The American Dream
In the book The Great Gatsby there is an abundant amount of powerful people some arrogant some are classy all are hungry for money. They all are in it for one thing recognition and they all want to live the American Dream. Gatsby’s mansion was built under the intention to show his love for Daisy. Daisy “becomes the embodiment of the American Dream for Gatsby instantly and from that moment they fall in love and he is determined to have her” (Telgen 70). Gatsby’s mansion represents his desire for fame, fortune, and recognition yet in the end is revealed to be worthless showing the emptiness of superficial relationship. Dreams can be a way of escaping the truth. Dreams can also make you chase unrealistic aspirations. Dreams distort and manipulate the world’s circumstances. They were all elusive and misleading in turning one down the path of personal destruction. Jay Gatsby has big dreams. His romantic dream is not only “naive, gaudy, and unattainable,”but also leads to his demise (Ornstein 34). Dreams can be a …show more content…
He wouldn’t let anyone stand in his way of achieving his goal. Then here came along Nick Daisy 's cousin, he ends up moving right next-door to Gatsby in a tiny home. And this is where he finds his chance to be able to talk to Daisy. So one day Nick gets an invitation to one of Gatsby 's parties. So Nick ends up showing up to one of Gatsby 's parties one day and it is so crazy he didn 't know what to do. Nick had showed someone the invitation and they said nobody gets invited to his parties everyone just comes. So he was confused and pleased at the same time he felt special thinking that he was the only one they got an invitation but at the same time there was thousands of people there. He ends up seeing Jordan Baker at the party and they start chatting about Gatsby and she tells him the same so it must 've been for a reason that he got that
In the book The Great Gatsby there is an abundant amount of powerful people some arrogant some are classy all are hungry for money. They all are in it for one thing recognition and they all want to live the American Dream. Gatsby’s mansion was built under the intention to show his love for Daisy. Daisy “becomes the embodiment of the American Dream for Gatsby instantly and from that moment they fall in love and he is determined to have her” (Telgen 70). Gatsby’s mansion represents his desire for fame, fortune, and recognition yet in the end is revealed to be worthless showing the emptiness of superficial relationship. Dreams can be a way of escaping the truth. Dreams can also make you chase unrealistic aspirations. Dreams distort and manipulate the world’s circumstances. They were all elusive and misleading in turning one down the path of personal destruction. Jay Gatsby has big dreams. His romantic dream is not only “naive, gaudy, and unattainable,”but also leads to his demise (Ornstein 34). Dreams can be a …show more content…
He wouldn’t let anyone stand in his way of achieving his goal. Then here came along Nick Daisy 's cousin, he ends up moving right next-door to Gatsby in a tiny home. And this is where he finds his chance to be able to talk to Daisy. So one day Nick gets an invitation to one of Gatsby 's parties. So Nick ends up showing up to one of Gatsby 's parties one day and it is so crazy he didn 't know what to do. Nick had showed someone the invitation and they said nobody gets invited to his parties everyone just comes. So he was confused and pleased at the same time he felt special thinking that he was the only one they got an invitation but at the same time there was thousands of people there. He ends up seeing Jordan Baker at the party and they start chatting about Gatsby and she tells him the same so it must 've been for a reason that he got that