Jay Gatsby, the novel’s title character, exemplified The American Dream through his accumulation of substantial wealth, however shadowed from the public were his true means of acquiring immediate fortune. Young and in his early thirties, Gatsby resided lavishly in his comfortable estate located in West Egg, NY, “It was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby’s mansion.” In order to display his abundant wealth, Gatsby became notorious for hosting extravagant weekend parties, to which the superficial guest list extended to all walks of life, celebrities and squatters alike. “Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was i

Economically and socially equipped it appears that a man of Gatsby’s statue would have no trouble finding love in a vast city such as New York. Affection brought Gatsby East, in his pursuit of his teenage lover, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby entirely arranged his new life in the East around his quest for Daisy. “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.” Through his friendship with Nick, Gatsby is able to conduct a creative encounter between himself and Daisy through tea at Nick’s cottage. ‘“We haven’t met for many years,” said Daisy, her voice as matter-of- fact as it could ever be. “Five years next November.”’ Gatsby’s continuous track of the time of separation between the couple emphasizes his extreme care for Daisy. “He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.” Gatsby’s entire post war life had been devoted to fabricating the perfect life in order to appease Daisy’s wealthy lifestyle; therefore he valued her view to the simplest degree. Initiating an affair with Daisy, Gatsby’s success of The American Dream became within reach. ‘“Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!”’ Gatsby’s unwillingness to move forward a

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