American+Dreams+-+reflection

The story of __The Great Gatsby__, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, revolved around the dreams of a Mr. Jay Gatsby. Gatsby's dreams not only include fulfilling the life he concocted for himself at age 17, but reuniting with his lost flame, Daisy. These dreams drive all Gatsby does, his entire persona and life. Eventually his drive to fulfill these becomes terminal. The power that these dreams hold over Gatsby, the infectiousness of them, caused me to think about our dreams of Americans. Not only did I think about the content of their dreams but how wise, or how stupid, it is for an individual to follow their dreams. So this page represents not only the different dreams of our nation, but questions about those dreams and how loyal one is to their dream.

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