The Great Gatsby is about the American Dream and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is central to many novels. This dream is different for different people, but for the protagonist in The Great Gatsby, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay Gatsby must reach into the past and relive an old ... dream and in order to do this he must have wealth and power. Jay Gatsby, the central figure of the the story, is one character who longs for the past. Surprisingly he devote...

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... lived and pursued. Jay Gatsby and the American Dream For Jay Gatsby the protagonist of The Great Gatsby, the pursuit of his American dream took the path of amassing of great personal wealth and social success that will capture the heart of a beautiful lady called Daisy Buchanan. Born in rural North Dakota and growing up with poor parents, Gatsby came to despise of poverty. Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby notes that Gatsby is the son of a "shiftless ... history that Gatsby can never understand. Observing the confrontation and seeing that Tom has bested himself over Gatsby,...

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... of moral values that had taken place. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald illustrates the downfall of those who sought after the American Dream. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a chronicle of the failure of the American Dream. The rise and fall of Jay Gatsby parallels the rise and fall of the American Dream. The rise of Jay Gatsby, born James Gatz, is shown through his past when he was a personal assistant for a yacht owner named Dan Cody ... "cavalier attitudes towards the truth" (McAdams 112). As Polonius once advised his son, Laertes: "to thine own self be true" (Hamlet Act I,...

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... rooted love for Nick's cousin Daisy. Daisy is married, but this doesn't stop her from having a love affair with Gatsby. Daisy's husband becomes suspicious and the story ultimately ends in Gatsby's death. The underlying theme in all of this is that Gatsby uses money to form personal relationships. "Fitzgerald never explains how he acquired his money, however corruption is suggested." (Berman) How he got his ... Daisy have a common history that Gatsby can never understand. Observing the confrontation and seeing that Tom has bested himself over Gatsby, Daisy feels the love she had for Gats...

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