The Great Gatsby
In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald the fate of Jay Gatsby is important in conveying the writer´s theme, which is the American Dream and its failure. Gatsby´s American Dream is Daisy. He builds up his whole life around her, and he is willing to do everything for her.
To achieve his dream Gatsby believes that he has to be wealthy and have a lot of money. He is so overwhelmed by luxury that he does not see that the money cannot buy him love and happiness. Gatsby thinks that if he can win Daisy back, he will be truly happy. When he is having an affair with Daisy he still is not happy. He wants her to say that she never loved Tom, but she can´t. at this point it is clearly showing that Daisy is corrupt. She chooses Tom, due to his social place and his security of old money. This is where his dream fails, and all his wealth to impress Daisy is now wasted.
Gatsby´s money is new money. He has got them from illegal and corrupted sources, and the higher class of old money never accepts him. He thinks that if the has money, he will get Daisy. Jay is never able to understand that he cannot get what he want because of his corruption, and in the end, he is the victim and has failed. Gatsby’s own dreams have been corrupted and crushed by cold, brutal reality.
His fate is quite tragic. He is exposed as a bootlegger, and he is never able to achieve his dream, and he loses Daisy. Near the end Gatsby is also shot by Wilson, because they accused him for running over Myrtle. When Myrtle is killed Gatsby is pointed out as the driver because of his yellow car, which he bought to impress Daisy. Yellow symbolises wealth, which
over and over again is connected to Gatsby and what he believes he need for his dream. Yellow also means corruption, and that is the main reason of his failure. He can´t get Daisy, because he is in love with a memory of her and how she used to be, but now they are both corrupted. In the end of the novel, only Nick and his father
To achieve his dream Gatsby believes that he has to be wealthy and have a lot of money. He is so overwhelmed by luxury that he does not see that the money cannot buy him love and happiness. Gatsby thinks that if he can win Daisy back, he will be truly happy. When he is having an affair with Daisy he still is not happy. He wants her to say that she never loved Tom, but she can´t. at this point it is clearly showing that Daisy is corrupt. She chooses Tom, due to his social place and his security of old money. This is where his dream fails, and all his wealth to impress Daisy is now wasted.
Gatsby´s money is new money. He has got them from illegal and corrupted sources, and the higher class of old money never accepts him. He thinks that if the has money, he will get Daisy. Jay is never able to understand that he cannot get what he want because of his corruption, and in the end, he is the victim and has failed. Gatsby’s own dreams have been corrupted and crushed by cold, brutal reality.
His fate is quite tragic. He is exposed as a bootlegger, and he is never able to achieve his dream, and he loses Daisy. Near the end Gatsby is also shot by Wilson, because they accused him for running over Myrtle. When Myrtle is killed Gatsby is pointed out as the driver because of his yellow car, which he bought to impress Daisy. Yellow symbolises wealth, which
over and over again is connected to Gatsby and what he believes he need for his dream. Yellow also means corruption, and that is the main reason of his failure. He can´t get Daisy, because he is in love with a memory of her and how she used to be, but now they are both corrupted. In the end of the novel, only Nick and his father