![]() ![]() He seems to think by winning Daisy, he can prove to himself that he belongs to the upper class. As a matter of fact, Gatsby's attraction to Daisy stems from what she represents as more money and the upper class. He loses his life due to both his unrealistic perception of the seemingly elegant life of the rich and his obsession with the past. Finally, he becomes the escape goat for this ostentatious life. ![]() In other words, his naivety holds him back from knowing the women of high society. Despite fortune making with which Gatsby's quite familiar, he fails to win the heart of Daisy with whom he's in love head over heels. ![]() As a truly American dreamer, he just seeks wealth, high social status as well as beautiful woman. His destitute past and social inferiority complex drive him to the point that he would rather be well-to-do by hook or by crook. Although he is cognizant of the fake and phony nature of this sort of lifestyle, he still insists on it. Gatsby is mesmerized by the ostentatious life of the high class people and does everything in his power even through illegal and criminal activities to be just as affluent as they are to be just like one of them. In order to rub shoulders with the people of High Society, he even changes his name from James to Jay to gain a new identity. Gatsby has a really extravagant lifestyle and throws incredible parties. The Great Gatsby: An Ostensibly Fulfilled Dream in an Unfulfilled SocietyĪbstract: The Great Gatsby is about the efforts of this one man, Jay Gatsby, to reinvent himself. Research Paper | English Language and Literature | Turkey | Volume 9 Issue 5, May 2020 CrossRef Index CiteFactor Index Index ScienceGate Index Scite_ Index Mendeley Index Digital Repository Index Noel Meorial Library Index Semantic Scholar Index Research Bible Index Academia.Edu Indexĭownloads: 158 | Weekly Hits: ⮙1 | Monthly Hits: ⮙1 ![]()
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