The American Dream In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

In the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald's cynicism about the american dream in the 1920s is represented by the characters Gatsby, Daisy, and Nick. America was changing because in the 1920s an era of unexpected prosperity and material excess. Decayed social and moral values. Rising stock market equals lots of newly wealthy people spending money at unprecedented levels. These changes affected fitzgerald's belief because he believed people had grown cynical, greedy, and obsessed with the empty pursuit of pleasure. parties were thrown at gatsby's every saturday night. Americans give america meaning through their dreams for their own lives Gatsby projects his hopes and dream upon Daisy. Gatsby's dream is ruined by the unworthiness of its object-Daisy.
Fitzgerald believes that the american dream in the 1920s is ruined by the unworthiness or its object- money and pleasure.
The first character Jay Gatsby is a man that was inherited to his wealthiness and works for wolfsheimer.
He ends up falling in love with a girl named daisy. There were rumors of him and who he was. he was described as a gentleman gangster who was in love but blinded by love. Gatsby was a part of world war 1 and was desperate for his love life. Gatsby's dream was simply just daisy. That's what he lived for. He would do anything for the one he loved and that was daisy. Daisy was his whole life and he put everything at risk for him. He was stuck in the past and he thought that everything could go back to normal. He wanted her to leave her husband and everything. He wanted Daisy to himself but little did he know was that Daisy still loved her husband Tom. Gatsby took up for her when she did things that were unspeakable. He loved his life but he felt as if it was empty without her. He never knew the real daisy even though he thought he had her on the tip of his fingers. Gatsby took the blame for merdels killing because he was so deeply in love with Daisy that he got himself into the tragic event that lead to the end of the story. ¨was Daisy driving?¨ ¨yes. But of course I'll say I was. She was very nervous and thought it would steady her to drive.¨
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The second character Daisy is a very wealthy girl that is very beautiful and is very fond of money.
She is married to the wealthy Tom but is still caught up in the past on how she was once deeply in love with gatsby. Daisies american dream was to be with a wealthy rich man who loved her unconditionally. Gatsby was wealthy and would love her unconditionally but Tom was better in her eyes. She loved Gatsby but Tom had the big bucks. When Daisy had hit Merdel with the car and kept going Gatsby took the blame and she got up and left him the next morning with all the blame and the hate. Gatsby and her had a good past but it wasn't strong enough to make her quit her way and make her leave her husband. She was so into the money and so afraid she left Gatsby thinking she still loved him and that she was going to leave Tom but she was lying to him the whole time plus she didn't even attend his
funeral.
Nick is a middle class gentleman who lives in a small house in wested. Nick is the cousin of Daisy buchanan. He was just a person that went with the flow in his life and he didn't really show that many emotions. He had plans for himself over the summer, but it turned out to be more of a vacation that he planned. Nicks american dream is to make everyone else happy. In the story The Great Gatsby he made everyone happy but himself. Nick came from a big generation of families. In chapter one, ¨My family has been prominent, well to do people in this Middle Western city.¨ (
In the great gatsby a lot of character had an american dream some had to work hard and some didn't have to work as hard to get where they are. The dream was quite simple but these characters worked harder than they needed to. Gatsby went overboard trying to get to the one he loved, Daisy wanted success and money and she Tom was the only one that could provide it, and Nick wanted to please other even when he couldn't please himself. They all experienced a lot of things while trying to work up to a better life and they all were great examples of F Scott Fitzgerald attitude about the american dream.