The American Dream can be defined as a realistic goal that one hopes to achieve through hard work and determination. Raised on a small, poverty-stricken farm with penniless parents, Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby had high hopes of making a name for himself and acquiring the wealthy status. Gatsby went on to join the war, leaving behind his lover, Daisy Fay, and promised himself that she would be with him for the rest of their lives. After the war, Gatsby finds out Daisy has gone off to marry Tom Buchanan, and he makes it his ultimate goal to win Daisy back by impressing her with the parties that he hosts with many of his so-called friends, and the wealth that he obtains through illegal activity. While Gatsby believes
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Wilson due to a misleading accident. Gatsby’s violent death proved how throughout his life, he had no real friends or relationships. If Gatsby had just even one friend to prove how it wasn 't his fault for how Myrtle died, Gatsby himself would’ve still been able to live and would not have been an innocent victim. While Nick is planning for Gatsby’s funeral, Nick notices how many people want no part or is unable to be with him at this sad time in life. It finally becomes apparent to him that “it grew upon me that I was responsible, because no one else was interested.” (Fitzgerald, 172) No one had an interest or knew much about Gatsby except for Nick; only Nick knew about Gatsby’s past life with growing up poor and meeting Daisy. Eventually, the day for Gatsby’s funeral came, and the only people present at the time were Nick, Gatsby’s father, Owl Eyes, and some of the butlers that was there to escort Gatsby. Nick then starts to sit and wait, hoping more people would come: “I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars, But it wasn 't any use. Nobody came.” (Fitzgerald, 182) Nick realizes that no one will show up, and this dawns in that no one else will come because they did not care for Gatsby; none of them were true friends to care enough about Gatsby’s death. As Gatsby was being lowered, Owl Eyes mentioned how “they used to come by the hundreds.” (Fitzgerald, 183) In the end, Gatsby’s life was lonely without any real friends to …show more content…
Jay Gatsby certainly does not attain his American Dream because of his failure to woo Daisy towards him, his focus on the past, and his deficiency of reassuring friends and relations. Gatsby’s interaction with Daisy, corrupted wealth, and unsupportive friends have prevented him from reaching the goal that many others hope or will obtain through willpower and true, hard work. Instead, he would dream in his imagination about the past, and “never succeeds in seeing through the sham of his world or his acquaintances very clearly. It is of the essence of his romantic American vision that it should lack the seasoned powers of discrimination. But it invests those illusions with its own faith, and thus it discovers its projected goodness in the frauds of its crippled world.” (Bloom) Gatsby fell into a world of mirage, where he was unable to escape the obstacles towards his dream, which ended with a violent
Wilson due to a misleading accident. Gatsby’s violent death proved how throughout his life, he had no real friends or relationships. If Gatsby had just even one friend to prove how it wasn 't his fault for how Myrtle died, Gatsby himself would’ve still been able to live and would not have been an innocent victim. While Nick is planning for Gatsby’s funeral, Nick notices how many people want no part or is unable to be with him at this sad time in life. It finally becomes apparent to him that “it grew upon me that I was responsible, because no one else was interested.” (Fitzgerald, 172) No one had an interest or knew much about Gatsby except for Nick; only Nick knew about Gatsby’s past life with growing up poor and meeting Daisy. Eventually, the day for Gatsby’s funeral came, and the only people present at the time were Nick, Gatsby’s father, Owl Eyes, and some of the butlers that was there to escort Gatsby. Nick then starts to sit and wait, hoping more people would come: “I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars, But it wasn 't any use. Nobody came.” (Fitzgerald, 182) Nick realizes that no one will show up, and this dawns in that no one else will come because they did not care for Gatsby; none of them were true friends to care enough about Gatsby’s death. As Gatsby was being lowered, Owl Eyes mentioned how “they used to come by the hundreds.” (Fitzgerald, 183) In the end, Gatsby’s life was lonely without any real friends to …show more content…
Jay Gatsby certainly does not attain his American Dream because of his failure to woo Daisy towards him, his focus on the past, and his deficiency of reassuring friends and relations. Gatsby’s interaction with Daisy, corrupted wealth, and unsupportive friends have prevented him from reaching the goal that many others hope or will obtain through willpower and true, hard work. Instead, he would dream in his imagination about the past, and “never succeeds in seeing through the sham of his world or his acquaintances very clearly. It is of the essence of his romantic American vision that it should lack the seasoned powers of discrimination. But it invests those illusions with its own faith, and thus it discovers its projected goodness in the frauds of its crippled world.” (Bloom) Gatsby fell into a world of mirage, where he was unable to escape the obstacles towards his dream, which ended with a violent