Gatsby hosts many large, wild, and costly parties in hopes of having Daisy present at one sooner or later. ... Seshachari states that in reaching Gatsby's personal dream he embodies what society calls the American dream because he is "compelled to resort to the material acquisition- (94) to gain fulfillment. ... Myrtle calls Tom to pick her up from the garage. ...
This period in American History is also called the Jazz age, it was a revolution, women started to gain equality in the eyes of men, the culture exploded with celebrities and music and economic growth. ... In Gatsby's eyes, Daisy is practically an angel, he thinks she can do no wrong, which is ironic because when Gatsby is murdered she doesn't even call to check when the funeral is. ... In The Great Gatsby, Jay throws fantastically wild, extravagant parties for the soul purpose of meeting Daisy there just once. ...
And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. ... He went through countless drafts of his works, revising, writing and reworking long hours into the night aspiring to achieve the so-called "American Dream" writing about characters who reflected his monumental desires and ultimate failure to achieve the dreams that haunt them. ...
Gatsby even goes so far as to place his enormous mansion just across the lake from Daisy's home and throws wild, decadent parties in effort to win her back and obtain the final piece of an elaborate destiny of greatness. ... What was once for Thomas Jefferson - a belief in self-reliance and hard work has become what Nick Carraway calls "...the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty." ...
In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote what was considered to be his greatest work. The Great Gatsby is considered to be the "great American novel" by many because the main character of the story is said to "embody the innocence of the American dream." (Shute 3.) The novel ultimately manifests the fai...
