The Unreachable Dream

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The Unreachable Dream

Human nature is the concept of a set of characteristics that most humans have in common, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting. These inherent characteristics affect a person’s impulse and their decision making ability. When a person is presented with a problem, human nature takes over and resolves the problem at hand. When Jay Gatsby discovers the person that he loves, Daisy, is married to someone else, he tries everything to get her back. His attempt to achieve his dream, although unsuccessful, shows the true nature of people, and how they will do anything to be with the one that they love.

Poor in his childhood, James Gatz recreates himself into the new man named Jay Gatsby in an attempt to win Daisy back. Gatz’s desire to recreate himself begins when he crosses paths with Dan Cody and his glorious yacht. To Gatz “the yacht represented all the beauty and glamour in the world” (100). When Gatsby meets Dan Cody and sees his yacht, he realizes that this is exactly what he wants in his future. From this point on James Gatz is now known as Jay Gatsby....

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