JENNY'S BLOG (since she couldn't remember her password)

Every person has thier own "American Dream". In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby's American Dream is represented by a green light that shines on the other side of the lake. The light signifies Daisy, who Gatsby loves. He wants to be with Daisy more than anything and knows she is his soul mate. He wastes away his whole life trying to buy her back and win her from Tom. During this time Gatsby builds Daisy up to this perfect women who she will never live up to be. In the end Gatsby gets close to his Dream but it was unrealistic so it never fell through. When I read this theme it reminded my of my close friend Lauren Thomas. Lauren like many others has her own American Dream. Her Dream is the super cute R & B singer Chris Brown. She believes Chris Brown is her true love. Like Gatsby she wants nothing more then to find Chris Brown and marry him so she can be with him forever. Although she has not and will not waste her life away to find him, she has built him up to be the perfect man. "I don't have to strive for it and base my whole life around it. He will come to me. It will eventually happen. It's just fate!" (Lauren Thomas). Lauren and Gatsby share one common trait in thier American Dreams. Like Gatsby Lauren's Dream is unrealistic. She has a very very slight chance of ever meeting him and even a lesser chance of hooking up with him. In all reality i feel that Lauren's Dream will fall through just like Gastby's Dream. She will just have less to lose since she has not put her life into being with him.