What is Gatsby's American dream in The Great Gatsby?

Some people have concluded that this novel is actually about "Gatsby fell in love with a bitch and was ruined all his life", but this statement is also very debatable. Gatsby's oath of perseverance is like Mark's "I endured for three years just to wait for an opportunity, and I want to win a breath." I don't want to prove myself great, but I want to tell others: I must find what I lost. After all, I am moved.

The significance of the American dream in different periods The American dream means that anyone with ambition can succeed in the United States and realize his dream through his own efforts and tenacious struggle. Gatsby gained wealth, status and reputation from a nobody at the bottom through self-struggle and external opportunities, and made a perfect counterattack, realizing the American dream in the material layer; But having Daisy and embracing love is his ultimate dream. In his eyes, daisies represent money, status and true feelings. She is the American dream pursued by Gatsby. Finally, this woman teased and abandoned him, and Gatsby still cherished his longing and hope for her until his death. On the spiritual level, Gatsby's American dream is too idealistic, and he is still too naive. In America, absolute idealism has no place.

In the eighteenth century, the American dream symbolized equal rights, and many European Puritans moved to the United States to pursue freedom and equality. With the gold rush that began at the end of18th century19th century, many people became rich overnight, which once again promoted the immigration tide. At this time, the American dream was decorated in gold. However, after the end of the civil war, the United States began to industrialize, and the American dream had a new connotation. People think that success can be achieved through wisdom and hard work. Since then, the United States has experienced a long period of rapid expansion, and more and more people go to the United States to find their dreams.

However, after the First World War, the connotation of the American dream gradually changed. Due to the prosperity of American space after the war, young people became degenerate, did not believe in exploration, and began to acquire wealth through propaganda strategies including deception and illegal means. Most people regard wealth as the only criterion to measure a person's success, but the pursuit of wealth and ideals cannot be balanced. Broken dreams are the inevitable product of the American dream, and Gatsby is the representative of this period.

Gatsby never found a mocking smile on Daisy's face. He died in a phone call that he thought was Daisy. Until the end of his life, he was still ignorant of innocence. As readers and viewers, we know that his dream is shattered, but from his own point of view, he still hopes, dreams, is innocent and pure, and has not found the truth of the matter and the cruelty of reality until his death, so for him alone, the idealized love has not come to an end, and this dream continues.

Gatsby's tragic image In my opinion, this is what makes Gatsby great. Between interests and fame and fortune, Gatsby did not give up on himself, but always stood firm in his beliefs and goals. The goal of this paper is daisy, but the author wants to express more than that, so he adds green light. Green light is Gatsby's initial heart, the teenager behind his dream and the innocence before his success. Even singing and dancing all day, Gatsby did not lose himself, but became more determined and lonely.

"You can get a better life through unremitting efforts" is a universal "American dream" in the big environment (see Encyclopedia for details). What this "dream" brought to Americans at that time, in the author's view, was more the spirit of pursuing material abandonment. My understanding of Gatsby is just the opposite. After he gained wealth and realized his dream, he found himself dreaming of the girl who once appeared in his life and brought him spiritual pleasure. From then on, spending money like water was nothing ... but in the end, I found that this girl also fell into the "dream" she once had.

The truly traditional American dream means that everyone has the equal right to a better life through personal struggle. In Gatsby's dream, Daisy is a symbol. He is rich and has improved in social status. He is also a person who deserves everything, such as Daisy. In the past, he was a poor boy with nothing. Facing Daisy, he felt unworthy, and he was swayed by considerations of gain and loss. It's different now. He thinks he is worthy of Daisy, which has become his obsession. Gatsby's American dream is a misguided illusion. He wants to put aside the past and go back to it. He is doomed to tragedy.