The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, deals with the difficulty of attaining the American dream. The American dream is different for every individual, but Jay Gatsby, the main character of the novel, believes the American dream is eternal ha iness through love. Gatsby thinks the only way for him to reach the American dream is to harness his old dreams of the past with Daisy. Gatsby exploits wealth and power to reach …
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…had. Gatsby lived a short life trying to attain one thing, The American Dream. That is what he really wanted in life. Gatsby lived his life for Daisy, He would have done anything for her. She was the world to him, and his life was not complete without her. e love for Daisy, the narrator who seems to know everything, and the unexpected death of Gatsby, are used in the search of the American Dream.