Did Gatsby Achieve The American Dream

The American dream is the belief that each person has equal opportunities and through hard work and time, one would be able to reach success. The Great Gatsby, is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it tells the story of a man named Jay Gatsby and how he came to be the person that he became. The main character Jay Gatsby was born James Gatz on a farm in North Dakota. He worked with a man named Dan Cody, who was a millionaire and while working with him, Gatsby decided that he wanted to dedicate his life to achieve wealth. Then in Louisiana while training to be an officer, he fell in love with a woman named Daisy. Being with Daisy is the dream that sets of Gatsby on a road to achieve the American dream. In the end, Gatsby does not achieve the American. He does not achieve the American dream …show more content…
Gatsby did not achieve the American dream because he achieves wealth by breaking the law, he is a complete lie, and he was never really welcomed into the society.. Critics may argue that Gatsby does achieve the American dream because he went from not having money to buy clothes to throwing parties that can hold up to hundreds of people and buying the most luxurious items. This is true that he has a lot of money and can get almost anything he want but the fact that he makes him money illegally is not following the American dream. Although the American dream states that everyone has equal opportunities to succeed in life, this is not true. Someone who is born in a higher social class would have more chances to succeed because they will have more opportunities with the people that they know. One that is born in a lower social class would have to work harder to try and prove themselves in order for them to get to the place that they want to be. The thought of the American dream is enough for some people to rise up into the higher social class but for most people hard work is a daily thing they do in order to