Work............................................................. 8.30-4.30 P.M. Baseball and sports....................................4.30-5.00 Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it...............................................5.00-6.00 Study needed inventions...........................7.00-9.00 General Resolves No waiting time..... No more smoking or chewing Bath every other day Read one improving book or magazine a week Save $5.00, $3.00 per week Be better to parents ( Fitzgerald, 181-182). Gatsby shows that he had a purpose in his schedule, to become great and to achieve the American dream. This plan seems to work. After the war he sees Dan Codys life and enjoys it. He then starts to work alone and after a short period of time Gatsby makes plenty of money to build a multi million dollar house across the bay from Daisy. After that, he throws elegant parties, having the mentality that money is not an issue. He does this because he wants to show off his American Dream to others( but most importantly, Daisy). This achievement of prosperity through such a short period of time signifies how superior Gatsby is. Other people of the 1920s think they are superior too. They show off this superiority by showing off their cars. Becoming rich in America means that one shows their wealth of by way of owning an automobile. The car shows ones status in America. This, for Jay, shows his success in steps to the completion of the American Dream, because he has an array of extravagant cars. The car shows wealth for many, but for Gatsby its signifies his rags to riches story. The car is very significant because it shows the greatness of Gatsby. The automobile is another step in the dream of getting back with Daisy. It shows that he is making a place for himself in the high class, the type of upper class life Daisy lives in. But unfortunately, the car is also his ...
