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