Delusion In The Great Gatsby

The explanation of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby has two key problems like delusion and actuality. Fitzgerald showed how delusion represents Jay Gatsby as a young American dreamer. “Because Gatsby places all his hope for happiness in Daisy and what it takes to get such a girl he is ultimately ruined by his romantic idealism.” (Hearne, Kimberly, pp193). The Great Gatsby, which is one of Fitzgerald most important book during that time, made many critics analysis the way he views the American Dream. Many critics were open minded and have been able to recognize that the idea that everyone comprehend is immature and unrealistic. Fairness is being able to know different ideas and free thinking that is one option that many critics views that

Fitzgerald intended with his works. Because The Great Gatsby shows many problems that are still unsolved to this day, many people do not think it is a classic novel. The American dream is brought alive in Gatsby’ character, a citizen that was very poor with many ideas of becoming rich and moving from a dangerous to the high point of the so-called success. Gatsby could achieve his dreams by going against his moral values and pursuing his dream through criminal acts. The Great Gatsby shows that the idealistic view of the American Dream is violated by obsession, motivation and dishonesty throughout the society.
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Scott Fitzgerald has been one of the most famous and recognized author during the “Jazz Age”. One of his most famous works that has become a classic novel in the American culture is called “The Great Gatsby”. In the novel, Scott Fitzgerald created many resemblances between himself and both Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. Fitzgerald was born in the Midwest, just like Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. Carraway with his high standards represented Fitzgerald's perfect self, as for Gatsby, he represented Fitzgerald's actual self. This novel has a brief picture of what the wealthy society of the United States was becoming in the 1920s. Fitzgerald was a wonderful example of the American Dream idea, as his main character in The Great Gatsby many critics believe that Fitzgerald’s characteristic was portrayed by Gatsby in this novel. Jay Gatsby was a farmer ‘son who dreamed of having lots of money, being able to throw unexpected parties and gain the lost love of an upper-class women. In this novel, the American Dream idea becomes a part of Gatsby who can make his dreams come true but with fraud living a twisted dark truth about this dream. Each character in the story can provide an example of this unrealistic idea of the American Dream. Each character throughout the novel is represented through their own personality. Fitzgerald was about to use his characters to tell the story that not many people could be able to

tell.