Gatsby\'s Dream

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Gatsby’s dream was the story of how he was constantly striving towards something, some goal he wished to conquer. Some dream he wished to live. He constantly moved around searching for the one goal he felt he could focus his energy on.
Gatsby’s dream was inspired by the craving to conquer his goals. This striving always pushed Gatsby to better himself so that he might reach his goals. Even as a young child Gatsby revealed a strict list of daily activities that keep him busy from morning till night, physically mentally improving himself. It was this disciplined attitude that consistently pushed him towards improvement that inspired him to “pick out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock” (189). For he needed that focus point he could strive for, to work for, and to make himself better for. His “believed in the green light” (189), as he believed in his goals. He believed in the “future… that eluded [him]” (189). And he promised himself that “tomorrow [he would] run faster, and stretch [his] arms further….” so that “one fine morning” (189) he could reach his goal. Gatsby had “come a long way…” and was so close to his goal he felt “he could hardly fail to grasp it” (189). Gatsby sees his hard work about to pay off, he is about to conquer the goal he worked so hard and long for. However he failed to realize that his dream “was already behind him somewhere back in” (189) the west. His future and his dream had always been in the West, where the land of opportunity could quench his thirst an exciting new frontier. This dream was originated from the “Dutch sailors” who saw opportunity in the “new world” (189). They left their homeland in search of adventure, to expand and strive for some new frontier that could offer them the rewards and prizes their yearned for. This is very much Gatsby’s own story, he moved east seeking for his dream; riches, fame, maybe even the love of his life. He ...