A friend of mine once asked, "We all want to fall in love. Why?" After going over it in my mind, my response is this, because to experience love makes one feel completely alive, where every sense is heightened, every emotion is magnified, our everyday reality is shattered and we are flying into the heavens. It may only last a moment, an hour, or an afternoon, but how long it lasts does not diminish its value, "because we are left with memories that we treasure for the rest of our lives" (Hermanson). In The Great Gatsby, memories take over a man's mind and he builds his life around the thoughts of what could never be. This man is Jay Gatz and his love is Daisy Buchanan. To receive her undivided love and attention is his unattainable dream, and the story is the chronicle of what happened when James Gatz attempted to realize the promise of his dream, "As a child, Gatz set about preparing to realize his dream.
The Great Gatsby (1926 film)
The Great Gatsby (1974 film)
Two Wire haired Fox Terriers. Listed on Flickr as ...He early decided that he could contemplate future glory so long as he scheduled his life properly and adhered to a set of general resolves... 'No smokeing [sic] or chewing.' 'Bath every other day.' 'Be better to parents.' Yes, James Gatz was bound to get ahead" (Trask). Gatsby achieved his goal of getting ahead and being rich, although his methods are not considered appropriate, especially for the time. But he set out to better himself for a sole purpose, to obtain the unattainable, the love of Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby is denied his dream because it is too unrealistic and ideal.
Gatsby is denied his dream because it is too ideal. "It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the...
Wrong author
its not dickens... its fitzgerald
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