Kate Chopin in At Chênière Caminada and F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby both create protagonists obsessed with their own dreams and fantasies. The American dream is the The idea that citizens of all social statuses can succeed in their lives by working hard to achieve a better, richer and happier life, the protagonist Jay Gatsby was once a troubled boy who changed his life to a richer man, however in Jay Gatsby's case, money was the only element of the American dream that he was able to achieve In At Chênière Caminada, Tonie creates this goddess impression of a young woman that he immediately falls in love with Jay Gatsby, Tonie was a young man. penniless man, and just like Gatsby, Tonie dreamed of a girl he wanted to hold Throughout the book, Gatsby avoids the reality of his complex childhood to avoid the embarrassment of living in poverty during his early years. . At the age of seventeen, Jay Gatsby changed his name from James Gatz' and at that specific moment he witnessed it...