Do You Think Gatsby Was Living The American Dream, Or Do You Think He Fell Short?
Upon posing this question to multiple people, the following are the answers I received.
"I think he was living it on the outside, socially viewed, but he didn't think he was because he didn't have Daisy." - Avery Edwards
"I think he fell short. He was never truly happy." - Chloe Alverson
"No, he didn't reach it." - Adam Lynch
"In his attempt to live the American dream, he fell short." - Alycia Starr
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"I think he fell short because he had all the material goods and money, yet no true happiness. He got close, but not quite there." - Katie Messing
"He fell short because his whole life was based around one goal that he never accomplished, he wasted his life for her." - Lindsay Sanborn
"He fell short due to Daisy." - Courtney Pichette
"Gatsby tried the dream, but he failed. He had success in his job, money/luxuries and a house. But he lacked the wife. The suitable match. This could explain why Gatsby was so fixated on Daisy. She was the last part to his American dream. It was clear Daisy did not love him (recall the closet scene when she cries about the shirts). But she was the only suitable match he would take. When he couldn't have her, Gatsby, in his own mind, had failed to complete the American Dream that had outlined his whole life." - Shelby VanOphem
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"I think in the eyes of many he was, but I don't think he was living his idea of the American dream, because he didn't have Daisy." - Brooke Tremblay
"He was living the American dream because he worked to live a luxurious lifestyle and because he almost got the girl of his dreams to spend the luxurious lifestyle with... if that makes sense." - Natalie Gardner
"He fell short because for me the American Dream is internal happiness and contentment accompanied by material comfort. He relied on material things to become something good enough for someone he loved and along the way began to rely on that hope to keep him going and happy, and when it didn't work out he was left with nothing because his happiness didn't come from himself." - Kristina Tarr
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