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... The characters in the Great Gatsby all pursue the American Dream and spend lots of their time trying to live the American Dream. The characters idea of the American Dream is to be rich and powerful like Gatsby is. ... The Great Gatsby, however, takes a completely different outlook on the American dream. In The Great Gatsby Nick sees the many ways in which Gatsby, Daisy and Tom, and Myrtle Wilson all fail by believing and trying to live within the American dream. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is the greatest example of falling into the American Dream and not succeeding at it. ... If Gatsbys parents wouldnt have lived in poverty I dont think Gatsby would be living the American Dream and be as succesuful as he was. ... Cody gave him the job of being his personal assisant and thats when Gatsby learned how to make lots of money. ... The day that Dan Cody took Gatsby on a trip to Barbary Coast and West Indies it opened his eyes to the wealth in this world. At that point Gatsby thinks that codys yaht and everywhere he went represented “all the beauty and glamour in the world. ... Gatsby wanted to live the American dream so bad that he did it illegaly. ... When Gatsby enrolled in the armed forces he met Daisy for the first time.
Approximate Word count = 1070
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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