Every character in “The Great Gatsby” has a American dream and some are already living it. Dawson describes that the characters in this novel don’t understand the true meaning of American Dream which is working hard and fulfilling your dreams. She explains further that sometimes in life you don’t achieve everything even though you worked hard for it. She uses the example of Jordan Baker who is a golf player and she can do anything to win. In the novel, Nick describes Jordan as "incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage, and given this unwillingness I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard jaunty body" (63). Charlene Dawson also points towards the never ending contentment in people which leads them towards
Every character in “The Great Gatsby” has a American dream and some are already living it. Dawson describes that the characters in this novel don’t understand the true meaning of American Dream which is working hard and fulfilling your dreams. She explains further that sometimes in life you don’t achieve everything even though you worked hard for it. She uses the example of Jordan Baker who is a golf player and she can do anything to win. In the novel, Nick describes Jordan as "incurably dishonest. She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage, and given this unwillingness I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard jaunty body" (63). Charlene Dawson also points towards the never ending contentment in people which leads them towards