Preview Of Great Gatsby Essay

  
Topic

Is Gatsby’s desire for success—however we define it—evidence of the American dream, obsession, a personal sense of honor, or something else? Does Gatsby symbolize our culture and even our own desires, or is he an outlier?



The American dream is something everyone tries to accomplish. Having a home with a husband or wife and kids. Maybe with the occasional pet dog. Gatsby's desire for success is evidence of the American Dream. His obsession with a woman that was already out of his reach, cost him his life at the end. Just like in our culture we sometimes work ourselves to death to achieve what we want.

Everything Gatsby did was to impress Daisy. Hoping that she would leave her husband for him. Gatsby bought himself a large mansion across the water from where Dasiy lived. He would through enormous party's, in the hope of one day to attract Daisy. Throwing large party's and moving close to women whose's already taken for small the hope she will willing come back to you seems pretty obsessive.

Gatsby even got close to Nick whose Daisy's cousin. He was able to convince Nick to invite Daisy over for tea at Nicks's place. This was the beginning of Gatsby's obsession. This later led Nick and Gatsby to go over to Daisy's place. Gatsby created a friendship with Nick to get what he wanted, which was Daisy. His plan almost worked, but Daisy decided to be indecisive. She admitted loving both Tom and Gatsby. You would think this would show Gatsby that Daisy was a waste of his time, but that wasn't enough for Gatsby to end his obsession with Daisy.

I feel like Gatsby's actions from the novel do symbolize our culture. We still now do everything in our power to get what we want. Sometimes our selfishness gets in our way, but humans do make mistakes. Sometimes when we try and fix our mistakes we hurt others in the process.