Gatsby had a dream of leaving his past behind and he ends up changing his real name “James Gatz” to “Jay Gatsby” this shows how it was an illusion. Gatsby’s dream was to get Daisy back, the love of his life for five years. He was a poor man who became rich by doing illegal activites. Daisy was a women who loved rich guys and she wanted to recieve good objects. Therefore, Gatsby’s thought that just because he had money and power , he was going to get Daisy back. He relied on Daisy which that was his American Dream. Gatsby was an example of illusion because he had everything he wanted but except Daisy, but he never appreciated the materials he was surrounded by. Gatsby said “You know, old sport, I’ve never used tha pool all summer,” this shows how he didn’t value anything he had because he was too busy trying to get Daisy back since she was the reason for everything and end up having nothing. This demonstrates you shouldn’t rely on people to achieve your American Dream because you will end up with nothing you
Gatsby had a dream of leaving his past behind and he ends up changing his real name “James Gatz” to “Jay Gatsby” this shows how it was an illusion. Gatsby’s dream was to get Daisy back, the love of his life for five years. He was a poor man who became rich by doing illegal activites. Daisy was a women who loved rich guys and she wanted to recieve good objects. Therefore, Gatsby’s thought that just because he had money and power , he was going to get Daisy back. He relied on Daisy which that was his American Dream. Gatsby was an example of illusion because he had everything he wanted but except Daisy, but he never appreciated the materials he was surrounded by. Gatsby said “You know, old sport, I’ve never used tha pool all summer,” this shows how he didn’t value anything he had because he was too busy trying to get Daisy back since she was the reason for everything and end up having nothing. This demonstrates you shouldn’t rely on people to achieve your American Dream because you will end up with nothing you