“All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection”(unknown). Everyone isn’t perfect and dreams do fail, just like the protagonist in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald learned. The dream was unachievable for Jay Gatsby due to his social class he tried to escape, the under the table business he ran to make quick money and the girl who killed his hopes and dreams. Jay Gatsby was born into a low social class. At a young age “Jimmy was bound to get ahead. He was always had some resolves like this or something” (Fitzgerald 173). Jay ran away from home and sailed along South shore of Lake Superior for about a year working as a clam-digger and a salmon-fisher. Jay eventually came across a man named Dan Cody and he finally had hopes of fulfilling
