The Great Gatsby

The loss of Gatsby’s American dream can majorly be attributed to his delusion that acquiring more material wealth can make him win the love of Daisy. This represents the materialism and consumerism which lead to a wrong perception among people and thus shattered dreams for the most o them. Gatsby truly believed that gaining more material wealth would give him a better chance of receiving a response from the love of his dream. The failure of his dream can, on the other hand, be as a result of lost focus and moral decay as seen in his careless life style (Harold &Hobby, 68). Instead of focusing on being an honorable after acquiring his wealth, he becomes a quasi member to the crowd in which Tom and Daisy belonged by his attempt to live to the material culture common in that decade. This is indicated by the writer’s assertion that “they were careless people Tom and Daisy” (Wilson, 246).

Daisy was an important person that influences the efforts and focus of Gatsby and through such efforts to win her over, he become as careless as her.  When they both hit Myrtle with a car, he shows no concern for him, but I pre-occupied with the possibility of the incident causing   trouble for Daisy (Harold &Hobby, 68).  The values represented by the material wealth such as homes, cars and parties were the main reason for the destruction of Gatsby’s dream.  The story is an indication of the America in the 1920’s and seems to show how the American dream disintegrated in a period of unexpected material excess and prosperity (Wilson, 246). The recklessness in partying and desire for wealth resulted to the corruption of such dreams. 

References

Bloom, Harold, and Blake Hobby. The American Dream. New York, NY: Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2009. Internet resource. 68-69

Wilson, Douglas. Omnibus Iii: Reformation to the Present. Lancaster, Penn: Veritas Press, 2005. Print. 246