The False Pursue of Happiness
Many people had come to America to pursue one thing, the American Dream In Some cases people will succeed. Although, many others will not. The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F.Scott Fitzgerald is a perfect example of the flaws of the American Dream. Many will reach but few will achieve. In the novel Gatsby is a man who as a kid was poor he had bright dreams of pursuing his dreams of one day becoming rich. After the Great War, Gatsby moves to the east where he becomes one of the greatest bootleggers. Before the war Gatsby had a thing with Daisy who married Tom Buchanan a rich man who inherited all of his wealth. Nick is another character who is after the American riches working in the stocks during America's …show more content…
In one scene of the book Gatsby plans for Nick to invite Daisy to his home so he can finally reach his goal of happiness. “...That huge place there?” she cried pointing.
“Do you like it?”
“I love it, but I don’t see how you live there all alone.”
“I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people” (Fitzgerald pg.90). This quotation shows that even though Gatsby has all the money he can wish for he still hasn’t reached that goal of full happiness. Gatsby isn’t the only character that isn’t happy. Daisy isn’t happy with her marriage, there’s a scene in the book that takes place at in her home, she is having dinner with her husband, Nick, and Jordan. “That huge place there?” she cried pointing.
“Do you like it?”
“I love it, but I don’t see how you live there all alone.”
“I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people”(Pg.16). This contributes to the fact that Daisy can have all she desires but she won’t be as happy as she …show more content…
In the beginning of the novel, Nick is describing Tom’s features and personal background. He talks about how his family had been one of America’s wealthiest. “His family were enormously wealthy — even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach — but now he’d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance, he’d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that”(Fitzgerald, pg.6). This shows that some people will already have the “American Dream” set for them. Fitzgerald does this to exploit the reality of the American Dream, that it will be either inherited or earned the hard way. In the beginning of chapter three Nick describes the Valley of Ashes. He describes the men whom work here to be the ashes as if they were already dead. “...Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud…”(Pg.23). Fitzgerald puts the Valley of Ashes in his book as a symbol of poverty. He is also trying to compare the working conditions of the working places to the rich
Many people had come to America to pursue one thing, the American Dream In Some cases people will succeed. Although, many others will not. The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F.Scott Fitzgerald is a perfect example of the flaws of the American Dream. Many will reach but few will achieve. In the novel Gatsby is a man who as a kid was poor he had bright dreams of pursuing his dreams of one day becoming rich. After the Great War, Gatsby moves to the east where he becomes one of the greatest bootleggers. Before the war Gatsby had a thing with Daisy who married Tom Buchanan a rich man who inherited all of his wealth. Nick is another character who is after the American riches working in the stocks during America's …show more content…
In one scene of the book Gatsby plans for Nick to invite Daisy to his home so he can finally reach his goal of happiness. “...That huge place there?” she cried pointing.
“Do you like it?”
“I love it, but I don’t see how you live there all alone.”
“I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people” (Fitzgerald pg.90). This quotation shows that even though Gatsby has all the money he can wish for he still hasn’t reached that goal of full happiness. Gatsby isn’t the only character that isn’t happy. Daisy isn’t happy with her marriage, there’s a scene in the book that takes place at in her home, she is having dinner with her husband, Nick, and Jordan. “That huge place there?” she cried pointing.
“Do you like it?”
“I love it, but I don’t see how you live there all alone.”
“I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people”(Pg.16). This contributes to the fact that Daisy can have all she desires but she won’t be as happy as she …show more content…
In the beginning of the novel, Nick is describing Tom’s features and personal background. He talks about how his family had been one of America’s wealthiest. “His family were enormously wealthy — even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach — but now he’d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance, he’d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that”(Fitzgerald, pg.6). This shows that some people will already have the “American Dream” set for them. Fitzgerald does this to exploit the reality of the American Dream, that it will be either inherited or earned the hard way. In the beginning of chapter three Nick describes the Valley of Ashes. He describes the men whom work here to be the ashes as if they were already dead. “...Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud…”(Pg.23). Fitzgerald puts the Valley of Ashes in his book as a symbol of poverty. He is also trying to compare the working conditions of the working places to the rich