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American Dream
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The Great Gatsby
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines the word ‘better’ as “greater than half; more attractive, favorable, or commendable”; but what really determines someone ‘better’ than the rest of society? Is it their wealth, their clothes, their personality, or their friends? Fitzgerald portrays Jay Gatsby as someone reaching the America Dream. “‘If he’d lived he’d of been a great man. A man like James J. Hill. He’d of helped build up the country [, said Henry Gatz]’” (176). Jay Gatsby’s dad claims that Gatsby could have lived to become a great man, and to one day change the whole country. Although both Gatsby and Nick envision Gatsby's future accomplishments, Gatsby never gets the chance to prove him to be better than the rest of society by his actions and personality while living in New York. Throughout the book, Gatsby is in love with a married woman, Daisy Buchanan, by lying about his past life while accumulating as much wealth as he can. Nick Caraway sees Gatsby as a very successful man who takes action in hopes of accomplishing his one dream, happiness with Daisy. As Nick depicts Gatsby better than the rest of society, Fitzgerald uses the Character Jay Gatsby to reflect his personal view of ‘The America Dream’ influencing people to become untruthful about their past, and blinds themselves from the truth when involved with love. Throughout the book, Jay Gatsby has wealth but continuously lies about his past and breaking former relationships. Society is very i...
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