The Great Gatsby Deceptive Essay

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald suggests that the American Dream is deceptive, the people who pursue it are dissatisfied, and this pursuit is ultimately meaningless. The American dream is believed to be achieved by anyone. Lots of people have achieved the American dream and are still unhappy with their own lives. In “The Great Gatsby” lots of characters are unsatisfied cause they don’t have everything they want and lots of drama is caused.
First, F. Scott Fitzgerald suggests that the American Dream is deceptive. For example, Gatsby working with the mob is deceptive because it goes against him being a good person to everyone and a honest hard working man. He presents himself as a wealthy man. He is really a criminal and doing illegal …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald implies that the people who pursue the American Dream are dissatisfied. Tom cheats even though he has money and a beautiful wife. In the following quote, “The fact that he had one mistress, was insisted upon wherever he was known. His acquaintances resented the fact that he turned up in popular restaurants with her and, leaving her at a table, sauntered about, chatting with whomever he knew”, there is something missing in his life that is not fulfilled otherwise he would not be doing what he is doing. Tom is a little narcissistic because he leaves his mistress at the table and brags about it with everyone in that room. Also, even though Gatsby lives the American dream Gatsby is dissatisfied because he works hard for something he can never have. In the following quote” His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy's white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.” This shows Gatsby is in love with daisy and shows. This is Gatsby’s American Dream to be with daisy and have these moments which shows he is dissatisfied because he is actually not with daisy. Sadly, he ends up not winning her over and daisy stays …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald is suggesting that the pursuit of the American Dream is ultimately meaningless. For example, after everything that happened Gatsby did not end up with Daisy. In the following quote, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.". Gatsby tried to get her attention. The thing he did for her when they were first in love were all meaningless and what he is doing now is still meaningless because Daisy still ends up with Tom. Another reason is Gatsby sacrifices his life by doing illegal sales to achieve the wealth daisy desired. In the following quote, "I thought you inherited your money. I did, old sport," he said automatically, "but I lost most of it in the big panic – the panic of the war. I think he hardly knew what he was saying, for when I asked him what business he was in he answered, "That's my affair," before he realized that it wasn't the appropriate reply. Oh, I've been in several things," he corrected himself. "I was in the drug business and then I was in the oil business. But I'm not in either one now." Gatsby is telling nick more about himself and tells him the way he got his money. Gatsby achieved money in an awfully dangerous way in his past. Gatsby put his life at risk not only to make money but for Daisy, to win her heart and make her