... accomplishes some of them, but goes on living even if failing on others. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a pathetic character because he wasted his whole life chasing an unrealistic dream. Gatsby's dream is unrealistic because "it depends for its success upon Daisy's discontent with her marriage and her willingness to exchange it for a life of love. But ... the entire game. Jay Gatsby was a bad player in the game of life and a pitiful human being. In conclusion, Jay Gatsby is a pathetic character because he wasted his whole life chasing an unrealistic dream. The dream was u...

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... said that the richest man can have everything, but will feel empty inside. Nick appreciates Gatsby's dream of becoming rich but does not think he is truly happy. Gatsby is chasing after a dream that is not possible. Gatsby has worked his whole life to be with Daisy but unfortunately Daisy does not accept to being with Gatsby. Daisy wants to be ... ...

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... never fit to live out his life in the rich society with Daisy as he planned. Since Gatsby was overcome by grief and sadness, he lived his whole entire life chasing after Daisy. This leads to his downfall because Gatsby never fully realized that it was just a dream. He becomes so lost in this dream that he loses a sense of reality ... ...

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... ). Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the larger American Dream where everyone has the opportunity to get what they want. Characters, including his close friend Nick, do not see why Gatsby is chasing the past. Nick attempts to show Jay the flaw of his dream, but Jay innocently replies to Nick's statement that the past cannot be relived by saying, "Can't repeat the ... ...

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... people can get so caught up in the American dream that it runs their lives. Almost all of the characters in the book at one point in the novel are chasing the dream of financial success. The narrator of the book, Nick Carraway starts out fine but by the end of the book is in search of the dream due to ... ...

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... he hates. In The Great Gatsby the main character Jay Gatsby is bent on erasing his past in order to win back the girl of his dreams. He is desperately chasing after a false dream and his failure to realize this ends up causing his demise. His failure to accept the fact that he can't he cannot change the past causes him ... ...

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... affair with, and Tom and her had to move to Europe with their daughter to find a new life. Myrtle was run over and killed, when she thought she was actually chasing after Tom in his car. They all suffered a loss because they filled their head with the thought that money was the only thing that really mattered in this world. They ... ...

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... his longing for Daisy, for money, and for acceptance. Gatsby's dream gave him a purpose in life, which sets him apart from the rest of the upper class. He is constantly chasing his dream of being with Daisy, from the moment he stretches his arms towards her house to his final days of life when he patiently waits for hours outside her ... ...

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... his longing for Daisy, for money, and for acceptance. Gatsby's dream gave him a purpose in life, which sets him apart from the rest of the upper class. He is constantly chasing his dream of being with Daisy, from the moment he stretches his arms towards her house to his final days of life when he patiently waits for hours outside her ... ...

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... his longing for Daisy, for money, and for acceptance. Gatsby's dream gave him a purpose in life, which sets him apart from the rest of the upper class. He is constantly chasing his dream of being with Daisy, from the moment he stretches his arms towards her house to his final days of life when he patiently waits for hours outside her ... ...

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... on the fact that he is related to Daisy. Fitzgerald uses the contrasting morals and values of the characters of his novel to best show the warped lives that those chasing the American dream lived. Gatsby and Tom, although having both amassed great wealth, are very different characters, and the disparity between them is a central focus of the book. Gatsby is ... ...

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... criteria for success, and ultraconservatism in social and political thinking". When Nick mentions that what "preyed on Gatsby" lead to his downfall, the reader's imagination conjures up images of predators chasing its prey. This animalistic symbolism is used by Fitzgerald to show that the actions of the characters are more suited in the wild, rather than the sophisticated city of New ... ...

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... life, his dreams of becoming that rich guy who has the girl such as the way his mentor Dan Cody had it. He can also be deemed not great because chasing a dream of his became his eventual downfall. This can be proven from a critical essay which states, "Jay Gatsby loses his life even though he makes his millions because they are ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School