Their dependence on each other, makes them believe that the dream is real. This is because that they can both complement each other’s skill set, however more fundamentally their vision of the American Dream is relative, we can see this when Lennie gives his interpretation of the dream as ‘the rabbits [they’re] gonna get and [he] gets to tend ‘em’. This contrasts to George’s vision of the American dream where he says ‘An’ it’d be our own an’ nobody could can us’. The two visions are the opposite ends of the spectrum. Lennie dreams for ‘soft things’; however George is looking for financial stability: which was difficult to achieve in 1930s America, due to the dust bowl and employer’s lack of willingness to take on new staff, because of lack of demand.
Gatsby also tries to show Daisy how rich he is by wearing expensive clothes. And showing off his house. To Gatsby, his money can get him everything, and that includes Daisy. “Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams--not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion.
Although, he is not in love with the Daisy’s personality, he is infatuated by her looks. One could say that he is in love with the illusion of daisy. The idea of her still being the same girl he left behind before going to war is the idea he obsesses over. He does not realize that he can not just pick up where he left off. When he returned to his beloved Daisy, she had broken her promise and married a wealthy man as well as had a child.
He created an immense illusion that he was someone who came from great wealth and power and inherited it all to impress Daisy and hoping that one day he could be with her. Macbeth shows support for this quote with his characteristics as well. The thing he
The roaring twenties was the beginning to a decade of a whole new caliber. The dawn of the American Dream; the idea of a wealthy, comfortable, luxurious lifestyle. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” best shows how people strive for the American Dream and the means by which they attain it. Both Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby are able to live a luxurious lifestyle. However Tom is able to enjoy spending money left and right knowing the he acquired it through inheritance while Jay struggles to acquire his wealth by any means possible.
Buchanan’s opinion, the only way to survive is through a wealthy man. This exposes one of Daisy’s many weaknesses: her dependence on others. When she comes to the realization that Gatsby would have given her more than Tom, she begins to cry: “‘They're such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I've never seen such – such beautiful shirts before’” (Fitzgerald 118-119). His clothing symbolizes the wealth and happiness Daisy could have had, which is why she is distraught when she acknowledges Gatsby’s success.
When Gatsby was younger, before he was deployed for active duty in the Second World War, he was stationed in Louisville, Kentucky. This is where Gatsby and Daisy meet for the first time, however, after being deployed Daisy gets married to a rich man and leaves Gatsby. When he returns from the war he spends the next years trying to do nothing more than to start Daisy and his love affair where they left off. This in turn forces Gatsby to do whatever it is that he can to become rich, and become a part of the society that Daisy has been a part of her whole life. Gatsby takes things
In the end realizing their greatest flaw was seeking refuge in the American dream which was the cause of their downfall. One of Gatsby’s and Willy Lomans greatest flaws that lead to their downfall is the way these characters portray their image and wealth toward others. Gatsby’s disposition to have extravagant parties regardless of the fact that he knows no one, just to be known as rich, is a clear exemplar of trying to obtain a popular reputation for himself “Do you know him?” “He’s just a man named Gatsby.” (Fitzgerald37) This enumerates the fact that even in the eyes to his quests Gatsby wasn’t of any
Gatsby throwing his “shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel” is him trying to show Daisy how wealthy he is enough to afford such beautiful shirts. This shows Gatsby chasing the illusion of the American Dream because he is trying to dress the part of a living a wealthy lifestyle. Another example through imagery is when Nick first attends one of Gatsby’s large, extravagant parties and sees “the cars from New York are parked five deep in the drive, and already the halls and salons and verandas are gaudy with primary colors” (40). People attend Gatsby’s flashy parties to enjoy the glamour and wealth of the mansion, which they believe to be the American Dream. Hundreds of people fill up Gatsby’s “halls and
The witness in this relationship is man named Nick Carraway who meets his cousin, Daisy at East Egg. Alarmingly, Daisy begins an affair with Gatsby which Nick meets at a party. As this seemingly odd friendship between Gatsby and Nick, Nick realizes what Gatsby truly desires for in the American Dream.