After reading and studying F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great mark on American literature, The Great Gatsby, I have concluded that Jay Gatsby’s failure arose from his deluded and futile dream of Daisy. I found two critics’ perspectives on Great Gatsby in relation to my hypothesis. The two critics I studied were McLennan (2014) and Islam (2014).
McLennan (2014) states, “Gatsby’s love is not truly for another human being, but only for the image of her inside his own head.”(McLennan, 2014). Gatsby was not ready for Daisy when they first met while he was training in the military. This was because he was soon to go off to war and he did not have the wealth necessary to satisfy Daisy, given her wealthy background. So Gatsby left with the dream of returning …show more content…
Islam believes that it was not directly Gatsby’s dream that failed him. Islam suggests that, it was, in fact the dominant paradigm of that era, which was the American Dream. Islam defines the American Dream as a belief, “that one can accomplish whatever one wants through living this dream which will take one to his/her desired objectives.”(Islam, 2014). In Gatsby’s case his objective was marrying Daisy. This was the failure of Gatsby, but it was not his own doing. In the time period after World War I, but before the Great Depression American society was roaring. Islam word the Americans of the roaring 20’s as, “The Americans of the post world war era were so enthusiastic about achieving their cravings that they got to be uncontrollably vigorous about accomplishing a specific social position or an extravagant way of life.”(Islam, 2014). Gatsby adopted the ideals of the American Dream to shape his dream of marrying Daisy. As Islam aforementioned, Americans were “uncontrollably vigorous” about achieving their American Dream. This perfectly describes Gatsby’s behavior towards his dream. In the short five years of his dream he managed to accumulate extreme wealth, enough to purchase his own mansion and set his social status accordingly. When Gatsby reunited with Daisy he had committed too much of his life, that when she rejected him he did not register it and kept on believing in his ‘American
McLennan (2014) states, “Gatsby’s love is not truly for another human being, but only for the image of her inside his own head.”(McLennan, 2014). Gatsby was not ready for Daisy when they first met while he was training in the military. This was because he was soon to go off to war and he did not have the wealth necessary to satisfy Daisy, given her wealthy background. So Gatsby left with the dream of returning …show more content…
Islam believes that it was not directly Gatsby’s dream that failed him. Islam suggests that, it was, in fact the dominant paradigm of that era, which was the American Dream. Islam defines the American Dream as a belief, “that one can accomplish whatever one wants through living this dream which will take one to his/her desired objectives.”(Islam, 2014). In Gatsby’s case his objective was marrying Daisy. This was the failure of Gatsby, but it was not his own doing. In the time period after World War I, but before the Great Depression American society was roaring. Islam word the Americans of the roaring 20’s as, “The Americans of the post world war era were so enthusiastic about achieving their cravings that they got to be uncontrollably vigorous about accomplishing a specific social position or an extravagant way of life.”(Islam, 2014). Gatsby adopted the ideals of the American Dream to shape his dream of marrying Daisy. As Islam aforementioned, Americans were “uncontrollably vigorous” about achieving their American Dream. This perfectly describes Gatsby’s behavior towards his dream. In the short five years of his dream he managed to accumulate extreme wealth, enough to purchase his own mansion and set his social status accordingly. When Gatsby reunited with Daisy he had committed too much of his life, that when she rejected him he did not register it and kept on believing in his ‘American