C.+Gatsby+Essay

James Pinkerton 11/17/10 1A

The article says " someone could start from nothing," this means Gatsby was poor at one point but that changed after the war. Gatsby work by selling drugs and other bad things. **__The Great Gatsby,__** written by F Scott Fitzgerald which is told by a charater named Nick Carrway. This story is told in a first-person view. In the novel Tom says "I’ve a nice place here," which means I have lots of money enough to pay for it and keep this big house. In the article the quote "At its core, anyone can be a billionaire is absurd,"because during Gatsby and Nick’s time it was easy to become rich or at least close.

The novel **__The Great Gatsby,__** talks about mainly rich people and how they throw wild parties and have big house to prove it. Just the quote " I’ve a nice place here," from what Tom says because he has a big house and that he has lots of money. The artile says " that only 44 percent of people achieve their goals," So Tom is just one of the lucky ones out of the 44 percent. But many others back in the 20’s showed off how much money they by buying huge houses, throwing big parties left and right, and buying very expensive items. Like fansty cars.

The novel shows the view of the American Dream back then a lot, because the dream back then was to be rich, be marrying to rich man or woman, be independent from other people, and owning almost everything. Also people leaving their old friends and family behide. This showed their independence. But Daisy was a different, because she ask Nick about Chicago by saying " Do they miss me?" And Nick says " Yes they do a lot." So the articles shows that rich people achieve. They does this in many ways, but some do not.