The Great Gatsby's American Dream
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, reflects the 1920’s American dream by conveying a sense of despair to the aspirations for love and wealth, and the downfall of weakness. These perceived desires give a sense of hope and motivation to achieve them; however, these dreams are so far that they seem to be inaccessible, leading to the downfall of weakness.
F. Scott Fitzgerald successfully deceives the reader into believing that the American dream is achievable through Gatsby’s attempts to convey his love for Daisy based on past beliefs. Gatsby constantly attempted to “repeat the past” (Fitzgerald, 110) in his rekindled relationship with Daisy. He also pursued to “fix everything just the way it was before,” (Fitzgerald, 110) which was impossible …show more content…
Before Gatsby gained his success and wealth, he was penniless. Nick stated, “[Gatsby] had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security; he let her believe that he was a person from much the same stratum as herself” (Fitzgerald, 149). According to this, Gatsby made Daisy feel very comfortable around him even though they came from two very different life styles. Gatsby was a very observant man so he was quick to notice “she vanished into her rich house, into her rich, full life, leaving Gatsby—nothing” (Fitzgerald, 149) meaning that he noticed the difference between her lavish and his destitute life. Gatsby saw a light at the end of his tunnel of poverty with Meyer Wolfshiem. As stated by Tom, “[Gatsby] and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter” (Fitzgerald, 133), this refers to how Gatsby produced his wealth. After he achieved this abundance of money, Gatsby decided to invest his money into his house. Gatsby’s bedroom is described as “the simplest room of all—except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold” (Fitzgerald, 91), this is pointing at that Gatsby has all these assets, yet all he really wanted was Daisy. Gatsby’s dream of wealth was successful, but without Daisy’s love, all the fortune meant
F. Scott Fitzgerald successfully deceives the reader into believing that the American dream is achievable through Gatsby’s attempts to convey his love for Daisy based on past beliefs. Gatsby constantly attempted to “repeat the past” (Fitzgerald, 110) in his rekindled relationship with Daisy. He also pursued to “fix everything just the way it was before,” (Fitzgerald, 110) which was impossible …show more content…
Before Gatsby gained his success and wealth, he was penniless. Nick stated, “[Gatsby] had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security; he let her believe that he was a person from much the same stratum as herself” (Fitzgerald, 149). According to this, Gatsby made Daisy feel very comfortable around him even though they came from two very different life styles. Gatsby was a very observant man so he was quick to notice “she vanished into her rich house, into her rich, full life, leaving Gatsby—nothing” (Fitzgerald, 149) meaning that he noticed the difference between her lavish and his destitute life. Gatsby saw a light at the end of his tunnel of poverty with Meyer Wolfshiem. As stated by Tom, “[Gatsby] and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter” (Fitzgerald, 133), this refers to how Gatsby produced his wealth. After he achieved this abundance of money, Gatsby decided to invest his money into his house. Gatsby’s bedroom is described as “the simplest room of all—except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold” (Fitzgerald, 91), this is pointing at that Gatsby has all these assets, yet all he really wanted was Daisy. Gatsby’s dream of wealth was successful, but without Daisy’s love, all the fortune meant