The Great Gatsby Reality Of The American Dream

How does Fitzgerald relate Gatsby’s dream to the American Dream? What seems to be his message about the American Dream as expressed in the last two paragraphs of the novel?

The American Dream in the 1920’s revolved around the accumulation of wealth. Jay Gatsby believes he can buy happiness, which to him, consists of having Daisy to himself. He believes he can do this by achieving a level of respect in East Egg; known for new money. His goal was to make fortune to please Daisy.

The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a story of misguided love between a man and a woman. Fitzgerald takes his reader through the turbulence and trials of Jay Gatsby’s life and of his pining for the girl he met five years prior. The main theme of the novel, however, is not solely about the love shared between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. The main purpose is to show the decline and decay of the American Dream in the 1920’s. The American Dream is the goal or idea which suggests that all people can succeed through hard work, and that all have the potential to live happy, successful lives. While on the surface, Gatsby

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.

In the United States' Declaration of Independence, our founding fathers "…held certain truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." This sentiment can be considered the foundation of the American Dream, the dream that everyone has the ability to become what he or she desires to be. While many people work to attain their American dream, others believe that the dream is seemingly impossible to reach, like F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby examines the "Jazz-Age" generation's search for the elusive American Dream of wealth and happiness and scrutinizes the consequences of that

Symbolism is a big part in how people express certain feelings or represent important items. The American Dream is a huge achievement that everyone wants to reach. Whether people want to admit it or not, it is a symbol all it’s self. It can be anything really, a great job, a family, white picket fence, even music or attending concerts of your favorite band. The American Dream is something that makes you so happy and what you can achieve or want achieve in your lifetime. The main AMerican Dream is money, a family, and happiness. In The Great Gatsby the american dream is a green light.There are several different colors for the different symbols in the book which are portrayed throughout the book often, and in the right context. Each character is put with that color and in different scenes for different reasons. Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, and Nick Carraway all portrayed the same color symbol; yellow which stands for death and or/ corruption.

The 1920’s was a period of time where many people held the belief that they could diminish the power held by the established elite and provide social mobility for everyone. Prior to this time period, many Americans were more frugal, and it was harder for families to truly escape the cycle of poverty they had struggled with for so long. These new modern beliefs encouraged people to go against the traditional role society had given them. Prominent characters from the novel The Great Gatsby attempted to pursue this newfound American Dream held by society. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the belief that people could obtain social mobility conflicted with the reality that the traditional social hierarchy was only accessible for high class Americans.

The Great Gatsby is a novel that illustrates the society in the 1920's and the associated beliefs, values and dreams of the American population at that time. These beliefs, values and dreams can be summed up be what is termed the "American Dream", a dream of money, wealth, prosperity and the happiness that supposedly came with the booming economy and get-rich-quick schemes that formed the essential underworld of American upper-class society. This underworld infiltrated the upper echelons and created such a moral decay within general society that paved the way for the ruining of dreams and dashing of hopes as they were placed confidently in the chance for opportunities that could be seized by one and all. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates the

In the Great Gatsby the American dream is empty. Where once the American dream was an opportunity for equality for all people who came to this country with hope and a desire to be successful, now it was a bankrupt, empty promise. The American dream became more about the wealthy taking from the poor simply to become wealthier. The frequent car accidents in The Great Gatsby symbolize the carelessness of the real American people. The colors of money, green and gold, throughout the book symbolize the greed of real people. Jay Gatsby represents a little part of all of us. Even though we progress and move forward in life, we will always feel the pull of the past. Jay was a decent person once, until he became wealthy. He gained the wealth and status of the American dream that he craved but at a steep price. It cost him his virtue, morality, honor, and life. Gatsby turns to organized crime to gain his fortune and is no longer the

When Nick moves east, he moves to West Egg, a place where individuals of the term “New Money” live. People who are described as living a lifestyle of “New Money” work hard to become wealthy and successful. However, Nick feels that he is owed wealth because he has the honor of bearing an affluent last name. After meeting his neighbor Jay Gatsby, the man who is infamously known for throwing extravagant parties, and attending several of the parties, he begins to realize that social status and money do not really matter in life and that is not what Americans should be focusing on.

Though a very prevalent theme it was, the American dream was not the only one present in the novel, alongside it was the theme of society and the different social classes. Through my experience, this theme did not seem to stand out as much the first time I read it compared to the previous theme, but it became more prevalent upon each time reading it. The Great Gatsby explores two different sides of wealth in society, new money and old money. People who are the newly rich and happened to their money in “dirty business” or all at once, live

The United States of America is seen to be the place where every person that goes to the U.S.A has an equal chance of reaching the American Dream whether that is in their social status, financially or happiness, it is also known to be a “clueless society” . The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway who at first could be seen as someone who directs the story but however he is purely just a witness of the events. “The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the “roaring twenties” and a devastating expose of the “Jazz Age”. It could be said that the characters in The Great Gatsby are trying to be real people but they are actually trying to illustrate how the people in the twentieth century lived.

The pursuit of any success in life is an arduous journey, one that can only be accomplished by the few dedicated individuals willing to push their ambition and capabilities as far as possible. The challenge is even more difficult because the amount of people trying to achieve the same goal when only a select few can. Corruption and deceit are inevitable in a dream driven by money. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic twentieth-century story that examines and analyzes the vision of the American dream. The Great Gatsby presents several of its characters as having this illusion of living the “American dream”, contrary to what they believe their behaviors and decisions they make only leave them with a false perception of this lifestyle. The novel shows the tide turning east, as hordes flock to New York City seeking stock market fortunes. It portrays this shift as a symbol of the American Dream's corruption. It is no longer a vision of building a life; it is just about getting rich. The story is able to illustrate the corruption money leads to by placing materialistic values in the lives of American’s in the pursuit or the ‘American Dream’.

A land of countless opportunities to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, courage, and determination is the American Dream. In addition to the American Dream, society has been separated to distinguish citizens from each other to categorize individuals according to the job, salaries, and economic resources. The socioeconomic latter is divided into three branches: the upper class, the middle class, and the lower class. The novel, The Great Gatsby, used the American Dream and the socioeconomic latter to capture a cross-section of the American society.

“The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work” (Fabrizio Moreira Quotes). Jay Gatsby believed that he could achieve his American Dream of being successful and marrying Daisy by working extremely hard in his lifetime. He labored to make a great amount of money through a disreputable way with Meyer Wolfshiem. His main agenda was to win Daisy back to him and he did everything he possibly could to make that happen in his life. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby strived for his idea of the American Dream, but fell short in the end.