Character Analysis of Jay Gatsby The Great Gatsby, a novel by Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream, and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is the point of many novels. This dream is different for different people; but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay Gatsby, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay …showed first 75 words of 822 total…

…showed last 75 words of 822 total…his life. The result of this corruption is that the motivation and ambition vanished and the dream was left with the search of an empty goal. The idea of the American Dream still holds true in today's time, be it wealth, love, or fame. But one thing never changes about the American Dream; everyone desires something in life, and everyone, somehow, strives to get it. Gatsby is a prime example of pursuing the American Dream