The Great Gatsby is a story that takes place in the roaring twenties about a wealthy flamboyant man named Jay Gatsby. Gatsby's only desire is to be wealthy so he can catch the attention of his long lost love, Daisy. The desires of Gatsby and other characters in the story have the same desires and characteristics that people in today’s society have; and they have remained that way for the past ninety years. Much has changed since the roaring twenties, however, people's perspective and ambition has not. The Great Gatsby focused primarily on wealthy and famous people, a lot like the media and people do today. People wanted to be rich and wanted to hang out around people that were high class because it made them feel special or popular. For example,
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The idea of the American Dream is that any citizen can achieve happiness or success if that person just simply works hard enough, no matter how rich or poor you are. To many citizens the American Dream can be viewed and used as a chance to do something impactful to society or to your friends and family; to others the American dream may to become rich and spend money on less important things, that truly at its core, are meaningless in the future. Gatsby was the American Dream in the eye of many people, but what people in the twenties didn’t know was that Gatsby was never really happy. He represents today’s American Dream so well because he went from being in poverty to being rich and popular, but in reality all Gatsby wanted was the love of Daisy, and that was his dream. While Gatsby may seem successful throughout the book, his efforts are meaningless because he never officially wins Daisy over. Gatsby’s dream ends up causing him his life when he is shot in his swimming pool because he had been falsely accused of running over and killing Myrtle. Daisy’s American Dream was just to be rich and be able to buy items that she wants. Daisy’s dream was ultimately meaningless, she was willing to let Tom cheat on her and let Gatsby’s life get taken away from him before she gave up on being rich. Both examples led F. Scott Fitzgerald to point out how a selfish dream does not lead to true
The idea of the American Dream is that any citizen can achieve happiness or success if that person just simply works hard enough, no matter how rich or poor you are. To many citizens the American Dream can be viewed and used as a chance to do something impactful to society or to your friends and family; to others the American dream may to become rich and spend money on less important things, that truly at its core, are meaningless in the future. Gatsby was the American Dream in the eye of many people, but what people in the twenties didn’t know was that Gatsby was never really happy. He represents today’s American Dream so well because he went from being in poverty to being rich and popular, but in reality all Gatsby wanted was the love of Daisy, and that was his dream. While Gatsby may seem successful throughout the book, his efforts are meaningless because he never officially wins Daisy over. Gatsby’s dream ends up causing him his life when he is shot in his swimming pool because he had been falsely accused of running over and killing Myrtle. Daisy’s American Dream was just to be rich and be able to buy items that she wants. Daisy’s dream was ultimately meaningless, she was willing to let Tom cheat on her and let Gatsby’s life get taken away from him before she gave up on being rich. Both examples led F. Scott Fitzgerald to point out how a selfish dream does not lead to true