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A 5 page paper which examines how Jay Gatsby from F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is a man stuck in the past and how that past has
always influenced his drives and desires. The paper argues that his life is essentially a
failure because of this approach. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAgatjay.rtf
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dreams were changing. It was a time that many argue saw the true beginning of a consumeristic culture as the American Dream turned to one of material wealth as a
sign of success, taking the focus away from honor and integrity. In the novel we are given the character of Jay Gatsby who essentially typifies this image. And, in offering
us an image of man who is turning away from the old way of the American Dream we are given a man who is essentially lost in his past, trying
to obtain that dream through focusing on his dreams of the past. In this he is a man who does not develop but rather looks at everything around him through
the eyes of others, hoping that they will somehow tell him he has achieved the dreams of the past. In the following paper we examine how Jay is stuck in
the past, a past that somehow begins and ends with Daisy, and a past that can only be realized by Jay when he looks through the eyes of others.
Jay Gatsby Jay is a man who was essentially nothing as a youngster. He had nothing and essentially grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. This lays
the foundation of the past that Jay will always try to defy. In essence, as he grows he tries to make money, become powerful, and essentially "buy his way into
a society that will never accept him."1 He wanted the American Dream, not for his own enjoyment so much as for the enjoyment of others, for the pride he could
have when looking at what he achieved through the eyes of others. The most important person he seemed to wish to please was Daisy, an old love that he could
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