Why Is The American Dream Important In The Great Gatsby

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In the book, “The Great Gatsby”, the American dream is to have money and have fun. It seems that everyone is only concerned about pleasing them self. Whether it is the constant parties, shopping, or having affairs. The important thing is to be better than the next person and to rub shoulders with the elite of the area. It seems that anyone of importance, or who thinks they are important, show up to Gatsby’s parties. It is almost like they measure their importance by the people they are around and the parties they attend. This still holds true for some today who feel that they must keep ahead of the “Jones” and are constantly striving to have more than their neighbor.
“The Great Gatsby” is about how Gatsby is trying to win Daisy over now that he has money. Considering, she would not marry a man that did not have money or status; when they had met years before, Gatsby was only a young officer, without either one to offer her. He had fallen madly in love with her back then, and never got over his love for her. Gatsby was so obsessed with
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He ends up at Tom and Daisy’s house and Tom lies to him, telling him Gatsby was driving and points him in the direction of Gatsby’s house. George goes over there and shoots and kills Gatsby and himself. Pursuing the “American Dream”, in this case, caused the death of three people whose lives were connected in ways they were unaware of.
For someone who is so popular in life, death was not so kind to Gatsby. Nick was unable to find anyone to attend Gatsby’s funeral. All the people who flocked to his parties could not be bothered to appear at his funeral. They did not show up there because it did not benefit them in any way. Gatsby’s death is a sad time and a harsh reminder to everyone in the social group, of the false life they are leading and the real truth behind the “American