What Does The American Dream Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

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Gatsby from The Great Gatsby represents the American dream because he created his own persona in order to live an extravagant lifestyle. Even his relationship with Daisy represents the American dream. Gatsby is a character that is extremely easy to relate to as he goes through situations that many others go through as well. Gatsby's life was very average as he had basically planned out everything that he would do in a day, and even how much money he would save per week as shown in the book.

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When people think of the word American Dream they think that if you're wealthy you will be happy, but that's not the true meaning of the American dream. The American dream doesn't exist in the novel "The Great Gatsby by f. Scott Fitzgerald” a man named Nick Caraway narrates the story from his point of view. In the beginning of the story, the reader finds out Nick is cousins with Daisy Buchanan, she is married to Tom Buchanan. Nick finds out that Gatsby, his next door neighbor has been in love with a woman named Daisy for five years. Daisy admits she is also in love with Gatsby although she is married to Tom Buchanan but he is also in love with another woman named Myrtle. Tom cheats on daisy but he makes sure Daisy is clueless about his affair. Eventually, Daisy has to choose a man to spend the rest of her life with and she ends up picking Tom. However, Gatsby was never able to find out who she picked because he was killed. In the novel, the characters misinterpreted the American Dream; the hope for

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For centuries in this country people have believed that through hard work, talent and ambition anyone can acquire great wealth and success regardless of their social class and background, a concept later named “The American Dream” in 1931. However, people have been questioning whether this idea of rags to riches really is attainable to all who work for it, or if it is merely a fantasy and a myth. In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism to illustrate the death of the American Dream.

Jay Gatsby is the perfect example of a character to represent the American Dream. In the novel,” The Great Gatsby”, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author truly shows the drama and the hardships, as well as the social aspect of living the American Dream. There are many different opinions on what success is, and what it looks like. Some people think that the American Dream is having a good life and happiness with yourself, others think that starting with nothing and rising up through the social classes through hard work and doing whatever it takes is what the American Dream truly is about. Jay Gatsby represents both sides of the American Dream that people have, he has the wealth and the lavish life, but he does not yet have the happiness that he desires.

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