Fulfillment When people go about their lives, they do not decide on living in a particular way but only decide on a desired end result. Jay Gatsby of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby dreams of a universal goal with which he believes he will be fulfilled. However, Gatsby does not make a decision on how to live and thus concludes with only an illusion of fulfillment. On the other hand, Henry David Thoreau achieves …showed first 75 words of 1315 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1315 total…new people he met that he was an Oxford graduate who had been born into a wealthy family. Gatsby had actually fulfilled the first part of his dream and obtained his wealth by working as a swindler. A gambler named Meyer Wolfshiem had "raised him out of nothing" (179) and together Wolfshiem and Gatsby bought up a number of side-street drug stores and sold grain alcohol over the counter. Gatsby's actions in achieving his dream were