Part 2 Hanwen

- May 12, 2020

Part 2

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Gatsby

Wealthy

Live in West Egg 😶😶

Pursue Daisy, Tom’s wife😰

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In my opinion👀👀👀, the American Dream means the space and chances I can get to be able to fully devote to things I want to devote.💘💝💝

S👤ince the American Dream is about an ideal society,👪 in which everyone, no matter class, race, rich or poor, all can achieve their dreams through hard work. It is very connectable with characters in The Great Gatsby. For example, George is working hard to keep his business running;💀 Myrtle is trying to change her class by flirting with Tom; and Gatsby, he was not that wealthy before, his experience makes his story more like another successful prove of American Dream.👨

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As far as I know, George is probably not going to realize his American Dream for all Tom wants is Myrtle, not really wants to help him out. And Myrtle may also not be able to do so. For in Tom’s eyes, she is just another “toy”🙈🙀 for him to play from poor class people.

To characters like Tom and Gatsby, we may doubt: Oh! They are so rich, they must have already achieved their American Dream right?👀 But the reality may not always that simple and smooth. Tom seems rich, but is he really happy? As a married man👪, he cheated on his wife, and literally, everyone knows this ~~(Except Nick LOL)~~: “‘You mean to say you don’t know?’ said Miss Baker, honestly surprised. ‘I thought everybody knew.’” That does not sound pleasant💩 to experience. He will be doubted, judged because he made these mistakes. For Gatsby, even he wants to be rich and he made it, it seemed he is such a typical example of how the American Dream should be like. However, if we know what he really desires, we can see Gatsby is not enjoying💢💩 his success. He is actually in pain. Because all he wants is Daisy👰, no matter how rich he is, without Daisy, he will never💣 be happy. And that is against the “pursuit of happiness” in the American Dream.

I’m interested in Gatsby’s case, so let’s have a short analysis. Everyone admires how rich Gatsby is, I also think how can someone that rich being unhappy??? However, the reality is cruel. Humanity is designed to be greedy👹👹👹. Once you have all the money, all the cars, watches you want, how can you promise you won’t want anything else? It’s hard and unrealistic to make such a promise. Gatsby is such a perfect example. I think Gatsby already reached the “Liberty, Life” goal in the American Dream, he also proved himself in business, look how rich he is. However, he still cannot reach the “Happiness😊” in the goal. In my opinion, he is unhappy😞. “He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.” He desires something he cannot get😣😣😣 right now too bad. He needs to release himself, to free himself from this prison called “memory”💧💝, or he will never be happy😀. And what more important is this thing can only be done by himself, no one in the world can ever help him. Most time we are worried, unhappy, may all because of ourselves😐, first, think about our own desire, is that necessary? Are we too greedy or rushing sometimes? Maybe slow down, change prediction and direction may also be a release for ourselves. In the commercial, the story of the girl👧👧👧 who started her own clothing shop is actually very similar to Gatsby’s story. In the book, Gatsby worked hard, earned a lot of money, after so many years, even after Daisy married Tom, he still did not give up❗. The girl in commercial starts with nothing, she is devoted to something---her dream. The realization of the girl's dream is a clothing store👚👗👘👠👡👟 of her own. This is very similar to Gatsby, because, in the book, all the time and money Gatsby spends are also for a point🔎 he devotes in. “Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.” Daisy is actually the personification🐵🐶🐷 of his dream, she is what Gatsby really devoted to.❌