The American Dream is a material perfection. In reality, even in nature, perfection does not exist. Life is a series of imperfections that can make living a dream or a nightmare. Living the American Dream is living in perfection and that, by definition, creates an illusionary goal. The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has a continuing theme of the America Dream and the downfall of the characters who attempt to capture the illusion of that dream.
First, Jay Gatsby, the central figure of the story, longs for the past. Surprisingly, he devotes most of his adult life trying to recapture happiness from his past and dies in its pursuit. Jay Gatsby had a love affair with the beautiful Daisy, now married to Tom Buchanan. Daisy was o
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