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great gatsby

Date Submitted: 02/01/2002 10:54:54
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 3 pages (792 words)
Danny WalkerB period3/26/01 The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to capture it. This dream has varying significance’s for different people but in The Great Gatsby, for Gatsby, the dream is that of wealth and power. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream and in order to do this he must have …
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…to be. Gastby tried his whole life to achieve his dream but never achieved it. When he opened his eyes and closed them he finally realized his dream was over. Jay found his wealth and his power but not his ultimate happiness. The idea that money can buy everything is far off, no matter what you have you can never buy true friends or total happiness. The American Dream still holds true today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**
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