The Great Gatsby American Dream

's The Great Gatsby tells the story of the class conflict, social status, and the pursuit of the American Dream in the 1920 's America era. The American Dream is the belief that every American should have the opportunity to achieve success and prosperity and to live a fulfilled and happy life through hard work, honesty, moral integrity, determination, and initiative. In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald presents the characters Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, and Jay Gatsby all following the dream of…

The American Dream The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a tragic love story but is also a clear representation of the American dream. Most characters in the novel wanted wealth, fame, and success and would do anything in their power to get this. What they did not realize was that money could not buy them happiness. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald shows how relationships are broken, and dreams are eventually ruined by the harsh reality of life. Fitzgerald does a great job representing…

and strive for the American Dream. Whether it be to increase their own prosperity, or to rise to prosperity from the ashes of poverty, both remain certain. The Great Gatsby is a tale of such determination for what cannot be gained. The characters strive toward their dream, even if that road quickens the steps towards death. Fitzgerald demonstrates a striving for and inevitable loss of the unobtainable in the American Dream through several characters in The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is a man of…

The elusive American Dream. The quintessential stereotype that supposedly outlines the ideal American life: success, personal fulfillment, and wealth. A long-debated concept that famed author F. Scott Fitzgerald clearly addressed in all of his novels. Fitzgerald himself lived and breathed The American Dream during the Roaring Twenties. He searched for The American Dream only to discover that the “dream” is merely an illusion of the pursuit of happiness. The "dream" remains a mirage to the middle…

Mr. Gatsby is the rich and lovestruck star of our show, he’s dedicated, and he’s one of Nick's best friends. The story begins with Nick seeing Gatsby as an enigmatic figure. Gatsby continues to provide a sense of luxury to Nick as his only view of the man is through his parties and his exotic guests and celebrities who visit. Nick described it as such “ There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the…

idea of individuality flourished during this era. Because the idea of individual assertion became wide spread, American citizens became independent and built their lives based on the conceptions of this time. When The Jazz Age conjured new conceptions, new ideas of wealth and partying controlled the lives of civilians. Because one could not be successful without wealth during…

Involuntarily I glanced seaward — and distinguished nothing except a single green light..”(Fitzgerald 20). This was Jay Gatsby’s dream. A single light that he strived to be closer to, which leads to Daisy. His dream was suppose to be unreachable because of his social and financial status, but his hardwork and determination seemed to defy the odds that were set against him. The “American Dream” is closely related to this. Everyone sees themselves in the future at different points. They have…

believed in a dream in which anyone, regardless of their name, class, and color, can achieve their own interpretation of success in a world where social mobility is possible for everyone. The American dream is accomplished through sacrifice, valor, and hard work. It grants people the freedom to strive for bigger and exceptional things rather than remaining in one condition for the most of an individual’s life. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby represents the rise and the fall of the American Dream…

Money can be an obstacle that can block you from achieving your dream, but with the necessary steps you can develop a financial growth. According to the article, Class and the American Dream “The odds that a child will climb from poverty to wealth, or fall from wealth to the middle class, have remained stuck.” However, a fictional character named Jay Gatsby from the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald proves that anybody can upgrade their low income lifestyle. To begin with, Mr.Gatsby…

its citizen to strive for. The American Dream was a fallacy created to keep lower class people working hard and the upper class comfortable through the suffering of the poor. The holographic ideal of the American Dream continued to flourish through all of time and still today. In the pioneer days it convinced people in their comfy homes to uproot and move westward in the hopes of a better life, but all that was found was despair and sorrow. Today the American Dream urges us to work harder…