The American dream essay
The American dream is when everybody has the ideal of their own freedom. Those people who has the “American dream”, they are usually the one who had workhard, achieving their goals, and become rich. The author, F.Scott Fitzgerald, had his own definition of the American dream. He wrote the book called, “The Great Gatsby”. In the book, the characters had their own American dream. However, Fitzgerald demonstrates in the book how a dream can be abandon if they only focus on the wrong part.
Daisy is a stunning, rich, has a husband, and a daughter. But yet, she can’t decide who she wants: Tom or Gatsby. She is the type of person who like to craves for attention. Daisy can can lure mens with her own voice.“ I’ve heard it said that Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming” (13). This shows that Daisy has a way to manipulate people, so that they can pay more attention to her. It’s like how Gatsby is sire to Daisy. Daisy doesn’t show the American Dream, instead of doing it by herself, she learned a way to manipulate people, and she gets away with everything.
Jordan baker, a famous golf-player, and also rich. She had everything going for what she has. At first, Nick was attracted to Jordan because she doesn’t care what people think about her, and she is a confident person. However, when Jordan supports Daisy of having an affair and she starting to lie, Nick describe her as a dishonest person. “She was 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). This quote shows that she is not happy with her life because she know she is not honest. People think that she had the American dream, but she knows her success was a whole lie and she did not put hard works
Daisy is a stunning, rich, has a husband, and a daughter. But yet, she can’t decide who she wants: Tom or Gatsby. She is the type of person who like to craves for attention. Daisy can can lure mens with her own voice.“ I’ve heard it said that Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming” (13). This shows that Daisy has a way to manipulate people, so that they can pay more attention to her. It’s like how Gatsby is sire to Daisy. Daisy doesn’t show the American Dream, instead of doing it by herself, she learned a way to manipulate people, and she gets away with everything.
Jordan baker, a famous golf-player, and also rich. She had everything going for what she has. At first, Nick was attracted to Jordan because she doesn’t care what people think about her, and she is a confident person. However, when Jordan supports Daisy of having an affair and she starting to lie, Nick describe her as a dishonest person. “She was 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). This quote shows that she is not happy with her life because she know she is not honest. People think that she had the American dream, but she knows her success was a whole lie and she did not put hard works