In stories, minor characters are often highlighted to show or represent a certain idea. The novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, shows the rich and their entertainment. Most are carefree and only care about themselves and their status. The novel focuses on Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and extravagant man who throws spectacular parties and lives in luxury in hopes of winning his love, Daisy. Gatsby builds his life from nothing, as the son of poor western farmers, only to become a New York millionaire. Only to be destroyed when Daisy kills her husband's lover and Gatsby takes the blame for her; ultimately leading to his murder. Only a partygoer nicknamed Owl Eyes and Gatsby's resident Klipspringer attends his funeral. All of Gatsby's business associates and the thousands of people who attended his parties didn't care enough to come to his funeral. Gatsby spent all his time focused on one dream: not bonding and socializing with the people who cared for him, but with his parties. The American Dream lifestyle probably became the only thing people chased. Through the character of Owl Eyes, Fitzgerald shows the rise and fall of the American dream and the consequences that come with it. Fitzgerald uses Owl Eyes to build on the glory of the American Dream, the reader is able to see the possessions and theatricality that come with it. The reader first sees Owl Eyes in Gatsby's library; he is amazed that the Gatsby books are real. “Absolutely real: pages and all. I thought they would make a nice sturdy cardboard. In fact, they are absolutely real. (45) It shows that Gatsby is like an act. Owl Eyes thought that Gatsby was simply creating the illusion that everything... middle of paper... led to isolation. Owl Eyes takes the reader through the different stages of chasing the Dream, first we see the theatrical scenes that are staged to impress people and create a character that the hopeful person can play. Then Owl Eyes demonstrates the consequences of living your whole life chasing a dream around the wrong people. Ultimately the reader sees the ruin that the American dream can cause on a person. Leaving them alone and with nothing to show for themselves. Gatsby was chasing Daisy's dream and being with her, he was so focused on fulfilling this dream that he never stopped to see that he was dealing with people who didn't care about Gatsby and only cared about themselves. If Gatsby wasn't so caught up in the idea of ​​winning over Daisy and realized that in the end she would only act to protect herself, perhaps the outcome of the story would be completely different.