The Role Of The American Dream In The Great Gatsby

The American dream is when one individual makes his own success. The individual may want to be socially or financially better than another one's current state or condition (Eskow). Each person has the right to their own individual dream of success. In the book, The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald, there is a character named Gatsby that followed his own American dream by trying to get reunited with a girl named Daisy, but gets himself killed at the end of the novel. Gatsby is a fictional example that applies to many of us today. The American dream is impossible because people are never satisfied with what they have. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby went from rags to riches overnight by rigging the 1919 World Series and came into a large amount of wealth which people today would view as living the American Dream. Gatsby had a mansion,and inside had grand and ludicrous parties every week. Gatsby had everything in life and still wasn't satisfied. Gatsby wasn’t happy and was still searching for his dream which was a girl named Daisy. Gatsby was staring at a “single green light across the bay”, thinking that he and Daisy would be reunited again and they would continue where they left off before he had to fight in the war (Fitzgerald 20-21). No matter how hard Gatsby
Chris wants to know if the American Dream is still alive. Chris then spoke to Americans on what their beliefs were.- Larry, from Ohatchee, Alabama said “ I have worked in foundries all my life, since I was fifteen. Hard work, and I will teach my kids those values.” Larry gives a good example why they have to keep working hard just to be satisfied with what they got financially. Then Larry has to work hard to earn increases in what little wealth he has. When people are always looking at other possessions, they feel inferior, and need more to feel