Essay prompt

    Gatsby's desire for "success" is both evidence of the American Dream and of an obsession. Sure he hustles, which is related to the American Dream, to hustle until you make it big, but his reason for doing it is his obsession with trying to impress Daisy, not to live the American Dream. Gatsby symbolises part of our culture and our personal desire because we mainly want to get rich so that we can flaunt our success, whether it be by showing off our cars or living in too big of a house.

    Gatsby's desire for success is evidence of the American Dream in many ways which we consider to be part of it. One reason is that you need to keep on hustling because life is a never-ending grind so you have to make it big early. For example, he doesn't stop working, even though it is shady business as can be seen by the call from Chicago at the end of the book when Gatsby dies, but he still keeps on going. He also stays humble about his money to other people. He is humble because he knows where he came from and he still respects people.

    Gatsby's desire can also be connected to an obsession because of the way he acts and is.
for pointers, he doesn't seem satisfied with everything that he has. For example, he keeps on wanting to get more and more stuff. He also only wants to get rich because he is obsessed with impressing Daisy. For example, Jordan said that he had worked hard so that he could buy the house that was directly across the bay from Daisy's house,

    In a way, Gatsby does symbolise our culture and desires in a few aspects. One aspect of our culture is that we like to show off to impress. For example, he throws all of those parties in order to impress a certain someone living directly across the bay from him. Another aspect of our desires is to want to get more and more even though we already have enough.

    In Conclusion, we can say that Gatsby's desire for success is both evidence of trying to live the American Dream and of an obsession he has with Daisy's approval of him. Sure he is an example of starting from the bottom and making it big but the sole intent of that drive was one person, his obsession with Daisy.