The Americans dream

The American dream of living better than their forefathers is portrayed in a literary masterpiece that takes an entertaining approach in Stocks Claire's essay, "all men are not made equal." America's population was made up of white and Anglo Saxons who wanted to keep their ethnicity and therefore sought to subjugate others who were ethnically distinct. Gatsby is portrayed by the author as a fabulously rich protagonist who lived in a Gothic. Nick falls in love with Daisy and is willing to go to whatever length to gain the social standing needed to marry her. Nick sees Gatsby as a greedy man whose resolve to reform his life elevates him to greatness. The comparison of characters helps identify the actual characteristics and nature of various individuals in a set of work. Gatsby character is that of a self-made person and a social climber. He reinvented himself and exemplified the ideal of American democracy by proving that anyone can attain greatness. Gatsby realizes that it is not simple and being financially stable cannot solely provide status as those of inherited wealth. Gatsby creates a version of a story at the back for himself that he narrates to nick which reminds him of his past. Nick originates from a family of a well up a family in the Middle Western city for some generations. Nick insists that he is the son of a wealthy family from Middle West, who are all dead now by claiming that they have a tradition that they descended from Dukes Buccleuch.Gatsby is portrayed as dishonest while nick as suspicious. Nick is apprehensive that Gatsby is lying and the dialogue between them becomes complicated when nick enquires where Gatsby was. When Gatsby responds that he is from San Francisco and not from Midwestern city, nick reacts to Gatsby’s’ response not because San Francisco is not in the Midwestern but because of the obvious mistake. Nick allege that anyone with the knowledge of American geography would recognize that San Francisco is on the West Coast of America (Stocks, 9). Nick responds in a way to imply that he is aware of the obvious lie but neither points out the lienor challenges it. In that manner, Nick’s character is expressed as doubtful but lacks the courage to enquire from Gatsby his reason for lying. From the investigations of Tom, he exposes Gatsby as a criminal and a liar while Tom as envious and paranoid. Tom is not fascinated by the capability of Gatsby to build his wealth and is not satisfied like Nick who allowed him to lie. Tom is suspicious from his previous meeting with Gatsby that just like many people with new wealth, he is a bootlegger but not like nick, he is reluctant to let him be part of their social circle. Tom’s shows paranoia in the way he feels threatened by Gatsby’s intention to convince Daisy to abandon him (Bruccoli, 105). Tom feels he is unlikely willing to accommodate those who lack similar breeding and inherited wealth. He, therefore, declines Gatsby’s determination to subvert the upper classes with the notion that if those who are self-made can do that, then anyone can.Tom is protective from the threat of those who regard themselves as self-made while Gatsby is confident and believes in himself. Tom has to safeguard his privilege opportunistic position from the risks of newly wealthy individuals, and he decides to destroy Gatsby metaphorically and literally. Tom reveals Gatsby’s actual origins as a signal to destroy him. Wilson mistakenly kills Gatsby in the scene in the hotel where Tom makes Wilson pursue the wrong culprit. Tom’s intention to kill Gatsby is to ensure that Gatsby is not a threat to the status of their marriage with Daisy which expresses Tom’s protective character. Gatsby is aware that Nick and Daisy are related and he is also aware that Nick is not that wealthy as Daisy is and he even does not make much money. Gatsby perpetuates his character as a liar when he constructs a false history to explain to his party guests. His lie at the San Francisco indicates that he wanted Nick to reveal the truth behind his dramatic enactment. Gatsby’s house appears to be a type of stage, flawlessly arranged that even the moon seems to identify Nick from caterer’s basket. It is not only Nick who notices that Gatsby’s residence has a particular atmosphere of unreality but also the owl-eyed man. Nevertheless, the owl-eyed man is overwhelmed by Gatsby’s practicality, and he compares him to David Belasco, the favorite producer of Broadway of those days. The owl-eyed man comparing Gatsby to Broadway producer indicates that books are an elaborate Broadway set even though they are real. Gatsby’s character in the excerpt portrays a person from unknown origin who attains the American dream of transformation. Tom is a character who is seen as protective and views Gatsby as a threat to those who regard themselves as self-made when it comes to social and class transformation. Nick portrays Gatsby as a liar when he asks him about his origin, and he responds that he is from San Francisco. Nick doubts Gatsby’s response but fails to question which tells us Nick is suspicious of Gatsby’s lies, but he is afraid of questioning. Tom exposes Gatsby as a criminal and a liar from his investigation. Tom, we view him as envious of Gatsby’s achievement. Even though he is not fascinated like Nick of how Gatsby has made his wealth, he does not keep quiet and allow Gatsby to lie. Works CitedBruccoli, Matthew Joseph. New essays on The great Gatsby. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.Stocks, Claire. "All men are [not] created equal': F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby." Critical Essay (2017): 9. The English Review.http://butlerlib.butlercc.edu:2390/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA158832066&v=2.1&u=klnb_bucc&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w