C.+Gatsby+Essay

"Someone could start from nothing"(Seelye 2). This is true, as Gatsby shows from his early life. As he squandered looking for clams. Then he met Dan Cody, and he became higher in society. After awhile he gained some money, then joined the war. Now, currently he is a very rich man, that came from a poor boy. As we are told "Gatsby had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam digger"(Fitzgerald 98). Gatsby went to college that he paid for himself, even if it was only for two weeks. Gatsby left because of his "despising the janitor's work with which he was to pay his way through"(Fitzgerald 99). Gtasby was poor, but worked hard and pushed himself to reach his goals. As a result he moved his way up in society. He went to college, then left to work. All people can achieve their American Dream if only they do what is necessary to achieve it. 44% of Americans say they achieved their Amercian Dream. Many of them say that their American Dream was being financially stable. this articles shows that many people say that they beleive you can be better off than how you started. Also, people have said that they are better off than their parents were, or that their children will be than themselves.