion reminds people of the feasibility of making the American dream come true. However, his unexpected death that is not caught by police, but killed by Wilson, a white man in mid class, proves that it is related to races and classes closely. Fitzgerald takes us into the suffering of Gatsby to show us that the American dream is like a shell company, which makes everyone look forward to their future with great expectations, but only certain people can truly reach it because people are not standing on the same starting line.

Ever wonder what it is like being one of the most rich socialites living The American Dream? We learn through Jay Gatsby’s life that it does not guarantee happiness, as happiness cannot be bought. In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby learns through many events that occur in his life that money cannot buy you happiness, a relationship that is based off materialistic things is never going to work, and The American Dream is a fallacy. Throughout the novel, Jay Gatsby pursues the appearance of having achieved the American Dream with him plenty of money, but Jay Gatsby’s life proves this dream is a fallacy. It cannot bring him the one thing that gives him true happiness, his love Daisy.

Do challenges forced on one's life by their oppressors change one's goals and desires? If something difficult or unexpected occurs does one look in the other direction of their goals that have been obtained. In society there is goal called the American dream. All want to obtain this but the goal differs from one to another. We can see a great example of this in F. Scott Fitzgerald's book The Great Gatsby.

History, rather than one’s financial status, is the deciding factor in determining one’s acceptance into the highest social classes. This idea is expressed in the song “All Falls Down” by Kanye West, “Even if you in a Benz, you still a n----- in a coupe” (“All Falls Down”). If a wealthy man has no impressive or notable background and is not considered “old money,” his achievement of the American dream, an ideal that every American has an equal opportunity to achieve prosperity, would be limited. Throughout American history, the “American dream” has been critiqued. While some authors support this idea by following the paths leading up to impressive successes of impoverished characters, others, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, negate it. In his novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald argues against the concept of the American dream by contrasting the financial successes of Jay Gatsby with the lack of achievement of Gatsby’s own aspirations of acceptance into the upper class. Despite being extremely wealthy, Gatsby lives in the shadow of his insignificant youth. Although throughout The Great Gatsby, wealth appears to be a mechanism in elevating Jay Gatsby’s social status, Gatsby’s unimpressive past disables him from fully achieving the American dream.

The American dream, the ideal that every US citizen should have equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. Everyone in life have goals that they want to accomplish, that they want to achieve, and that they want to live for, but it can’t be done in one day. In the novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the main themes in the novel is The American dream and the desire of the main character to achieve. My goal in life is to live in a nice house and have a high-paying job, but there will be obstacle that will try to stop me from achieving my goal, the economy and society itself will try to stop me from achieving the goals I desire.

The American dream is something that everyone chases. Whether it is luxury or a simple life, everyone has their own “American dream.” F. Scott Fitzgerald effectively expresses this in his book The Great Gatsby. The book’s main plot involves a man named Jay Gatsby and his attempts at making a girl named Daisy Buchanan fall back in love with him after their separation for a few years. The Great Gatsby has many subplots that reveal the adulterous affairs of many of the characters.

The Roaring 20's , a time of recklessness , wealth and excess . It is this lifestyle

Everybody wants the American Dream but in this novel is it truly worth it. In Fitzgerald’s story, The Great Gatsby, he shows that the American dream causes corruption, destruction and death. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows this in the characters in his story, The Great Gatsby. The characters he chose in his story are intertwined in all of those as their lives spiral out of control. The American dream is attainable to anyone who puts in the work and effort; however, the drive behind it cannot be obtaining all the material things or getting the girl.

Everyone in America has a dream. From either coming to America looking for that dream or living here and living for the dream. Many of these dreams vary from having a family and being rich with a business. During the 1920’s “The American Dream” was when it was at its fullest people were starting to gain wealth or either the wealthy were just very successful. The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald setting was during the 1920’s. The main characters that made an impact on whether the dream is being lived are Gatsby, Daisy, Tom,George, Myrtle, and Nick. Throughout the book The Great Gatsby confirms and denies “The American Dream”.