Everyone has certain goals in life. The things that each person desire differs based on a variety of factors. Some want wealth. Others want love. Jay Gatsby wanted both. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's A Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby chased a hollow and unattainable dream which only leads to misery.
The dream that Gatsby had may be identified as the American Dream. He desired to go from rags to riches. Gatsby lived in the West Egg. Jay wanted the ability to be accepted in the East Egg. Jay wanted to live the life of luxury that the East Egg offered. He also desired wealth. In his opinion each of these elements would lead him to popularity. He also believed that it would lead him to the second part of his dream. The second part of his dream was to fall in love. Jay wanted to experience this desperately. He specifically wanted to experience it with Daisy. His belief that wealth would make Daisy love him may be identified in the line of the story that states " He had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security; he let her believe that he was a person from much the same stratum as herself -that he was fully able to take care of her. As a matter of fact, he had no such facilities." (Fitzgerald)
[...] In order to portray this image he made up several lies. He even changed his name. Nevertheless, Jay attained wealth and popularity in hopes of reaching his dream to gain Daisy's love. Jay managed to become a millionaire. Gatsby lived in the era of prohibition and found wealth as a bootlegger. He bought an enormous mansion. The popularity he desired came from the parties he held. Jay threw parties weekly. (Crow and Fitzgerald ) Jay Gatsby's dream of gaining Daisy's love was unattainable for several reasons. [...]
[...] The unattainable dream of Jay Gatsby Everyone has certain goals in life. The things that each person desire differs based on a variety of factors. Some want wealth. Others want love. Jay Gatsby wanted both. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's A Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby chased a hollow and unattainable dream which only leads to misery. The dream that Gatsby had may be identified as the American Dream. He desired to go from rags to riches. Gatsby lived in the West Egg. [...]
[...] She was the cousin of Jay Gatsby's neighbor, Nick Carraway. They met when Jay was a military officer. Consequently, they also met right before Gatsby would be leaving to fight World War I. Daisy promised to wait for him to return from war. She did not keep the promise. Instead, she married Tom Buchanan. Jay Gatsby's dream may be identified as hollow. (Crow and Fitzgerald ) The reason for this is because the dream was filled with an empty promise. [...]
[...] Several elements contributed to Jay Gatsby's misery. He realized that his dream might not be attainable. This is revealed partially in the line that states, faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness."(Fitzgerald) Daisy let Gatsby get charged with murder. She ran off with her husband and left him alone and broken. The final contribution to his misery was his death. (Maurer) He was killed in his own pool. In conclusion, Jay chased something that led to misery. [...]
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