Gatsby
The capacity to dream is a natural characteristic possessed by all mankind. Americans living in a country based on the philosophy of pursuing great American dreams go about pursuing their own goals in many ways. Ironically the American dream itself is the ultimate illusion that can never satisfy those who pursue it. The American dream was only possible when it was a potential. Nick in Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby, realized this as he imagines a past when the Dutch first laid their eyes on the vast wilderness of the uninhabited United States. Gatsby's ideals in this novel are the ideals of all Americans. Gatsby and Americans search for a dream and yet nobody truly understands what it is they are really in search of. People go about fulfilling these dreams by using cheap reality and in the end it does not measure up to the size of the dream itself; the dreamer is bound to be disappointed with every accomplishment of the dream. At the conclusion of Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, the main character Gatsby has recently died and Nick stands facing the front door of Gatsby's mansion. From this moment, Nick looks at Gatsby's house for a last time. He sees a swear word on the wall, and like Holden in the book, The Catc
For that one time the Dutch merchants saw the idea of property in a different way. This passage pertains that Gatsby's dream is much like our own; we as a nation are spoiled, when we want one thing we believe that it would satisfy us, but later when another thing comes up we want that as well, it is an endless cycle. But as these feelings pass them they once again saw the land as wood-cutters and owners; causing them to build fences and preserve the trees and lands for themselves. Before they accomplished their dreams their possibilities were endless. Later on while Nick is all alone, everything begins to melt away. Nick wants to keep Gatsby's dream pure even though it is already lost. Since the continent was built up too much in the sailor's mind the true continent cannot compare. Overall Fitzgerald is telling us that we are endlessly dissatisfied. The same concept lies within the Dutch; for that one moment the Dutch looked at the land and saw how great it was, but once they stepped into America their dreams were also shattered. For that period of time the Dutch merchants were satisfied. In the case of Gatsby this notion is shown in Gatsby's love for Daisy. This is shown in the Dutchman and in Gatsby; both had ideas and dreams so great that when they actually received what they wanted the reality wouldn't be able to live up to their expectations.
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