“The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.” Def.1. Google Dictionary. 13
March 2017. In the novel The Great Gatsby, the character Jay Gatsby (also known as James
Gatz) exhibits all of the qualities of the American dream and shows just how the dream thrives in the world for those who care to reach for it.
Mr. Gatsby is a man of many qualities and much speculation, however as the book develops more and more about him becomes clear. One of the major developments you will see is his perfect allusion to the American dream and the qualities it entails. For instance, Mr. Gatsby is a man of enormous effort and has had to work all his life to get where he is now and …show more content…
A few days later he took him to Duluth and bought him a blue coat, six pairs of duck trousers, and a yachting cap.
And when the Tuolomee left for the west indies and the Barbary Coast Gatsby left too”
(Fitzgerald 100). After the encounter with Dan Cody, James Gatz was no more and Jay Gatsby was just beginning.
After a 5 hear voyage with Dan Cody and sketchy circumstances, Cody had passed and the money was stolen from Gatsby in a legal suit brought upon by one of Cody’s ex wives. This left Gatsby right back where he was to begin with, but he had already had a taste for the high life, and after joining the military, he met the woman that would become the object of his fascination and what fueled his determination until his tragic end. Her name was Daisy, and they had met at her house with his fellow officers from Camp Taylor. Since the man who pampered him and allowed him to live expensively had passed and he had a found someone he wanted, he needed to be able to afford her expensive tastes. However, he had no time and no way to be with her at the moment as he had to return to service. They still wrote to each other over the course of
March 2017. In the novel The Great Gatsby, the character Jay Gatsby (also known as James
Gatz) exhibits all of the qualities of the American dream and shows just how the dream thrives in the world for those who care to reach for it.
Mr. Gatsby is a man of many qualities and much speculation, however as the book develops more and more about him becomes clear. One of the major developments you will see is his perfect allusion to the American dream and the qualities it entails. For instance, Mr. Gatsby is a man of enormous effort and has had to work all his life to get where he is now and …show more content…
A few days later he took him to Duluth and bought him a blue coat, six pairs of duck trousers, and a yachting cap.
And when the Tuolomee left for the west indies and the Barbary Coast Gatsby left too”
(Fitzgerald 100). After the encounter with Dan Cody, James Gatz was no more and Jay Gatsby was just beginning.
After a 5 hear voyage with Dan Cody and sketchy circumstances, Cody had passed and the money was stolen from Gatsby in a legal suit brought upon by one of Cody’s ex wives. This left Gatsby right back where he was to begin with, but he had already had a taste for the high life, and after joining the military, he met the woman that would become the object of his fascination and what fueled his determination until his tragic end. Her name was Daisy, and they had met at her house with his fellow officers from Camp Taylor. Since the man who pampered him and allowed him to live expensively had passed and he had a found someone he wanted, he needed to be able to afford her expensive tastes. However, he had no time and no way to be with her at the moment as he had to return to service. They still wrote to each other over the course of