Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was a very popular fictional novel. In it he states Jay Gatsby's fulfillment of the American dream, freedom from stereotypes, and finical security.

Jay Gatsby's fulfillment of the American dream of having money, lots of friends, and a big house. Everybody wants to be famous and beautiful. As children many are told they can be whatever they want. They can be the next "American Idol" or be the best at a sport and so on. He fulfilled this dream and he wanted it so bad he did not care how he obtained it. In the beginning of the story the narrator is describing the setting of West Egg. "The one on my right was colossal affair by any standard...a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby's mansion" (Fitzgerald 5). This is a clear example of his idea of the American dream.

The next is freedom from stereotypes. He wanted a beautiful wife and he wanted Daisy. One might assume that he just wanted her for her looks as the stereotype goes. At this point in the story Daisy is about to choose Gatsby over Tom. "I love you now....Daisy's leaving you... I am though" (Fitzgerald 132-133). This shows that Gatsby won over Daisy but ultimately looses her again to Tom.

The finical security Gatsby wanted, he wanted it the most. He grew up a poor farmer boy. Since his childhood he had no money he wanted money more than anything. He wanted it so bad that he did it the illegal way. He took the easy way out. In the story right now Tom reveals how Gatsby got his money. "He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter." (Fitzgerald 133). In the 1920's Prohibition was still in affect. It made it illegal to make or rink alcohol. This tells how bad he wanted finical security that he would break