C.+Gatsby+Essay

__The Great Gatsby__, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, supports views of the American Dream in Katherine Q. Seelye’s article, “What Happens to the American Dream in a Recession”. It is clearly seen in parts of the book and quotes from the article. In the story, Gatsby believes that Daisy, the one he loves, does not love the one she is married to and loves Gatsby. A Quote from the article says that part of the American Dream consists of people believing in possibilities.

In __The Great Gatsby__, Gatsby confronts Tom, Daisy’s husband, about Gatsby’s and Daisy’s affair. Gatsby says, “She never loved you. . . She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me” (Fitzgerald 130)! Out of these thoughts, Gatsby strongly believes that Daisy does not love Tom and will eventually run away with Gatsby.

In Katherine Seelye’s article, she shows us different ways people view and handle their own “American Dreams”. Someone she interviewed in her article said, “You want to hold on to your dreams even more when times are hard” (Seelye 1). Even when times area difficult to the point when we feel there is no hope, we hold out for the better outcome. The outcome we want.

These two quotes run back to back. Gatsby knows Daisy is married to Tom, but he believes that Daisy truly does not love Tom, but loves him instead. He waits for Daisy to come to him, but Daisy loves Tom too. In Daisy’s marriage there have been the bad times, but there were good times too. Though she loves Gatsby, she cannot deny all she had with Tom. Yet Gatsby still does not understand why she stays with Tom. He still holds out for her to come to him, even knowing what her true feelings are.