Thursday, January 21, 2010
Gatsby's Dreams WERE Reality
The thing about Jay Gatsby is yes, he was a dreamer, but his dream was also in many ways reality. When he was James Gatz, he dreamed about a different life. But then the dreamer became a doer, and he created that different life for himself. He worked hard to get rich, doing what it took to do so (even though his methods weren't always the best) and became the person he wanted to be. He became Jay Gatsby, and that dream of a different life became his real life. Since he was able to accomplish so many things by setting his sights high, no wonder he never gave up on Daisy. The book his father brought to the funeral proves that he always had intentions of becoming greater, and I think Daisy was just the icing on the cake for his perfect life. When describing how he met Daisy, he admitted that "it excited him, too, that many other men had already loved Daisy - it increased her value in his eyes". If he could have the most desirable women, it would complete his dream. He never gave up on that dream because so far, his dreaming had turned into a reality. I think he believed in his heart that Daisy would leave Tom until the very end, and did everything he could to make that dream a reality as well.
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