The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman Comparison Essay
             In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is the main character that believes in American Dream. This characteristic is also identical to the characteristic of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman because he carries the same belief; however, they hold the same belief tightly for different purposes: Gatsby strives to gain his first love back where as Willy just wants his family to live happier from success.
             In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby repeatedly looks upon the "green light"(p.90), at the end of the dock across the water, as his hope towards his love, Daisy. The "green light" is always there, representing the "unreachable" Daisy. Later, when Gatsby finally meets Daisy who is not the same person anymore.He knew Daisy is now married and could not give up her family, he is disappointed and the "green light" becomes unreal like their relationship and evokes to an "enchanted object" he cannot attain because it is a false hope. Gatsby believes in the American Dream so greatly because he believes he can get everything (including Daisy) if he suceeds. In Death of a Salesman, Willy also looks upon Dave Singleman (p.81), who is a salesman he met before, as his hope of American Dream and model of success. He believes that being well liked is the key to success and Singleman seems to achieve that. Yet, he does not realize that there is nothing successful about Singleman. His view of Singleman is very narrow and Singleman was not as successful as he thought because he still had to work in the hotel at the age of 84 and died alone without family coming to his funeral. Willy does not recognize that Singleman is unsuccessful because he believes that the way Singleman being well liked is what led him to "success". This would be the same for himself to success eventually. Dave Singleman represents the essence of false hope of success for W
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