Fulfillment When people go about their lives, they do not decide on living in a particular way but only decide on a desired end result. Jay Gatsby of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby dreams of a universal goal with which he believes he will be fulfilled. However, Gatsby does not make a decision on how to live and thus concludes with only an illusion of fulfillment. On the other hand, Henry David Thoreau achieves …
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…new people he met that he was an Oxford graduate who had been born into a wealthy family. Gatsby had actually fulfilled the first part of his dream and obtained his wealth by working as a swindler. A gambler named Meyer Wolfshiem had "raised him out of nothing" (179) and together Wolfshiem and Gatsby bought up a number of side-street drug stores and sold grain alcohol over the counter. Gatsby's actions in achieving his dream were