How Did Gatsby Achieve The American Dream

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish scientist and engineer, most famous for his creation of the telephone, once said, “The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.” This is very similar to the experiences of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby, on how Gatsby slowly worked to achieve his American Dream of meeting Daisy after longing for her for five years. Gatsby achieve his American Dream by working his way up to wealth, and using his money to throw parties to try and lure Daisy to his house. The first piece of evidence on how Gatsby achieved his American dream was how he worked his way up to gain wealth to please the women of his dreams. Being wealthy is definitely a bonus for many people when looking for boyfriend/girlfriend, so Gatsby wanted to make himself look more appealing with his large amount of wealth by throwing tremendous parties to not only show off his wealth, but to also lure Daisy into his house. When Daisy first goes to Gatsby’s house with Nick and Gatsby, she is astonished with the “...feudal silhouette against the sky, admired at the gardens, the sparkling odor of jonquils and the frothy odor of hawthorn and plum blossoms and the ale gold odor of the kiss-me-at-the-gate” (Fitzgerald 90). In Gatsby’s eyes, the only way to make Daisy fall back in love with him was to show that he had more wealth than her current husband. Not only did he want to appear more wealthy, but also more elegant. This was also evident on Gatsby’s back story told by Nick, where he explains how Gatsby worked his way to his fortune, and he didn’t inherit from his family as he
Gatsby achieved his American Dream by finally meeting Daisy after all his hard work of trying to impress Daisy. Just as the old saying goes, it's not about the destination it's about the