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AmericanDreamin“TheGreatGatsby”F.ScottFitzgerald’snovel,“TheGreatGatsby”,isoneofthefewnovelshewrotein1925.Thenoveltakesplaceduringthe1920’sfollowingthe1stWorldWar.ItiswrittenaboutayoungmannamedNick,fromtheeasthemovedtothewesttolearnaboutthebondbusiness.HeendsupmovingnexttoamysteriousmannamedGatsbywhoendsupgivinghimthelesionofhislife.AfterthecirclelovewithGatsbyandhiscousinDaisy,GatsbywaskilledbythetrickofTom.Throughreadingthebook,itshowshowtheexperienceofselfnessandhumanityafterWorldWar1thatmadethehighsocialoptimisticovertheirlives.Itshowedhowtheywantedtoforgetthepastandmakethemselvesbackintotheirownsocialclass.Also,bytheexperienceofDaisyandJordantreatmentfromthemeninthestoriesmakethereadertoseethattimedidn’tchangetherelationshipbetweenmanandman.Thisnovelisagreatnoveltogiveanexampleonhowrealityistopeopleeventhehighsocialclass.Throughthediscussionofthepassage,authorwantstoshowhowthepathleadstothe“AmericanDream”canturnintoanegativeorpositiveoutcomeinaperson’slife.WhenMr.Fitzgeraldwrote“TheGreatGatsby,”hedescribedtheactionsofthehumansociety.Actually,notonlydidhedescribeandcriticthehighclassbutalsothelowerclass,alltheseleadstocritiquingtheAmericanDream.TheAmericanDreamwasaideagivetobelievethatamanshouldbeinghappy,wealthy,andlovedwhichhascauseanymantogoinsearchforthisidea.Allthatisendupbeingfoundisthefactofhavingtheillusionofhavingmorematerialistobehappythanbeinghappybyvaluingwhatyoualreadyhave.Gatsbyisjustagreatexampleoffailingtovaluinghismaterials.Hehadeverythinghewanted(exceptDaisyofcourse)butheneverusedorappreciatedthematerialshewassurroundedby.Hedidn’tvalueanythingbutDaisysincethereasonforeverythinghedidwasforher.Itonlyleavestoquestiontowhetherhereallylovedherorwantedherwealthormaybejusteventheaccomplishmentofhavingher.ForallwecanknowDaisycouldjustbetrophytowardGatsbyandTomsincetheyneverconsideredheropinionasifshewasanobject.Ontheotherhand,NickchasinghisAmericandreamoflearningthebondbusinessThroughtheprocesshefellforJordanandwastheobserverofGatsby’slife,makehimtogobackhome.Intheend,everyonejustwantstheAmericanDreambuteverybody’sdefinitionisdifferentwhichjustindicatesthatI’llneverbeaccomplished.Onceweaccomplishsomething,weendupbeinghungryforanothergoal.AbigpartoftheAmericandreamistolove,whichseemedtobeGatsby’smaingoal.Daisygavehimmotivationtohavethedream,whichcausedhimtochaseafterit.Althoughhereachesasfarashepossiblycould,hestillcouldn’treachhisfirsttarget,daisy.“However,weconcludebyremindingourselvesthatweshouldnotthinkofGatsbyasacondemnationofAmerica,butratherasawarningbell,wecansay,asrelevanttodayaswhenitwaspublished.”AnotherthingweneedtorealizeistheincorrectAmericanValues.Wealthandclasshasalwaysbeenabigcomponent.DaisyisaperfectexampleofwealthandhighclasswhileGatsbywillneverleavehislowerclass,whichstillcontinuestobeaproblemforhisAmericanDream.Althoughhe“invented”himselftobehighclass,hewillneverleavethelowerclassandgetDaisy,whichmakeshimfailtogettheAmericanDream.EvenwithTom’sdream,hisAmericanDreamisneverfulfilledbecauseifhewashappyhewouldn’tlieandhaveamistress.Nomatterthewealthandclass,itstillwon’thelpyougetyourdreamfaster.Inwhichthisarticle,perfectlytouchedthesmalldetailsthatendedupequalingtomytheme.Inaconclusion,TheGreatGatsbywasagreatbookforeveryone,notonlyforAmerican,butdeserveseveryonetohaveaself-examination.---howcanwehaveacorrectvalueoflove,wealthandauthority?Howcanwedealofthebalanceofthem?ThisbookshowswhatchasingtheAmericanDreamcanmakeyoudo.NickjustwantedtheAmericanDreambuthefoundlove,hatredandjustdecidedtotaketheroutebackhome.GatsbyafterachievingalmosthisfullAmericanDreamjustendedupdeath.ThatshowsthattheAmericanDreamisjustafalsehope.Whatattractsustoitisthethrillofaccomplishingthatgoalbutitjuststrivesustomakeanothergoal.TheGreatGatsbywaswrittentoshowusourflaws.Soweshouldalllearnfromittobeourselvesandnevertochangeforanycauseoranyone.