Henry Wang. Mr. Barclay. American Lit . Feb 15, 2017. The

Henry Wang Mr. Barclay American Lit Feb 15, 2017 The American Dream In The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby was written in the year 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald after a shocking event happened not long ago, the World War I. In the novel, the main character Jay Gatsby who was around thirty years old worked his to from a impoverished childhood to one of the richest people in New York City and well known in Wall Street. The book tells us a story of the love between Gatsby and a woman, who is a cousin of Nick Carraway, Daisy. However, the theme of the novel is clearly not about romantic between two individuals but a much larger, non romantic scope. Though all of its actions took place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 and is†¦show more content†¦They belong to two totally different worlds under that condition of America when people all pursue money and material content. So their love is somehow unrealistic. When the war happens he goes to the army and comes back to find Daisy has married somebody else, a man named Tom Buchanan. Gatsby believes that Dai sy a perfect girl who is his true lover. He falls into great agony because he lost Daisy and he thinks they didn’t get married just because he is not rich enough, which is not true. So he tries his best to realize his American Dream, to earn a lot of money and win the love of the girl. So that they will live a happy life forever. However, despite hard work, Gatsby makes his money illegally by selling booze during an era of prohibition in America. From Gatsby’s point of view, his dream of loving Daisy is ruined by the difference in their family s financial situation, so he decides to do some â€Å"businesses† to get enough money in order to impress Daisy and match her family’s wealth. To some degree, he did it. He gets the money he needs and then by building up a large mansion and holding hilarious sizes and number of parties every week, he eventually successfully attracts Daisy’s attention. Daisy comes back to him, dating with him again. Gatsby is so glad that he can have a life that he always wanted with daisy. But in fact, this is all his illusions. In fact, Daisy is not Gatsby’s American Dream. She is just a woman who only having