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The Death of the American Dream
The American Dream, something all citizens struggle with at one point or another, is displayed in all of its anguish in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel The Great Gatsby. People often attempt to achieve almost impossible dreams it is no wonder so many fall short and fail to obtain their “American Dream”.
Gatsby is a young, motivated man who hails from West Egg, Long Island and dreams of becoming wealthy and obtaining high social status. To start making easy money Gatsby sells bootlegged liquor, over the counter, at his chains of drug stores. The fact that he does this shows possible hints to organized crime. It also shows that Gatsby is willing to do anything he can to achieve goals if he really believes in his dream. To further achieve his dream he purchases a very large mansion he can find across the water of his ex-lover Daisy, who he hopes to impress and win back with his new found riches and popularity. He hopes that Daisy will come back to him once she sees his new found wealth. Gatsby also tells everyone he was educated at Oxford University because of family tradition and he also inherited all of his money from his rich family. Gatsby wants people of high class to accept him and think that he is a great man, which he seems to be. With this acceptance Gatsby would feel a step closer to accomplishing his true dream. By choosing the path of hard work, he’s achieved minor goals and is on his way to being reunited with his lover Daisy.
Although Gatsby has already moved towards his dream with riches and high social status, his actual dream is that of winning back the past; Daisy. He states “ Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!” meaning that he truly believes he can be with Daisy again. Gatsby has his good friend Nick, Gatsby next door neighbor and Daisy’s cousin, set up a meeting where he can meet Daisy again. Gatsby desires nothing over love in his life. This meeting will give him the opportunity to finally speak with her again. After this meeting occurs Gatsby and Daisy begin having an affair with each other, in hopes of one day getting married and being together forever. Since this would destroy Gatsby socially he fires all of his servants and gets new ones from a different part of town. In pursuing his goal, he is at the same time tearing it down.
George Wilson is another man trying to live a dream, although his dream is of a much simpler desire. George lives above his small garage shop with his wife Myrtle. His dream may seem small and practically nothing to others but to him it seems that it is all that matters. He spent almost all of his life working hard to provide for his wife and him.
It seems that all George wishes is to live out his life happily with his wife, but his dream is also ruined at no fault of his own. George did seemingly everything he could to try and keep his wife happy, but she started to cheat on him with Tom, Daisy’s husband, which also lead to her downfall as well as George’s.
With high hopes Gatsby attempts to break up the marriage of Daisy and Tom, a plan which ultimately fails. After a verbal fight breaks out Daisy and Gatsby leave together with Daisy driving. On the way home Daisy accidently hits a woman who runs out in front of the car, this woman was Myrtle. Tom then told George that it was Gatsby driving the “Death Car”. George being so upset full heartily believes Tom that he goes to Gatsby’s house and shoots Gatsby dead in his pool and then turn the gun on himself, ending both of their dreams in bloodshed.
you must conclude and double space this!
The American Dream, something all citizens struggle with at one point or another, is displayed in all of its anguish in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel The Great Gatsby. People often attempt to achieve almost impossible dreams it is no wonder so many fall short and fail to obtain their “American Dream”.
Gatsby is a young, motivated man who hails from West Egg, Long Island and dreams of becoming wealthy and obtaining high social status. To start making easy money Gatsby sells bootlegged liquor, over the counter, at his chains of drug stores. The fact that he does this shows possible hints to organized crime. It also shows that Gatsby is willing to do anything he can to achieve goals if he really believes in his dream. To further achieve his dream he purchases a very large mansion he can find across the water of his ex-lover Daisy, who he hopes to impress and win back with his new found riches and popularity. He hopes that Daisy will come back to him once she sees his new found wealth. Gatsby also tells everyone he was educated at Oxford University because of family tradition and he also inherited all of his money from his rich family. Gatsby wants people of high class to accept him and think that he is a great man, which he seems to be. With this acceptance Gatsby would feel a step closer to accomplishing his true dream. By choosing the path of hard work, he’s achieved minor goals and is on his way to being reunited with his lover Daisy.
Although Gatsby has already moved towards his dream with riches and high social status, his actual dream is that of winning back the past; Daisy. He states “ Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!” meaning that he truly believes he can be with Daisy again. Gatsby has his good friend Nick, Gatsby next door neighbor and Daisy’s cousin, set up a meeting where he can meet Daisy again. Gatsby desires nothing over love in his life. This meeting will give him the opportunity to finally speak with her again. After this meeting occurs Gatsby and Daisy begin having an affair with each other, in hopes of one day getting married and being together forever. Since this would destroy Gatsby socially he fires all of his servants and gets new ones from a different part of town. In pursuing his goal, he is at the same time tearing it down.
George Wilson is another man trying to live a dream, although his dream is of a much simpler desire. George lives above his small garage shop with his wife Myrtle. His dream may seem small and practically nothing to others but to him it seems that it is all that matters. He spent almost all of his life working hard to provide for his wife and him.
It seems that all George wishes is to live out his life happily with his wife, but his dream is also ruined at no fault of his own. George did seemingly everything he could to try and keep his wife happy, but she started to cheat on him with Tom, Daisy’s husband, which also lead to her downfall as well as George’s.
With high hopes Gatsby attempts to break up the marriage of Daisy and Tom, a plan which ultimately fails. After a verbal fight breaks out Daisy and Gatsby leave together with Daisy driving. On the way home Daisy accidently hits a woman who runs out in front of the car, this woman was Myrtle. Tom then told George that it was Gatsby driving the “Death Car”. George being so upset full heartily believes Tom that he goes to Gatsby’s house and shoots Gatsby dead in his pool and then turn the gun on himself, ending both of their dreams in bloodshed.
you must conclude and double space this!