... A. Miller, their portrayals of the American Dream, its risks and dangers. Jay Gatsby represents the flourishing side of the Dream. He seems to show that it is possible to achieve great success from nothing through the examples of his possessions; "I watched the guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach ... success blind him from the truth. He continues to praise his son's supposed success, not admitting to the truth, and not accepting that Biff has not lived up to his expectations. "He's been doing very big things in the West. But he's deci...

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