The Great Gatsby Quote Analysis

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Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby”, is one of the few novels he wrote in 1925 that expresses the American dream. Jay Gatsby, a character in The Great Gatsby, represents an example of a person who dreamed of becoming a millionaire yet he made it into a reality. In light of the novel the American dream is defined as someone starting low on the economic or social level, and working hard towards prosperity and wealth and fame. Meyer Wolfshiem claims that he “ raised him up out of nothing, right out of the gutter” (Fitzgerald 182). The American Dream can be achieved by all individuals, it requires hard work, determination, and trust in yourself that you can beat it. This issue is important to our society because specific decisions can …show more content…

Right people will guide you to the correct path, the same way a counselor does for his students. They provide us with the right information to help us think about our future, including the American dream. I somewhat agree with Key’s statement, he says “Meeting the right people isn’t a matter of luck and it isn’t just a matter of income” (Key). Alluding to the quote the income is in your grasp, it depends upon your performance on your job. Even if you start off as a generator then there are ways to improve yourself to the workers at your job. Impress them, show off what you can do because that's how the connections are made. Key claims that getting socialized with few people change his ideas and the way he acts. Now that he is a Co-Founder of InventRight, there might have been some possibilities that meeting right individuals helped him even if he had to pay to get the access. Key introduces us to another point “Get to know the major players by reading the news. Join industry mailing lists. Establish a social media presence. That way, you’ll be aware of potential events to attend and people to meet” (Key). There is a wide range of social media out there such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. In today’s world stupid people could get famous effortlessly and rich end up supporting or sponsoring them. Key admits most of his students have told him that they have met individuals on LinkedIn and some have responded to their messages. Despite the fact that they are not willing to respond to emails or phone calls. Individuals end up plainly become successful due to their relations with other

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