1. The Great Gatsby - Destructive power of dreams
Instead, his main dream is to for his wife and him to move to the West, as he suspects his wife having an affair and wants to take her away from it all: "I've been here too long, I want to get away I just got wised up to something funny the last two days I"m going to get her away" (Pg. 118) While everyone else is moving in, George is the only character in the whole book who dreams about moving out, which makes him a contrast between lifestyle and morality. ... In contrast to these two characters are Tom and Daisy Buchanan. ... The failure of the American Dream is unavoidable, not onl...
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