The Great Gatsby

             F. Scott Fitzgerald's use of events, characters, setting and values in The Great Gatsby, all help illustrate to the reader his view of the true romantic vision. Through Gatsby Fitzgerald presents the reader with a character who is trying to live his own "American Dream" by doing one thing; gaining status. To Gatsby status is, money, power, education, sex, and a background.
             Gatsby who starts out his life as James Gatz, grew up on a farm in North Dakota; it is here that he ended up working for a millionaire and decided from then on to completely dedicate his life to the achievement of wealth. Daisy and Gatsby meet while Gatsby is training to be an officer in Louisville; he falls in love with her. However they end up not being together, and Gatsby believes it to be because of his lack of wealth.
             Gatsby had a dream much like many other people do, so much like what other people dream; we often call it the "American Dream." This dream is to have everything anyone has ever wanted, money, power, a wife who loves you. To achieve this dream James Gatz felt like he had to lie and cheat. He started out as a middle class nobody, but then, by bootlegging, and other means of illegal activity, he gains wealth and power. Once he has made his fortune he changes his name from James Gatz, to Jay Gatsby. This is all in an effort to gain the American Dream. All he needs now is to get Daisy to love him.
             Gatsby is truly in love with Daisy; he would search out for news clippings of her and cut them out and keep them. He builds a gigantic mansion just across the way from Daisy's house so he could be near to her. Also he throws huge parties at his house every Saturday night in the hopes that maybe one night Daisy will show up. He never really participates in them, but more just watches and waits.
             When Daisy doesn't show up for any of his parties, Gatsby begins to ask ar
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