What Is The Relationship Between The Great Gatsby And The American Dream

The film starts in the winter of 1929, as Midwesterner Nick Carraway is admitted to a sanatorium for alcoholism. Carraway talks about the single most hopeful person he has met - Gatsby. Unable to articulate his memories, his doctor advises him to write them down. In a flashback to the spring of 1922, Carraway has just moved to New York in search of the American Dream. As he settles into a cottage neighboring millionaire Jay Gatsby’s mansion on Long Island, Carraway grows increasingly captivated by the extravagant parties held at Gatsby's estate and the lavish lifestyle of the rich. Across the bay from Gatsby, Carraway's cousin, Daisy is unhappily married to racist and womanizing aristocrat, Tom Buchanan. As the summer progresses, Gatsby gradually