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through that thought process. America is known as the land of opportunity or in other words “the place to get rich”. The idea that through hard work anyone can become successful has been spread throughout the United States for decades and decades. Jay Gatsby is the epitome of achieving the American Dream. Money is the greatest influence in Gatsby’s life and gives him both hope and despair . In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the achievement of the American Dream gives Gatsby a…

upon this story’s geography is that love comes at a high price. For Jay Gatsby, he was in love with Daisy when they were in the military together in Louisville. However, they both couldn 't get married and live the rest of their lives with each other because of the famous quote: “A poor boys never marries a rich girl.” Fast forward five years later and Gatsby is one of the richest on West Egg with crazy amounts of money. Jay had waited five years to become rich--which he inherited…

"It makes me sad because I 've never seen such – such beautiful shirts before” (Fitzgerald 98). In the The Great Gatsby, the titular character, Jay Gatsby holds tightly to an illusion that compromises his gaudy lifestyle and leads to his demise. As genuine as Gatsby’s façade seems to be, the dogmatic antagonist, Tom Buchanan suspects that it is an alter ego and sets out to reveal to everyone that…

The Great Gatsby, by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, follows the story of a young man named Nick who moves to Long Island seeking fortune. Nick ultimately ends up living next to a mysterious man known as Gatsby whom he knows almost nothing about. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald uses multiple symbols and allegories to show the mental and physical struggles each character faces. As the story continues, each of the characters affects one another as their fates intertwine. One of the first and most…

Daniel Cho 8/3/15 AP Literature Two Minds Think A Like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye have two similar characters, Jay Gatsby and Holden Caulfield, who have faced similar obstacles, the lack of love. The two protagonists tried to gain attention from others, which they suffered from negative effects. The negativity had taken a huge affect on them because the characters became delusional to what reality. The outcome wouldn’t have happened if these two protagonists were just willingly…

so powerful that it promotes a dogmatic search for a goal that is unachievable. For this reason, the American Dream is a platonic ideal, and while it may be different for every person, it is never attainable, often resulting in an undesirable end. Jay Gatsby’s American dream is to recreate the relationship with the idea of Daisy he has imagined for the last five years. Gatsby creates an ideal world in which they are together, and will stop at nothing to achieve this platonic ideal, something he…

Helen Keller once said, “The only thing that is worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” This could relate to The Great Gatsby because there are many characters in the book that are able to see but are blinded by things in life. Some of these characters include Gatsby, a man-made coming of wealth that is blinded by love. There is also Daisy, a women of old-money who thought she was in-love but is driven by money. Although Gatsby, Daisy and The Wilsons are blinded by some form of…

In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American Dream has a large role in how many of the characters act. The Declaration of Independence gives an idea of what the American Dream is, when it states “ all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. However, this idea of happiness seems to be quite disordered in the eyes of Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom, among others.…

the American Dream is an impossible one (176). Part of the allure of both of these characters is their personal aesthetic. However, while Dean Moriarty’s style is depicted as an authentic representation of his character, Fitzgerald suggests that Jay Gatsby’s aesthetic is part of his pursuit of the American Dream and is, therefore, inauthentic. From the beginning of Gatsby and Nick’s friendship,…

the actions they take. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, this style of writing where descriptions usually can speak for themselves in the way the characters act, if not more so, is heavily used. Especially when it comes to characters like Jay Gatsby and Jordan Baker, who have in some way or another schemed their way to their current position, the manner in which they act, gives them away. Other characters like Tom and Daisy, who have a façade of a happy and fulfilled life, are quickly…