In my opinion it was very difficult to argue that Jay Gatsby was an admirable, heroic or "great" person who achieved the American dream when you consider the way the story unfolded at the time END . Almost every time he is at odds with the ideals of the dream because he originally amassed his fortune illegally and probably unethically. Likewise, he seems to believe that everything in life can simply be bought: Daisy's love, the respect of his peers, and social status in general. "Can't you repeat the past?" Jay at one point shouts in disbelief when Nick Carroway wonders what his intention is to start seeing Daisy again "of course you can!" (Fitzgerald, 1925, 153) His wealth and status have corrupted him so completely that this whole idea falls apart when the reader begins to learn more about his background and gets to see his actions throughout the story. He is clearly a man with an incredible work ethic, his daily schedule since 1906 sees him "getting out of bed" at 6am and going straight to "dumbbell exercises and wall scaling" (Fitzgerald, 1925, 104) . Nick hears from his parents that “Jimmy was destined to move on. He always had resolutions like this or something. Do you notice what he has in mind to improve his mind? He's always been great about it. He once told me I was like a pig and I beat him for it." (Fitzgerald, 1925, Scott Fitzgerald himself was so caught up in the "pursuit of happiness" than anything else. Somewhere along the line, Jay seems to confuse this with the pursuit of wealth and status at the expense of everything else. While this article has certainly argued that Gatsby is not admirable, heroic, or representative of the American dream, it is not to say that he is not a corrupt man from the idea of ​​realizing his dream and simply ended up realizing it in completely the wrong way. Nick, at one point in the novel, claims that Gatsby is “worth everything else together” (Fitzgerald, 1925, 45) reflecting his apparent belief. that Gatsby is actually a decent man who perhaps got involved with the wrong kind of people (1970, 126)