The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is an insight into the American dream: hope. The first five chapters really lead into this idea of the American dream, with looks into the characters’ personal lives and wishes.  Nick, for example, is out trying to make his own life and be his own person. The characters aren’t all important symbols of hope, however. The story line between Gatsby and Daisy is however, as Daisy is the focus of Gatsby’s hope. He has already reached the financial, stereotypical goal of the American vision, but it isn’t enough for him. His desire for Daisy rules his life, and he wants more than anything to have her. He even reaches toward a green light in chapter one that is off of her dock, not only a symbol of reaching for Daisy herself, but of reaching for hope. He also even expresses his almost need for Daisy when he asks Nick to invite the two of them over for dinner so he can see her and talk to her again.  The story between the two of them allows for the persistence that ensues the American dream, and the desire to obtain it.