Examples Of Illusion In The Great Gatsby

“The Illusion of the American Dream”

The American Dream is the ideal in which that through hard work one can achieve great success, it is why most immigrants come to the country so that they can change their lives for the better and pave the way for their families. To some, the idea of the American Dream does exist but for some, it was nothing but an illusion. The decline of the American Dream showed this. It showed that the American Dream was nothing but a nightmare and that dissatisfaction, corruption, greed, and moral imperfection were some of the causes that lead to the decline of the American
People, immigrants, come from different places hoping to find a better life and seek freedom here in the United States, however, as the phrase implies,
Scott Fitzgerald, is another great example of this. The characters that Fitzgerald were created to show how corrupted the American Dream was. Many of the characters, such as Jay Gatsby, who corrupted his way to the top by selling alcohol during times when it was illegal to do so, represented this corruptness. He committed all these crimes just to become wealthy and gain the attention of Daisy, the actual American Dream. The American Dream was meant, as mentioned above, was about working hard that through hard work and determination one can achieve great success with an equal opportunity. Many Americans did not do that, many achieved their wealth through other methods, maybe by lying or cheating their way to it. Greed comes hand in hand with corruption as the two represented many Americans at that time. The Great Gatsby can also be used to represent this. Daisy Buchanan was enamored with the idea of wealth that she didn’t think about her happiness. She knew she wasn’t happy with Tom but she stayed with him because of the wealth he had. The reason why Daisy persuaded the idea of having an affair with Jay Gatsby was not because of “love” it was because he had things to offer to her (more