The Great Gatsby Achieving The American Dream
Achieving The American Dream
What my essay is going to be about is how the economy was back then to how it is now. I’m also going to talk about how "The Great Gatsby" has to relate to The American Dream. I believe that The American Dream includes success, money, and the opportunities that we now have.
In The American Dream I believe that we have to be successful in order to be able to reach The American Dream. In the book, "The Great Gatsby" success is meant by having the biggest houses and nicest cars. Gatsby was very rich so he had a huge house and very fancy things. “Gatsby’s gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door and gave out a burst of melody from its three-noted horn.” (The book The Great Gatsby page 50) Having success means everything. Now having success in our society is having a lot of money, having expensive cars and expensive things. Also living in a huge house. To be able to be successful now you have to go to school and go to college and get a good paying career. Back then they would just sell or transport illegal …show more content…
In the book, "The Great Gatsby", Gatsby had a whole bunch of money. Gatsby would always throw parties on the weekends. “On the weekends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight.” (The book The Great Gatsby page 59) In the book The Great Gatsby lived in the rich side and here in our society we have summerlin, which is where the upper class live. Being rich is having a lot of fancy and expensive cars and very expensive clothes. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such- such beautiful shirts before.” (The book The Great Gatsby page 68) That’s when Daisy saw Gatsby’s clothes and realized what she could’ve had if she would’ve been with him. Being rich back then meant that you had power and you could've done anything without having to worry
What my essay is going to be about is how the economy was back then to how it is now. I’m also going to talk about how "The Great Gatsby" has to relate to The American Dream. I believe that The American Dream includes success, money, and the opportunities that we now have.
In The American Dream I believe that we have to be successful in order to be able to reach The American Dream. In the book, "The Great Gatsby" success is meant by having the biggest houses and nicest cars. Gatsby was very rich so he had a huge house and very fancy things. “Gatsby’s gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door and gave out a burst of melody from its three-noted horn.” (The book The Great Gatsby page 50) Having success means everything. Now having success in our society is having a lot of money, having expensive cars and expensive things. Also living in a huge house. To be able to be successful now you have to go to school and go to college and get a good paying career. Back then they would just sell or transport illegal …show more content…
In the book, "The Great Gatsby", Gatsby had a whole bunch of money. Gatsby would always throw parties on the weekends. “On the weekends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight.” (The book The Great Gatsby page 59) In the book The Great Gatsby lived in the rich side and here in our society we have summerlin, which is where the upper class live. Being rich is having a lot of fancy and expensive cars and very expensive clothes. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such- such beautiful shirts before.” (The book The Great Gatsby page 68) That’s when Daisy saw Gatsby’s clothes and realized what she could’ve had if she would’ve been with him. Being rich back then meant that you had power and you could've done anything without having to worry