The American Dream And Reality In The Great Gatsby

Dreams Wider than Reality Dreaming of the impossible is the main theme in The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald. To the reader, the tragedy of the novel becomes very clear at an early point in the book, when Gatsby begins to mention returning to life in the past. Throughout the novel, Nick tries to еxplore Gatsby’s past, however, there are always missing puzzles from the story. With this uncertainty, Fitzgerald implies that not everything in Gatsby’s life was smooth and that he is most definitely hiding some facts. The tragedy of Jay Gatsby is centering his life around a dream that was simply too far from the bitter reality. Fitzgerald makes it certain that the vast dream of Jay Gatsby is what overtakes him and his perception of reality, as well kills him mentally and physically in the end. …show more content…
Although he does dream of escaping the poverty he had to face in childhood, his dream is much more complex. It seems as if his lifestyle at the beginning of the story is a real life representation of achieving the American Dream of being rich and considered the upper class. Nonetheless, Gatsby is strictly focused on getting Daisy back; he does not care about the parties, drinks or anything else that could get him off track. All parts of Gatsby’s life, his house, cars, parties, all of that disappears as soon as Daisy also becomes a part of his life. Fitzgerald demonstrates that the consumerism everyone enjoyed at that time vanished from Gatsby’s life as soon as he was able to take one step closer to his biggest dream. Although he was able to have a relationship with Daisy and to him it seems like the final step is close, Gatsby failed to consider the fact that both his beloved Daisy and her husband were absolutely careless